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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 4:51:59 GMT -5
Tbh I'm pretty doubtful about their next album - seems like they could do a hatrick of mediocrity. Ghost Stories was the first album that didn't have a song I absolutely loved.
Parachutes - Yellow (9/10)
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Politik (10/10) AMAZING SONG
X&Y - Til Kingdom Come (8/10)
Viva La Vida - Strawberry Swing (10/10)
Mylo Xyloto - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (8/10)
Ghost Stories - Erm...Midnight? (7/10)
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Post by Cast on May 16, 2015 12:41:33 GMT -5
Coldplay can do bombast with the best of them but they are a better band when they are subtle. Ghost Stories was mediocre but at least they kinda took a step back from all the BS that has been in their albums since X&Y. Just didn't have the tunes for Ghost Stories.
What do y'all think is the most controversial or misunderstood Coldplay album?
X&Y is definitely their BHN. I obviously love BHN way more but X&Y has some good moments just it just gets lost in the bigness of the album. Square One, White Shadows, Fix You, Low, and X&Y are as good or better than anything on Ghost Stories. Even the mediocre material - Speed of Sound, Talk, A Message, The Hardest Part are better than the weaker stuff on their past two albums.
Listening back to Viva La Vida. I might have to say that, that closing side 2 from Yes on - might be their best closing sequence in their career. All five songs are good with a couple of them being great. Tough choice, because I think Parachutes has a really underrated back half and AROBTTH's second half is just about as strong as Viva's. X&Y's back half is lackluster and one of the main reasons why that album isn't as good as their best work.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 13:50:51 GMT -5
Coldplay can do bombast with the best of them but they are a better band when they are subtle. Ghost Stories was mediocre but at least they kinda took a step back from all the BS that has been in their albums since X&Y. Just didn't have the tunes for Ghost Stories. What do y'all think is the most controversial or misunderstood Coldplay album? X&Y is definitely their BHN. I obviously love BHN way more but X&Y has some good moments just it just gets lost in the bigness of the album. Square One, White Shadows, Fix You, Low, and X&Y are as good or better than anything on Ghost Stories. Even the mediocre material - Speed of Sound, Talk, A Message, The Hardest Part are better than the weaker stuff on their past two albums. Listening back to Viva La Vida. I might have to say that, that closing side 2 from Yes on - might be their best closing sequence in their career. All five songs are good with a couple of them being great. Tough choice, because I think Parachutes has a really underrated back half and AROBTTH's second half is just about as strong as Viva's. X&Y's back half is lackluster and one of the main reasons why that album isn't as good as their best work. I think it'll be a while before we have a controversial Coldplay album  For me, X&Y is...well...shit. Plasticky, boring, oversized, often sickly sweet with awful lyrics - and it has fucking Fix You on it. The only actively bad album they've made IMO. I think Viva is wonderfully consistent, love every track - the only change I would make is swap Cemeteries of London for Glass of Water, but it's still a great tune. I think the second half of AROBTTH pales in comparison to the first five - Green Eyes, A Whisper and to a lesser extent Amsterdam are fairly all mediocre and don't merit repeated listens. Ghost Stories is simply the definition of bland. I've been trying to form my top ten Coldplay tracks after doing the same for Oasis on that vote thread, tough stuff. |
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Post by derektrotter on May 16, 2015 15:21:54 GMT -5
1. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2. Parachutes
3. Viva La Vida or Death And All HIs Friends
4. X&Y
5. Mylo Xyloto
6. Ghost Stories
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Post by Cast on May 16, 2015 15:37:06 GMT -5
Coldplay can do bombast with the best of them but they are a better band when they are subtle. Ghost Stories was mediocre but at least they kinda took a step back from all the BS that has been in their albums since X&Y. Just didn't have the tunes for Ghost Stories. What do y'all think is the most controversial or misunderstood Coldplay album? X&Y is definitely their BHN. I obviously love BHN way more but X&Y has some good moments just it just gets lost in the bigness of the album. Square One, White Shadows, Fix You, Low, and X&Y are as good or better than anything on Ghost Stories. Even the mediocre material - Speed of Sound, Talk, A Message, The Hardest Part are better than the weaker stuff on their past two albums. Listening back to Viva La Vida. I might