Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto a winner
Wed 02 November 2011
Philip Calder, Bachelor of Journalism
It’s been four long years in the making, but UK band Coldplay’s long-awaited new album, Mylo Xyloto, has finally arrived in Australia.
Criticised for being “more of the same” by some, and loved by others, the 14-track album has attracted mixed reviews, despite the early success of the albums two singles, “Every Teardrop a Waterfall” and “Paradise” in the lead-up to the release.
The album combines both the old and new Coldplay, with tracks such as Charlie Brown being reminiscent of tracks from previous album Viva la Vida, and another song, U.F.O. harking back to the days of A Rush of Blood to the Head.
In a first for the popular band, Coldplay invited a guest artist to sing in one of their new tracks, going straight to one of the princesses of pop, Rihanna.
Princess of China features a reverberant dubstep-like bass beat with lead singer Chris Martin’s vocals intertwined with Rihanna’s dulcet tones.
After just one listen of the track, it is obvious this collaboration is sure to be a chart-topper.
As now appears to be Coldplay’s custom, the tracks of the album mix together to form a gapless work, the seamless transitions providing an extremely pleasurable listening experience-this is not an album you would put on shuffle.
It would indeed be a fair statement to say this album is more of the same from Coldplay, but it is more of the incredible same.
While the level of progressiveness many people were looking for is arguably absent, this latest release will surely not spell the demise of what is and will continue to be an incredible band.
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