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puflines · 07-21-2009, 08:41 AM

I don't think XY is bad at all, but it's the "least good" album from the band,songs that were commercially successful, like Speed of Sound, look like if they were composed with spare parts from other songs from the band (and this particularily has exactly the same rythm and structure as Clocks). Viva la Vida is their experimental try, produced by a man that's all but conventional, Brian Eno. It has commercially sellable tracks, like Viva la Vida or Violet Hill, which are nice to listen, and wonderful songs like Lost or Life in Technicolor.

I think this album overcomes XY by far and nearly achieves the quality of A Rush of Blood to the Head (obviously it's nothing compared to Parachutes).

07-21-2009, 08:41 AM	#80 (permalink)
puflines Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Posts: 3	I don't think XY is bad at all, but it's the "least good" album from the band,songs that were commercially successful, like Speed of Sound, look like if they were composed with spare parts from other songs from the band (and this particularily has exactly the same rythm and structure as Clocks). Viva la Vida is their experimental try, produced by a man that's all but conventional, Brian Eno. It has commercially sellable tracks, like Viva la Vida or Violet Hill, which are nice to listen, and wonderful songs like Lost or Life in Technicolor. I think this album overcomes XY by far and nearly achieves the quality of A Rush of Blood to the Head (obviously it's nothing compared to Parachutes). __________________