have to say that, that closing side 2 from Yes on - might be their best closing sequence in their career. All five songs are good with a couple of them being great. Tough choice, because I think Parachutes has a really underrated back half and AROBTTH's second half is just about as strong as Viva's. X&Y's back half is lackluster and one of the main reasons why that album isn't as good as their best work. I think it'll be a while before we have a controversial Coldplay album For me, X&Y is...well...shit. Plasticky, boring, oversized, often sickly sweet with awful lyrics - and it has fucking Fix You on it. The only actively bad album they've made IMO. I think Viva is wonderfully consistent, love every track - the only change I would make is swap Cemeteries of London for Glass of Water, but it's still a great tune. I think the second half of AROBTTH pales in comparison to the first five - Green Eyes, A Whisper and to a lesser extent Amsterdam are fairly all mediocre and don't merit repeated listens. Ghost Stories is simply the definition of bland. I've been trying to form my top ten Coldplay tracks after doing the same for Oasis on that vote thread, tough stuff. I meant controversial in a way that maybe someone on here has X&Y as their favorite album. Ghost Stories probably has the lowest of the low material wise for me. Those three songs that I mentioned have to be in the top ten of worst coldplay songs. It really only has one very good, not great song for me - Always in My Head. Ghost Stories has some other good ones but at least Mylo Xyloto and X&Y have some legit high points. Green Eyes and Amsterdam are top 15 Coldplay songs for me, the latter is in contention for being their best closer. The three between them are some of their most underrated (Title track, Warning Sign) and interesting material (A Whisper). Crest Of Waves is such a great song. Maybe a top 5 Coldplay song for me. Have some great b-sides. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 18:13:26 GMT -5
I think it'll be a while before we have a controversial Coldplay album For me, X&Y is...well...shit. Plasticky, boring, oversized, often sickly sweet with awful lyrics - and it has fucking Fix You on it. The only actively bad album they've made IMO. I think Viva is wonderfully consistent, love every track - the only change I would make is swap Cemeteries of London for Glass of Water, but it's still a great tune. I think the second half of AROBTTH pales in comparison to the first five - Green Eyes, A Whisper and to a lesser extent Amsterdam are fairly all mediocre and don't merit repeated listens. Ghost Stories is simply the definition of bland. I've been trying to form my top ten Coldplay tracks after doing the same for Oasis on that vote thread, tough stuff. I meant controversial in a way that maybe someone on here has X&Y as their favorite album. Ghost Stories probably has the lowest of the low material wise for me. Those three songs that I mentioned have to be in the top ten of worst coldplay songs. It really only has one very good, not great song for me - Always in My Head. Ghost Stories has some other good ones but at least Mylo Xyloto and X&Y have some legit high points. Green Eyes and Amsterdam are top 15 Coldplay songs for me, the latter is in contention for being their best closer. The three between them are some of their most underrated (Title track, Warning Sign) and interesting material (A Whisper). Crest Of Waves is such a great song. Maybe a top 5 Coldplay song for me. Have some great b-sides. Yeah, Ghost Stories is low on great tunes. Disappointing. I would argue Til Kingdom Come and Death And All His Friends are better than Amsterdam - and O runs it close. Sleeping Sun, 1:36, Animals, Crest of Waves, Gravity, All of Prospekt's March, Moving to Mars, Ghost Story, All Your Friends....great b-sides. My official top 10...sort of: (not including Faultline collaborations) 1. Politik 2. Clocks / The Scientist 3. Strawberry Swing 4. Glass of Water 5. See You Soon 6. Lovers in Japan / Trouble 7. Death And All His Friends 8. A Rush of Blood to the Head 9. Til Kingdom Come 10. Violet Hill / Viva La Vida Honourable mentions: Yellow, Don't Panic, Spies, In My Place, White Shadows, The rest of Viva, Hurts Like Heaven, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, All Your Friends, Midnight. |
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Post by asimarx on May 16, 2015 19:32:11 GMT -5
Did I ever mention seeing them at "Bizarre Festival" in Germany (despite the name, it was a quite conventional, fairly big rock festival), in about July 2000, just about when the Yellow video had been released. They were (I think) first on the bill at about 3pm and there were approximately 500 people in front of the stage. Only a handful of people seemed to recognise Yellow and/or Shiver perhaps and cheered accordingly, the rest of the crowd was clueless. In hindsight this has become one of the most memorable concert experiences I've had.
