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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Video Premiere: Coldplay (feat. Rihanna) - Princess Of China

Monday, May 14, 2012

Behind The Scenes: Coldplay (feat Rihanna) - Princess Of China

Friday, February 3, 2012

Video Premiere: Coldplay - Charlie Brown

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Flares: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Coldplay finally surrender to their essential good nature on Mylo Xyloto, their fifth album and first to ditch all pretense of brooding melancholia. Which isn’t to say the band doesn’t drift along on some pleasingly spacy atmospheres conjured by longtime producer Brian Eno: there’s still a veneer of classy disaffection that inevitably dissipates due to the relentless sunniness of Chris Martin and company. Eno's echoes and ambience -- the only things that still mark Coldplay as anything resembling progressive -- positively sparkle when they meet the band’s bright, chipper melodies, yet Coldplay's innate good manners restrain the album, keeping it just this side of a rush of candied pop. Such politeness can verge on the dull -- criminally so when they bring Rihanna in for “Princess of China,” a duet so toothless she may as well have stayed home -- but Mylo Xyloto has a leg up on other Coldplay records for this simple reason: they’re no longer attempting to mimic U2's portentous piety. They’ve embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group’s insuppressible niceness.

Based on Critics - 31/50

Based on Public - 50/50

Based on Hype - 46/50

Based on Pop Flares - 35/50

Overall:

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Exclusive Album Leak: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Mylo Xyloto is the upcoming fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Coldplay, set for release on 24 October 2011. According to Chris Martin, the album is "based on a love story with a happy ending.", in which two protagonists: Mylo and Xyloto, who are living in an oppressive, dystopian urban environment, meet one another through a gang called "The Lost Boys", and fall in love. Lyrically, the album is inspired by "old school American graffiti" and "the White Rose Movement."

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Video Premiere: Coldplay - Paradise

Monday, October 17, 2011

Song: Coldplay (feat. Rihanna) - Princess of China

Monday, September 12, 2011

Song: Coldplay - Paradise

Friday, September 9, 2011

Track Listing: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Coldplay is releasing their new album next month. And this is the track listing:

1. Mylo Xyloto 2. Hurts Like Heaven 3. Paradise 4. Charlie Brown 5. Us Against The World 6. M.M.I.X. 7. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 8. Major Minus 9. U.F.O. 10. Princess Of China 11. Up In Flames 12. A Hopeful Transmission 13. Don’t Let It Break Your Heart 14. Up With The Birds

Cover: Coldplay - Paradise

British band Coldplay just tweeted the official cover artwork of their second single “Paradise” to be released next September 12. The song is from the album Mylo Xyloto to be release October 24.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Announcement: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Coldplay have just annouced that their upcoming fifth album will be called, "Mylo Xyloto". Above is the official 'reversible' album covers and below is a short note posted on their website.

Mylo Xyloto was produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson with enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno. The album will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks.

The next single from the album is called Paradise. It's coming out on September 12.