Another album of musical genius. Literally every song on the album is fantastic, which I must say is a first for Coldplay. I usually don’t like about 2 songs on the album, but I can honestly say that I enjoy every song on the album. “Violet Hill” and “Lovers in Japan” are my favorites. The songs have so many layers, all beautiful in their own way (check out “Life in Technicolor”... the layers are so fantastic!). The melodies and harmonies are lovely. Ah, and of course we have Chris Martin’s frequent use of falsetto, which is the icing on Coldplay’s musical masterpieces. The album is terrific and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!

I am incredibly bipolar when it comes to Coldplay. I can not seem to figure out if I like them or hate them. I was listening to them pretty early when Parachutes came out and I seem to give every album they put out a chance though Chris Martin has gone from adorable frontman to a melodramatic twit.

Before this album came out I went and listened to their old stuff and again though I was swept up in moments of nostalgia and the distinct memories that go with these albums in my life, I was still annoyed by the meaningless smug nursery rhyme lyricism that I found prevalent and continuous and by the time XY came out made the dwindling feelings of appreciation disappear into something close to hate.

What I think, at least from the early listens to Viva La Vida… is the shitty lyrics of before have been quelled/ muffled and I actually find myself enjoying this album.

Maybe I just had such low expectations that the fact that the album isn’t half bad is a total and pleasant surprise. And I find the nice memories of coldplay coming back returning without having to put up with the drudgery of “You can sing a song that nobody has sung.”

Though this ridiculous military band look has got to stop. They should just play tunes and avoid the rest of the PR hoopla of trying to look like a new band.