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Title: X +Y = Ambitious
Review: "X&Y" could have easily been Coldplay's greatest hits album. There are so many memorable songs like SQUARE ONE, WHAT IF, WHITE SHADOWS, FIX YOU, TALK, SPEED OF SOUND, LOW, A MESSAGE, HARDEST PART and TWISTED LOGIC. Any number of songs from "X&Y" would collectively qualify them as being better than AROBTTH. "X&Y is a stand alone master work. Really, it doesn't need to be compared to other Coldplay previous works. It operated on the strength of it's own material. It is something new, something better. Same Coldplay, but a more ambitious and eager band has shown up this time. I think the songs on "X&Y" have a higher degree of difficulty. They're performed and executed flawlessly. I can tell that this album was challenging, but they pulled it off. This was hard.
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