X&Y (Remastered) Coldplay

• 1 Square One 04:47
• 2 What If 04:57
• 3 White Shadows 05:28
• 4 Fix You 04:55
• 5 Talk 05:11
• 6 X & Y 04:34
• 7 Speed of Sound 04:48
• 8 A Message 04:45
• 9 Low 05:32
• 10 The Hardest Part 04:25
• 11 Swallowed in the Sea 03:59
• 12 Twisted Logic 04:32
• 13 Til Kingdom Come 04:11
• Total Runtime 01:02:04

Info for X&Y (Remastered)

Coldplay's massively anticipated new album, X&Y, is the follow-up to 2002's 16-million selling 'A Rush of Blood To The Head' and includes the single 'Speed of Sound'.

Although Coldplay was already big before „A Rush of Blood To The Head’s“ 2002 release, nothing could have prepared the British band for the album's Grammy-garnering runaway success. In addition to becoming a full-blown rock star, frontman Chris Martin remained in the media spotlight through his marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow and the subsequent birth of the couple's child. What followed for Coldplay was, reportedly, a difficult and lengthy recording process where the group tinkered extensively with their signature sound and eventually arrived back at square one.

'Square One' is, in fact, where X&Y, the band's third album, begins, with a subtle, dreamy keyboard line giving way to a barrage of razor-sharp guitar riffs and Martin's plaintive vocals. In keeping with RUSH's overall theme, the songs of X&Y aren't simply catchy singles so much as engaging and meticulously crafted tracks that fit seamlessly together. Many of the record's songs clock in around the five-minute mark, revealing that the quartet feels no obligation to create short, snappy hits; instead they take their time establishing a resonant, anthemic atmosphere, most notably on the slowly building 'Fix You.' It's clear on X&Y that nothing about Coldplay needed to be fixed, since this album serves as a potent reminder of the band's charms and talents.

Chris Martin, vocals, piano
Jonny Buckland, guitars
Guy Berryman, bass
Will Champion, drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Susan Dench, strings
Audrey Riley, strings
Brian Eno, synthesizer
Robert Smith, computer programming
Mark Pythian, computer programming
Carmen Rizzo , computer programming


Recorded January 2004 – January 2005 at AIR Studios, London; Parr Street, Liverpool; Sarm West Studios, London; Townhouse Studios, London; CRC, Chicago, Illinois; The Hit Factory, New York, New York
Engineered and mixed by Ken Nelson, Michael Brauer
Produced by Coldplay, Ken Nelson, Danton Supple

Digitally remastered

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