I bought Parachutes later the year and it's still my favourite album by them. Don't really have the knowledge to rank all of them. Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head are classics, no doubt. I do even love X&Y for some reason, probably personal. Starting with the release of Violet Hill and the following album they kinda lost me. Life's definitely too short to spend it with an album like Ghost Stories.
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 16, 2015 23:29:38 GMT -5
I think it'll be a while before we have a controversial Coldplay album For me, X&Y is...well...shit. Plasticky, boring, oversized, often sickly sweet with awful lyrics - and it has fucking Fix You on it. The only actively bad album they've made IMO. I think Viva is wonderfully consistent, love every track - the only change I would make is swap Cemeteries of London for Glass of Water, but it's still a great tune. I think the second half of AROBTTH pales in comparison to the first five - Green Eyes, A Whisper and to a lesser extent Amsterdam are fairly all mediocre and don't merit repeated listens. Ghost Stories is simply the definition of bland. I've been trying to form my top ten Coldplay tracks after doing the same for Oasis on that vote thread, tough stuff. I meant controversial in a way that maybe someone on here has X&Y as their favorite album. Ghost Stories probably has the lowest of the low material wise for me. Those three songs that I mentioned have to be in the top ten of worst coldplay songs. It really only has one very good, not great song for me - Always in My Head. Ghost Stories has some other good ones but at least Mylo Xyloto and X&Y have some legit high points. Green Eyes and Amsterdam are top 15 Coldplay songs for me, the latter is in contention for being their best closer. The three between them are some of their most underrated (Title track, Warning Sign) and interesting material (A Whisper). Crest Of Waves is such a great song. Maybe a top 5 Coldplay song for me. Have some great b-sides. Amsterdam is one of their BEST songs period. What an epic.  |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 16, 2015 23:35:21 GMT -5
My Top 10 Coldplay songs:
Don't Panic
Yellow
See You Soon
In My Place
The Scientist
Clocks
Amsterdam
Till Kingdom Come
Viva La Vida
Charlie Brown
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 4:29:07 GMT -5
My Top 10 Coldplay songs: Don't Panic Yellow See You Soon In My Place The Scientist Clocks Amsterdam Till Kingdom Come Viva La Vida Charlie Brown Erm..... |
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 17, 2015 4:58:21 GMT -5
My top 5 is
The Scientist
Green Eyes
Politik
Shiver
Charlie Brown
The rest depends on my mood really
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Post by jordan71421 on May 17, 2015 8:36:10 GMT -5
Top 10:
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Politik
Don't Panic
O
Death and All His Friends
Crest of Waves
Only Superstition
Moving to Mars
Hurts Like Heaven
Amsterdam
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 9:36:11 GMT -5
In chronological order:
Shiver
Politik
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Clocks
Warning Sign
Fix You
Life In Technicolor
Viva La Vida
Death and All His Friends
Charlie Brown
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 17, 2015 11:11:24 GMT -5
When all is said and done, Coldplay is going to have a killer "Best of" album.
Don't Panic
Shiver
Yellow
Trouble
In My Place
The Scientist
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Clocks
Moses
Fix You
Talk
Speed of Sound
A Message
Life In Technicolor II
Lost
Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun version)
Viva La Vida
Hurts Like Heaven
Charlie Brown
Paradise
Every teardrop Is A Waterfall
Atlas
Magic
Sky Full Of Stars
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Post by kingcrawler on May 17, 2015 11:59:21 GMT -5
When all is said and done, Coldplay is going to have a killer "Best of" album. Yeah, I think there's a good case to be made for Coldplay being the best singles band of the last 10-15 years. For what it's worth my top 10 would be 1. Violet Hill 2. Yellow 3. The Scientist 4. Viva La Vida 5. Hurts Like Heaven 6. Midnight 7. Charlie Brown 8. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 9. Daylight 10. O |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 13:46:15 GMT -5
My Best Of:
1. Politik
2. Yellow
3. Clocks
4. Fix You (ugh)
5. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
6. In My Place
7. Violet Hill
8. Paradise
9. Glass of Water
10. Strawberry Swing
11. Trouble
12. O
13. Til Kingdom Come
14. Lovers In Japan
15. Viva La Vida
16. The Scientist
17. Life In Technicolor II
18. Warning Sign
19. Shiver
20. Charlie Brown
21. Hurts Like Heaven
22. Gravity
23. A Sky Full of Stars
24. Death And All His Friends
25. We Never Change
How can anyone hate this band?
