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The Quiet One 
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 Topic: Your Favorite Coldplay Album
Posted: August 26 2009 at 20:46 |
I've been lately picking up again the Coldplay albums my brother has, and figured out that what used to be my favorite, X & Y, started to be my least favorite. Now it's either Parachutes or Rush of Blood... Or could simply "compile" them, and listen to Coldplay Live 2003, with excellent renditions from their best songs from those 2 albums  Haven't heard their latest though... So? Is there any love for them here?
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Chris H
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 21:14 |
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I do like them, but I haven't heard a full album. The singles off their newest album are probably my least favorites though.
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JLocke
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 23:26 |
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Justin Timberlake listens to them to warm up before his shows, apparently . . .
. . . that's enough reason for me to stay as far away as possible.
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 00:02 |
 Chris H wrote:
I do like them, but I haven't heard a full album. |
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JLocke
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 00:09 |
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''Clocks'' was kind of cool, I guess, if you like that sort of thing . . .
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progkidjoel
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:02 |
p0mt3 wrote:
Justin Timberlake listens to them to warm up before his shows, apparently . . . . . . that's enough reason for me to stay as far away as possible.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:03 |
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*avoids making a 40 Year Old Virgin reference*
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progkidjoel
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:07 |
(I know this has been posted in another Coldplay thread, but:
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:09 |
Parachutes, but wasn't there just this exact thread a couple of weeks ago?
Also, Justin Timberlake is not that bad. He's talented and a good performer, even if his talents are a bit misdirected.
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JLocke
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:11 |
progkidjoel wrote:
(I know this has been posted in another Coldplay thread, but:
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 09:34 |
Coldplay are a pop band, nothing wrong with that if you fancy listening to something pleasant but undemanding, their last album was very good but i still have a soft spot for X&Y despite its trillion sales mass appeal - i bought the vinyl album, not the CD from Tescos or downloaded MP3 so i can still retain some credibility ... 
how's it go....
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All those places I have found.."
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The Quiet One
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The Quiet One
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 20:50 |
Moatilliatta wrote:
Parachutes, but wasn't there just this exact thread a couple of weeks ago?
Also, Justin Timberlake is not that bad. He's talented and a good performer, even if his talents are a bit misdirected. |
Some people here sometimes surprise me with their comments about pop bands.(not reffering to you) And, no, I had no idea there was a exact poll just few weeks ago, sorry for that 
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 21:38 |
X & Y can not be tied for the lead with A Rush Of Blood To The Head being dead last with no votes! Never trust proggers with pop-pop/rock.
AROBTTH is the only one I like...and one I used to listen to alot back in the day. Almost every song is good. Their debut had a few interesting tunes but is ultimately meh. X&Y was just awful. Thus I stopped caring about them.  |
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 23:02 |
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^Wrong! Every track on parachutes is great, but A Rush... is also great. I agree about X & Y to an extent. When I skim through it, it sounds great, but on the whole it's too long and not quite as inspired. I wasn't initially too interested in hearing new Coldplay from then on, but the stuff I started hearing/reading about the new album was intriguing enough and Viva la Vida turned out to be pretty good.
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 23:23 |
I wasn't so thrilled with Parachutes (though admittedly its been forever since I've listen to it). Just checking now, only two tracks survived on my itunes.  It was alright...not bad for a debut, and they really came through with their followup.
I think someone had their newest playing in the car whilst I was driving with them so I probably heard about half to three-quarters of it. It wasn't bad, but I didn't hear anything that made me want to spend money on it.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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JD
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Posted: August 29 2009 at 09:23 |
So? Is there any love for them here?
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Speaking for myself...not really. Although, strangely enough, I did participate in and do some location stills for a video that came in second in their Fan video contest. Check out my web site, I played one of the French guards. http://whitepinemedia.ca/ Scroll down to the Archive section at bottom of page.
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Badabing666
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 03:25 |
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Viva la Vida and Death to all his Friends followed by X&Y
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Posted: September 08 2009 at 02:38 |
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Tough choice, cos I own (and like) all of them. I went for Viva la Vida, although X&Y comes a close second. Followed by Rush..., with Parachutes being my least favourite, simply because it doesn't seem to have the epic stadium-sized confidence of the other three.
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Posted: September 08 2009 at 08:19 |
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Franky, a band I dislike. Yet, the singles from the last album make me reconsider their case. I will never be a fan, but I think their new songs sound more interesting and better made than the small amount of songs I knew from them.
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