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XY |  | Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  441 reviews
Sales Rank: 633
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 74786
UPC: 724347478628
EAN: 0724347478628
ASIN: B0006L16N8
Release Date: June 6, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Square One | | • | What if? | | • | White Shadows | | • | Fix You | | • | Talk | | • | XY | | • | Speed Of Sound | | • | A Message | | • | Low | | • | Hardest Part | | • | Swallowed In The Sea | | • | Twisted Logic | | • | (Hidden track: 'Til Kingdom Come) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Coldplay were faced with a difficult choice as they set to work on emXY/em. They could either follow Radioheadâs lead and use their enormous success and financial security as a springboard to a brave experimental future--or they could play it safe, repeat the tricks used on the 16 million-selling emA Rush Of Blood To The Head/em, and consolidate their position as one of the biggest bands in the world. img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-music/images/coldplay2.jpg" width="186" height="150" align="left"In truth, despite the emTetris/em-inspired artwork and presence of teaser track "Talk"--which steals its melody line from electro-futurists Kraftwerkâs gorgeous "Computer Love"--emXY/em is more the latter than the former. Fans will be delighted by "What If?", a piano elegy that takes flight on strings, and slowly builds towards a Beatles' "A Day In The Life"-style climax, while the likes of "Fix You" and hidden track "'Til Kingdom Come"--originally written for country hero Johnny Cash--proves Martinâs skill for simple, affecting songwriting remains intact. One development, however, comes through the judicious inclusion of some rather pleasant synthesiser work--see "White Shadows", where Martin gently beseeches "Come on love, stay with me" over a gentle Eno-esque keyboard wash. Fair enough: the experimental albums can come later. --emLouis Pattison/em /pp p table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1" tr align="center" valign="top" td colspan="4"div align="left"strongMore Coldplay /strong/div/td /tr tr align="center" valign="bottom" tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000069AUI.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="110" height="110" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004U9MS.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="110" height="110" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000B0WZC.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="65" height="90" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0859653498.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="64" height="90" border="0"/td /tr tr align="center" valign="top" td width="25%" p align="center"A Rush of Blood to the Head i(CD)/i /td td width="25%" p align="center"iParachutes/i (CD)/p/td td width="25%" div align="center" p align="center"iColdplay: Live 2003/i (Limited Edition DVD with Live CD)/p /div/td td width="25%" div align="center" piColdplay: Look at the Stars/i (Paperback)/p /div/td /tr tr align="center" valign="top" td colspan="4" div align="center" p align="left"br img src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/orange-arrow.gif" width="10" height="9" Find more from Coldplay/p /div/td /tr /table/p
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 441
 Probably... the best Coldplay album yet September 8, 2006
gingerguru (Billericay, Essex)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have now owned this album for some time, hence the delayed review. That's probably a good thing for prospective purchasers as this is certainly a steady grower. Whilst I immediately loved Speed of Sound and Fix You as singles, the album didn't impress terribly on the first few listens. Whatever you do, though, do not be put off by some of the negative reviews on this site as the writers concerned are clearly fans of other musical genres which Coldplay obviously don't fit into. If you appreciate the song-writing craft then you will certainly find plenty to enjoy on this. That said, there are 1 or 2 tracks which I can't help skipping - they're just a little on the bland side. Fear not, however, there are some truly great songs here - Fix You, What If, Speed of Sound, Swallowed In The Sea and the title track spring to mind. The album is on the whole very well produced and not overdone in my opinion as others have suggested. The guitar playing is as tasteful as ever and the vocals are delivered with passion and sincerity. Coldplay are one of the very few bands around these days that write quality music for the masses. I find their material surprisingly uplifting and a welcome change from all the current retro bands who are writing material we've all heard before. This is an essential purchase.
Alright, so it's not quite OK Computer..... June 7, 2005
Peter Wilson (Sheffield, UK)
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
Those of you who haven't listened to this album just yet are in for a real treat!pAs others have hinted, on first hearing perhaps only 2 or 3 songs will catch your ear - For me it was "Square One" and "Fix you". At first I grew concerned that this might be an album just to cherry-pick tracks off - but then the thought that a Coldplay album wouldn't have any longevity began to plague me and I went back and did what the Chris and the lads wanted us to do - Listen to the WHOLE album. So I did.... and did again.....and again. What started out as a labour of love on my part soon blossomed into a love affair and then an infatuation that is not likely to dissolve easily. pSo, don't pay too much attention to the serial knockers who have plainly been saving up their unwarranted bile for the last 2 or 3 years to serve up cold and not very convincingly. This is an easy album to turn ones nose up at if you've got a very dull or rusty axe to grind. But you don't have to buy into that "Fair Trade" thing or start sponsoring animal welfare charities, or whatever to enjoy this music. My ears don't tell me lies - they convince me time and time again that Coldplay are one of the few current active song-writing groups who make music that I could live with 24/7. It may be glib to say so but their music is truly becoming the soundtrack to many of our lives....pSo go on, take that step of faith and invest in what was thought to be their "difficult 3rd album". You may have tired of "Yellow" by now - I have a feeling that you won't be tiring of this slow burning beauty for many years to come.
X Y June 5, 2005
Stephen Freed
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
When I first got a chance to listen to this album, I thought that maybe coldplay would run out of ideas for some of the tunes of their songs. Clocks and Yellow were miracles and I wondered whether he could create another one. 20 seconds in and I found that Coldplay had done it again. From Square One to the hidden track Til' Kingdom Come this album never ceases to amaze. The first single Speed of Sound uses well placed lyrics and a memorable tune. Fix you, a probable Second single, uses a great church organ sound which is very melodic at times. Coldplay all know what they are doing and I never will doubt their albums again.
Utterly Amazing!!! June 3, 2005
Mr. J. M. Pearce
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Fair enough this album took me at least three listen to get into but now i have listened to it enough i realise the beauty of each and every track. Every songs on this album is amazing even the Bonus Track is good.pI know people have critised 'Speed Of Sound' being very similar to 'Clocks' and fair enough this album may not have the likes of 'Yellow' 'Clocks' 'The Scientist' or 'In My Place' but unlike the other two albums this one has an 'every track is amazing' factor.p'White Shadows' 'Swallowed In The Sea' 'Low' 'The Hardest Part' 'Till Kingdom Come' are all fantastic songs. Which in my opinion inspire young people to pick up their instraments and start playing. You have to buy this album you will be losing out if you dont.pHats off to coldplay you have topped your previous albums and created a complete and utter masterpiece.
Coldplay does it again June 4, 2005
S. Combellack (Derbyshire, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Coldplay are one of the worlds biggest bands and have produced another stunning album chock full of blissful anthemic songs. pI kept Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head in my car CD player for 6 months apiece without ever getting bored of the wonderful tunes. This album will be exactly the same I have no doubt.pYou will already have made your mind up about Coldplay by now. This album won't change it one bit either way. 16 Million people bought the last album and I expect them all to pick-up this next slice of beauty.
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