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 17, 2015 13:49:36 GMT -5
My Best Of: 1. Politik 2. Yellow 3. Clocks 4. Fix You (ugh) 5. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 6. In My Place 7. Violet Hill 8. Paradise 9. Glass of Water 10. Strawberry Swing 11. Trouble 12. O 13. Til Kingdom Come 14. Lovers In Japan 15. Viva La Vida 16. The Scientist 17. Life In Technicolor II 18. Warning Sign 19. Shiver 20. Charlie Brown 21. Hurts Like Heaven 22. Gravity 23. A Sky Full of Stars 24. Death And All His Friends 25. We Never Change How can anyone hate this band? |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 13:59:45 GMT -5
My Best Of: 1. Politik 2. Yellow 3. Clocks 4. Fix You (ugh) 5. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 6. In My Place 7. Violet Hill 8. Paradise 9. Glass of Water 10. Strawberry Swing 11. Trouble 12. O 13. Til Kingdom Come 14. Lovers In Japan 15. Viva La Vida 16. The Scientist 17. Life In Technicolor II 18. Warning Sign 19. Shiver 20. Charlie Brown 21. Hurts Like Heaven 22. Gravity 23. A Sky Full of Stars 24. Death And All His Friends 25. We Never Change How can anyone hate this band? Although I like Coldplay and know that Jonny Greenwood is hotter than Taylor Swift, I can confirm that I am probably not gay. |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 19:55:12 GMT -5
all i know is id rank X and Y LAST ......to just PISS OFF "MAKETRADEFARE" ONE LAST TIME " i hear he is a big tweeter these years |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 17, 2015 20:40:00 GMT -5
all i know is id rank X and Y LAST ......to just PISS OFF "MAKETRADEFARE" ONE LAST TIME " i hear he is a big tweeter these years Coldplay are not for warrior poets such as yourself. |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 21:15:59 GMT -5
all i know is id rank X and Y LAST ......to just PISS OFF "MAKETRADEFARE" ONE LAST TIME " i hear he is a big tweeter these years Coldplay are not for warrior poets such as yourself. lol true my friend but he loved that lp and i loved tweaking him |
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Post by Who Is Andy Bell? on May 17, 2015 21:35:10 GMT -5
I think Viva is their best album lyrically (of course this is Chris Martin so there's more than a few cliches/clunkers in there) with X&Y being the worst: You cut me down a tree,And brought it back to me,And that's what made me see, Where I was going wrong.Wise words. If I didn't know better, I'd think these were Liam Gallagher lyrics probably. But the last line would be something like "but that's just how it'll be."  A Rush of Blood is amazing, especially The Scientist and In My Place. I also love Parachutes, especially Trouble and Don't Panic. Viva La Vida is alright, I love the production. Don't really care at all for the others. |
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Post by Gin & Tonic on May 18, 2015 2:34:53 GMT -5
Rush Of Blood To The Head is the only I album I like of theirs, really never got the Coldplay hype at all.
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Post by globe on May 18, 2015 3:29:33 GMT -5
First two albums are great. Third is no bad. The rest, total shite.
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Post by beentherenow on May 18, 2015 6:53:59 GMT -5
A Rush of Blood To The Head Parachutes Viva La Vida X&Y Mylo Xyloto Ghost Stories The interesting thing about Coldplay is I always found their earlier albums like Parachutes and Rush of Blood to be more mature and deeper lyrics than what came later when they were older. This,
If I was to do a best of, it'd be even heavier on the early stuff than Oasis!
My top 10 is; Politik Amsterdam A Rush of Blood To The Head Everything's Not Lost (especially live versions) Warning Sign, Yellow Square One God Put A Smile Upon Your Face Don't Panic Shiver
I liked Viva La Vida a lot but I liked it more as an album than loving any of the songs in particular
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