Coldplay finally surrender to their essential good nature on Mylo Xyloto, their fifth album and first to ditch all pretense of brooding melancholia.
Which isn’t to say the band doesn’t drift along on some pleasingly spacy atmospheres conjured by longtime producer Brian Eno: there’s still a veneer of classy disaffection that inevitably dissipates due to the relentless sunniness of Chris Martin and company.
Eno's echoes and ambience -- the only things that still mark Coldplay as anything resembling progressive -- positively sparkle when they meet the band’s bright, chipper melodies, yet Coldplay's innate good manners restrain the album, keeping it just this side of a rush of candied pop.
Such politeness can verge on the dull -- criminally so when they bring Rihanna in for “Princess of China,” a duet so toothless she may as well have stayed home -- but Mylo Xyloto has a leg up on other Coldplay records for this simple reason: they’re no longer attempting to mimic U2's portentous piety.
They’ve embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group’s insuppressible niceness.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mylo XylotoGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 00:43 | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| 2 | Hurts Like HeavenGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | ParadiseGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Charlie BrownGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Us Against the WorldGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 6 | M.M.I.X.Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 00:48 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 7 | Every Teardrop Is a WaterfallGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | Major MinusGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | U.F.O.Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | Princess of ChinaGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | Up in FlamesGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 12 | A Hopeful TransmissionGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 00:33 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 13 | Don't Let It Break Your HeartGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 14 | Up with the BirdsGuy Berryman, Jonny Buckland | Coldplay | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 44 mins | 101 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 288 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Baynton | Engineer |
| 2 | Guy Berryman | Composer |
| 3 | Michael Brauer | Mixing |
| 4 | Jonny Buckland | Composer |
| 5 | Coldplay | Artwork, Primary Artist |
| 6 | Tim Crompton | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 7 | Rosie Danvers | Cello |
| 8 | Andrew Denny | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 9 | Markus Dravs | Engineer, Producer |
| 10 | Pierre Eiras | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 11 | David Emery | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 12 | Brian Eno | Composer |
| 13 | Olga Fitzroy | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 14 | Ryan Gilligan | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 15 | Tappin Gofton | Art Direction, Artwork |
| 16 | Noah Goldstein | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 17 | Christian Green | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 18 | Daniel Green | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 19 | Matt Green | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 20 | Mary Hammond | Vocal Coach |
| 21 | Phil Harvey | Photography |
| 22 | Luis Jardim | Percussion |
| 23 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 24 | Sarah Lee | Photography |
| 25 | Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| 26 | Matt McGinn | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 27 | Matt Miller | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 28 | Nobuyuki Murakami | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 29 | Hidefumi Ohbuchi | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 30 | Deepu Panjwani | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 31 | Kate Peters | Photography |
| 32 | Davide Rossi | Strings |
| 33 | Andy Rugg | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 34 | Ian Shea | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 35 | Rik Simpson | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 36 | Mark "Spike" Stent | Mixing |
| 37 | Ian Sylvester | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |