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Rating: - Average
6/21/08 Before you read this review check out Coldplay's latest CD "Viva la Vida". It is light years ahead of this CD "X&Y".

I guess I am so addicted to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and other great bands of the 70s-80s that Coldplay falls flat on it's face for me. Or, my expectations of "almost uniformly" stellar British rock bands is unrealistic.

As most people do when listening to music, one finds that you do compare the new with the old. And so, in fairness to the change in technology and my own personal taste, I compared this band to my current favorite in world rock music, the astonishing rock-your-rear-off Afro Celt Sound System Band whose singer ... Read More

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Rating: - Incredible and Addictive Music
I first heard this On Holiday and ever since then It has never gotten too boring or too tired to listen to..excellent ++++++

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Rating: - Classic coldplay album
This is one of the best album of all times. Every song is amazing. No fillers here.

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Rating: - a great journey
I think this is an all-around great album. There is something about "Fix You" that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Of course, there is also "Speed of Sound" and "The Hardest Part," which seemed to be the biggest tracks off this album. The bonus track, "'Til Kingdom Come" isn't too shabby either.

Anyway, being one with a discerning ear and a home theater setup that can expose flaws in recordings, I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that this album is a victim of the loudness war and contains almost no dynamic range. There are long passages of songs that border on clipping and are just plain LOUD. Of course, I've come to expect this from all new recordings, so I won't ... Read More

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Rating: - I want my Coldplay back.
I think the new Coldplay album is their worst album yet. I know a couple of my really good friends love it and just think it is the cat's pajamas, but, to be perfectly honest, there are several tracks on it that I simply cannot stand. Why do I dislike it so much? It doesn't sound like Coldplay. I'm too lazy to actually research and see if they got a new producer or something, but there are several things that have changed since Parachutes and even since ROBTTH that have completely changed/mauled (in my opinion) their sound.
First of all, Chris Martin needs to bring EVERYTHING down an octave. On the first two albums his higher range was used only as an accent every now and then... not for singing ... Read More