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It's good and as many said the last one before they went downhill, but I think their first two is when they peaked. 
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

In the world of modern pop CP are phenomenal. But that's saying much.


Uh...did you mean to say, 'that's not saying much'...?
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

In the world of modern pop CP are phenomenal. But that's saying much.

Uh...did you mean to say, 'that's not saying much'...?
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

It is a fairly good album. But in general, Coldplay is the musical equivalent of melatonin. There's a reason Chris Martin was in Shaun of the Dead, playing himself and advocating for the walking-dead relief concert "Zombaid".

I'm a big Coldplay fan but that's hilarious, LOL
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

a good album, they went downhill after that one

I agree, although their latest one is quite interesting.

listening now, first listen, sounds good, better than the two previous ones. 

Yes, it's a strange album (it has a few blank tracks on the CD and is quite an eclectic mixture of styles). I can't decide if it's genius or complete garbage.

not garbage at all, not genius either. 
Ghost Stories, the previous album is unlistenable, nothing there for me. 

Ghost Stories isn't the previous album, it's A Head Full Of Dreams. Not surprised if it went unnoticed by folks around here. Imo easily their least good album.
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Rush Of Blood is my favorite, wasn't so much a fan of Vive
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In the world of modern pop CP are phenomenal. But that's saying much.
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It is a fairly good album. But in general, Coldplay is the musical equivalent of melatonin. There's a reason Chris Martin was in Shaun of the Dead, playing himself and advocating for the walking-dead relief concert "Zombaid".
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No surprise there.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

[QUOTE=dr wu23] Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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[QUOTE] Give it time, they fit right in with Journey. ;)


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CP are still more prog.

I very much disagree. Big smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

[QUOTE=dr wu23] Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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[QUOTE] Give it time, they fit right in with Journey. ;)


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CP are still more prog.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

[QUOTE=dr wu23] Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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[QUOTE] Give it time, they fit right in with Journey. ;)

actually Journey are on PA mainly because of the pre-Perry works. Big smile
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[QUOTE=dr wu23] Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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[QUOTE] Give it time, they fit right in with Journey. ;)

Edited by SteveG - January 17 2021 at 12:20
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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thanks for pointing out where the thread is, I didn't notice LOL
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Hmmm....didn't know they were prog related...
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Edited by dr wu23 - January 17 2021 at 11:53
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A very good album but not a masterpiece, imho.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

a good album, they went downhill after that one

I agree, although their latest one is quite interesting.

listening now, first listen, sounds good, better than the two previous ones. 

Yes, it's a strange album (it has a few blank tracks on the CD and is quite an eclectic mixture of styles). I can't decide if it's genius or complete garbage.

not garbage at all, not genius either. 
Ghost Stories, the previous album is unlistenable, nothing there for me. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

a good album, they went downhill after that one

I agree, although their latest one is quite interesting.

listening now, first listen, sounds good, better than the two previous ones. 

Yes, it's a strange album (it has a few blank tracks on the CD and is quite an eclectic mixture of styles). I can't decide if it's genius or complete garbage.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

a good album, they went downhill after that one

I agree, although their latest one is quite interesting.

listening now, first listen, sounds good, better than the two previous ones. 
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I agree that Viva la Vida was the last really good Coldplay album, and I tried to give the two albums after a chance, but just couldn't get to the point that I liked them much, so I lost interest in them after that.  I really enjoy that one and the ones that came before though, especially A Rush of Blood to the Head which has one of the best songs ever from them "The Scientist".  All of their music from Viva la Vida and before really spoke to m me instantly for some reason, but after that, I lost interest.

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