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X&Y | 
 enlarge | Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
Buy New: $26.99
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Rating:  1291 reviews
Sales Rank: 22117
Format: Enhanced, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 363984
UPC: 094636398426
EAN: 0094636398426
ASIN: B000FTCLO4
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Square One | | • | What If | | • | White Shadow | | • | Fix You | | • | Talk | | • | X&Y | | • | Speed of Sound | | • | Message | | • | Low | | • | Hardest Part | | • | Swallowed in the Sea | | • | Twisted Logic | | • | + |
Disc 2
| • | Things I Don't Understand [Audio][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | Proof [Audio][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | World Turned Upside Down [Audio][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | Pour Me [Audio][Live][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | Sleeping Sun [Audio][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | Gravity [Audio][*][Multimedia Track] | | • | Speed of Sound [DVD][*] | | • | Fix You [DVD][*] | | • | Talk/The Hardest Part [DVD][*] |
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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
Amazon.com
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Album Description
2006 CD/DVD (NTSC/Region 0) Fantastic Asian pressing of their third album released to commemorate their 2006 tour of the Far East. The bonus DVD features all of their B-sides (DVD-Audio) lifted from the album thus far, 'Things I Don't Understand', 'Proof', 'Poor Me' (Live at the Hollywood Bowl), 'The World Turned', 'Sleeping Sun' and 'Gravity' along with all of their music videos to all the singles, 'Speed of Sound', 'Fix You', 'Talk' and the final single lifted from the album, 'The Hardest Part'. Packaged in an exclusive slipcase. EMI. 2006.
Album Details
The Absolute, Ultimate Collector's Edition of the British Band's Third Chart Topping Hit Album.this Limited Edition Issue Includes a Bonus Dvd with Six Bonus Songs (All Taken from the Backing Tracks of Three Singles Released in Conjunction with this Album): "Things I Don't Understand", "Proof", "The World Turned Upside Down", "Pour Me (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)", "Sleeping Sun" and "Gravity". Then, the Disc also Includes the Promotional Videos of all the Singles: "Speed of Sound", "Fix You", "Talk" and "The Hardest Part". Get Your Order in Quickly to Make Sure You Don't Miss this Very Special Package.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1286 more reviews...
 First Exposure, what's all the fuss? August 27, 2008
This CD is my first exposure to Coldplay and I am at a loss as to why all the fuss over this band. Then again if you enjoy mainstream, commercial music this is for you.
Soon after inserting the disc into my player I removed it to thinking I had selected a U2 disc in error. No error had been made on my part.
The same vocals, the same maddening I feel like marching drum beat, the same simpleton bass lines, the same lack of substance on the guitar. Plain and simple, a ripoff of a commercially successful band from the past.
Great tunes August 10, 2008
My favorite Coldplay album yet, with lots to love: Talk (great), Fix You (excellent), Speed of Sound (super!), Square One, Low, and Swallowed in the Sea! Great stuff, no klunkers; we listen to this one a lot.
 2nd copy June 26, 2008
Lost my 1st...Not sure how! They just keep getting better and better in my opinion. If you like this one you HAVE to get Viva La Vida!
Average June 21, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 Iarla O'Liondird's vocal range is so utterly astounding. (Even Josh Groban plays AFCSS at his live concerts).
After listening four times to this CD "X&Y", I still found Chris Martin's nasal, and at times, irritatingly whiney voice boring and monotonously repetitive. He is up and down his vocal range over and over on nearly every song. About midway through the CD it felt like I was listening to the same song over and over with musical variations. For me the song lyrics were mostly juvenile and often trite. Especially on the song "X&Y". HOWEVER, Their band members' musicality and instrument talent is undeniable. For this reason I can say I somewhat enjoyed the CD. Overall, if I have to pick a listen to again, maybe, these songs merit a redux: "White Shadows"; "A Message"; "Low".
Incredible and Addictive Music June 20, 2008
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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