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Originally Posted by elrod-tom
OK, so the British music mags have been talking this one up like it's the second coming of What's the Story Morning Glory. That's a bit much...quite a bit, actually.
That said, I've been listening to it for about a week, and aside from a couple of clunkers, I think it's a pretty good album.
I know that Coldplay get's beat up pretty well around here by some folks. I've followed them through their first two albums - the first was not that great IMHO, the second VERY spotty (though better than the first). This is a substantial improvement IMHO.
Any other thoughts??
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I agree completely. Their first album did NOTHING for me. In fact, I had written them off completely. Then I heard Clocks and I was WOWED! I bought the disc just for that song and was pleasantly surprised by The Scientist. Other than that, I didn't care for the album.
Then comes this album, overhyped as per usual, I was not enthusiastic, nor really anticipating anything that would urge me to buy the album. I heard the first single and really liked it then I went in for a listen at a local music store and after the first 4 tracks, I was hooked.
My main issues with this album (besides the horrid recording quality, someone in this thread mentioned static/distortion/scratchiness on a few tracks, I have that too and I am playing it on my 5k CD player as well as my computers) is that this album is pretty much a remix album of Clocks. Every song sounds nearly identical and they all sound very similar to Clocks, so much so that one track I felt it WAS Clocks, before checking the track listing. I suppose...write to what sells/works?
I'm not complaining overly, as I wrote, I really like Clocks and an album full of Clocks-like songs will have a heavy rotation at least for a while on my end, that said, nothing clever here, nothing profound, certainly not the "second coming of 'What's the Story Morning Glory.'" This is a very polite album; it is a safe album. It is a perfect album for me when I have come home from a long day and I need to veg, words fade to mumbles, I experience soft rolling drones and spacey rhythms, nice and pleasant.