While Coldplay have most definitely taken risks here, and they do deserve credit where it’s due, it seems they couldn’t quite resist to urge to throw in some crowd pleasers. One distinct area this album seems to lack in is adding any dark shade to the vibrant soundscapes created by Eno. The Rihanna featuring ‘Princess Of China’ is almost remarkably boring, with Coldplay making the rookie mistake of adapting their sound whole-heartedly to their guest, this sounds like an off-cut from one of Rihanna’s earlier albums.
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A generic guitar’n’strings ballad, much like all the other acoustic tracks, it is hard to not let ‘U.F.O.’ pass you by as quickly as the title suggests. When the final chords of ‘Major Minus’ fade away, the gentle strumming of ‘U.F.O.’ comes in. In fact, the tail end of the album is largely disappointing. At first ‘Mylo Xyloto’ was planned as a more laid-back, acoustic affair and, bar two, the survivors from this batch of songs are those I have failed to mention. On ‘Major Minus’ Coldplay are back in their stride, channeling the spirit of U2, Muse and other fellow giganto-bands into another voyage outside of their typical comfort zone.įor those with a keen eye you may have noticed that at this point I have omitted six or seven tracks from this here review.
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With a four-on-the-floor drum beat and his heart on his sleeve, Chris Martin comes out with some true lyrical gems such as ‘I’d rather be a comma than a full stop,’ and the simple, yet profound couplet ‘I turn the music up, I got my records on,’ making it hard not to imagine Chris Martin dancing giddily around his bedroom. Again, a typically Eno-ish affair, this is the closest we come to a bridge between ‘Viva La Vida’ and Coldplay’s latest effort. Twanging guitars and a distinctly ‘Glasto-ready’ feel would make this a standout on any other Coldplay album, but with the tracks that have preceded it you can’t help but feel a little let down by the sudden halt in new ideas here.įollowing another vague instrumental track, ‘M.M.I.X.’, comes ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall’, the first teaser we were given into the world of ‘Mylo Xyloto’. To counter this mild innovation is ‘Charlie Brown’, which would have comfortably sat in the tail end of ‘Viva La Vida’. An obvious choice as a single, this is evidence of Coldplay finally bringing new elements into their work as a band. Including first single proper ‘Paradise’, a glorious harmony of brooding strings, angelic synths and trademark ‘ooohs’ from Chris Martin himself. Described as ‘the fifth member’ of the band during recording sessions Eno’s distinctive mark can be heard on many of the songs here. This can even be seen through the vivid, industrial artwork for the album, created by their artist Paris. An uplifting, technicolour dream coat of a song, boasting overblown romantic lyrics like ‘you use your heart as a weapon, and it hurts like heaven.’ It’s the thought that counts.Īlthough their last album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends’ also had Brian Eno on hand, with ‘MX’ comes a much more assured application of Eno’s expertise. The brief, instrumental opening track ‘Mylo Xyloto’ is a pretty neat introduction, with the trademark Eno-ness draped across their sound here leading onto the second track, ‘Hurts Like Heaven’.
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Which side of the fence do you stand on? With ‘Mylo Xyloto’ you may find yourself unsure of what the fence was made of in the first place. Others will disagree, stating Coldplay are back with yet another set of drab, faux-emotive stadium-fillers. Well, due the nature of Coldplay’s music and aesthetic many will say yes, they are back with an innovative explosion of colourful music. Recorded By, Mixed By – Andrew Denny, Andy Rugg*, Christian Green*, David Emery, Deepu Panjwani, Hidefumi Ohbuchi, Ian Shea, Ian Sylvester, Matt McGinn, Matt Miller (8), Matt Green*, Noah Goldstein, Nobuyuki Murakami, Olga Fitzroy, Pierre Eiras, Ryan Gilligan, Mr.After three years away Coldplay are BACK! “With a bang?”, I hear you ask.
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