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Generally favorable reviews- based on 711 Ratings
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Positive: 574 out of 711
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Mixed: 75 out of 711
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Negative: 62 out of 711
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PaulPJun 15, 2005
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JulianJun 15, 2005Like Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head, this album is front loaded with some amazing stuff. Then, just like their previous efforts, the recede into some pretty mediocre stuff. Despite this pattern, the front of this album is so amazing that everyone who liked Parachutes or Rush of Blood should pick it up. The best tracks are Talk (simply amazing stuff), What If, and White Shadows.
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BKJun 15, 2005This is a good Coldplay record. If you like Coldplay, you will surly like this record. If you like Radiohead, you may or may not like this record. Radiohead create experimental music, Coldplay do not, so to criticize Coldplay for not taking chances on this record is somewhat of a lame argument.
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sedmJun 15, 2005b sides
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vandeJun 15, 2005
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francesJun 15, 2005listening to Coldplay without prejudice is hard to do, now that it is common knowledge that it is one of the top bands today.
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PhilippeMJun 15, 2005I think this album is better than the previous one. Critics are being too tough saying it's the exact same formula. It's not really. You can feel a change there and it's very welcome. Some songs are among their best. I'm thinking : Fix you, Talk, X&Y. A great coldplay CD, a good rock cd, a great pop cd.
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NeilPJun 14, 2005Almost as good as Coldplay gets. It's Great, i love it!
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VineshCJun 14, 2005
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jboyJun 14, 2005I've listened to Coldplay since before they hit the big times here in the states and I must say this is the weakest CD they've put out. What happened to the warmth they had in "Parachute" or the edge they displayed in "Rush of Blood to The Head". They threw all that away for more sales margins as the went generic just to please more people.
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KJun 14, 2005This album is just so boring and is impossible to get into. It never gets going.
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SimonNJun 14, 2005
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TylerJun 13, 2005
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ChrystalJun 13, 2005I really like the songs on this CD. They're the best.
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ThomMJun 13, 2005solid rock album, many hooks, some minor Martin whining. A feminine U2 album
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MikeOJun 13, 2005Not as strong as their previous releases, but still better than most of what you hear in todays top 40 radio.
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NeilO'CJun 13, 2005Coldplay have moved on from Rush Of Blood and are making their way towards greatness... this isn't their peak, this is just a teaser for the albums they're going to make. It's a damn fine record, and "Fix You" in particular makes me break out into a broad smile. I can't help but feel that everything is going to be okay when I hear it. Thanks, boys. N
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DaveHJun 12, 2005Good all-rounder.
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RussellTJun 12, 2005Solid album. Beautifully mixed. The world is desperate for clean music, and Coldplay presents a great alternative to the mundane crap that tends to float around in a one hit wonder society. They've done it again.
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ManojPJun 12, 2005boring at first, but gets better with every listen: the way an album should.
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SCOTTWeavJun 12, 2005COLDPLAY is amazing. the New York Times critic who gave this cd a 20 should be beaten with a bamboo stick.
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RickRickJun 12, 2005
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AndrewJun 12, 2005Give this album five listens. Learn "Fix You," "A Message" and "Til Kingdom Come." Before very long you will want to grab a torch and sprint to the top of a giant hill, waving the torch like a madman, setting fire to the hillside and drooling all over your bare feet.
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JimMJun 11, 2005Don't understand the (few) bad reviews.. don't listen to them. This is the best album I've heard in a LONG time. Beautiful! A masterpiece!
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TroyPJun 11, 2005Damn fine record. Not their Joshua Tree, but it could be their Unforgetable Fire. Many outstnading tracks: Talk, Low, Speed of Sound, White Shadows. Martin should stay away from extended falsetto, but all in all, a fine outing.
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CraigJun 11, 2005
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andyfJun 11, 2005it was just great! Music in its true form!
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MicheleJun 11, 2005
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JanJun 11, 2005Great popsongs from an great little band.
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jorgerJun 10, 2005i think this album could be a masterpiece of a lifetime but it seems like big names like rolling stone magazine and spin contradict themselves by calling the last 2 albums quote the work of a small band trying to act like a big band when at the time this two previous critics called both of the albums and the band itself like (gods)
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Awards & Rankings
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Blender[Coldplay] have made their masterpiece. [Jun 2005, p.112]
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Confident, bold, ambitious, bunged with singles and impossible to contain, ‘X&Y’ doesn’t reinvent the wheel but it does reinforce Coldplay as the band of their time.
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They have chosen to opt for the standard formula: it's elegiac, mid-tempo, stadium-friendly ballads all the way.