Track Listing

1. Square One
2. What If?
3. White Shadows
4. Fix You
5. Talk
6. X&Y
7. Speed Of Sound
8. A Message
9. Low
10. Hardest Part
11. Swallowed In The Sea
12. Twisted Logic

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-07
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Things have gone ridiculously well for Coldplay since 2002's A Rush of Blood to the Head. The group's global album sales have soared past the 10-million mark, putting it in the same stratosphere as megabands U2 and the Dave Matthews Band. People have offered up their bank accounts, cars, and even bodies for tickets to its shows. And, in a interesting twist, frontman Chris Martin married Gwyneth Paltrow and set the tabloid world aflame. Funny thing, then, that the British quartet's much-anticipated third album, X&Y, is all about staying grounded. In the powerful opener, "Square One," the singer insists people are fundamentally the same no matter what their stature: "You just want... Somebody listening to what you say," he sings. On "Fix You," Martin grapples with imperfection and missed opportunity: "When you love someone but it goes to waste... Could it be worse?" Meanwhile, the vibrant single, "Speed of Sound," is all about reconnecting with the spirit and soul in the face of the paparazzi's flashbulbs. Musically, the band has never sounded more adventurous, referencing everyone from Kraftwerk ("Talk") to the Pogues ("Swallowed in the Sea"), all the while sweeping aside those Radiohead-lite comparisons to embrace a massive, moving sound that makes simplicity seem sublime. --Aidin Vaziri

Blender
[Coldplay] have made their masterpiece. [Jun 2005, p.112]

E! Online
Some may call it repetitious, but with songs so beautifully crafted, everyone should agree that X&Y equals A.

Customer Reviews

Coldplay Has Their Masterpiece!
Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head are fantastic, but X&Y is sheer perfection.

Didn't Think I'd Enjoy it as Much as I Did!
I was thoroughly impressed with X&Y by Coldplay, having spent my entire high school career writing off this band as too mellow for my taste. Wow, I cannot remember a CD that had me falling in love with every single track. The lyrics are beautiful, poetic, (and clean! surprise!), the music is incredible---it's good for yoga, by the way! For someone who used to bash Coldplay at any given moment, I now have "Swallowed in the Sea" as the top-played song in my iTunes library. Worth the money!

Great album.
I'm looking forward to their next one. Can't wait.

Matt Zarnstorff