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Originally Posted by LedZepStu
ok, a lot of people dislike the band but i for one was looking forward to the new album. like the with the white stripes album- i cant help but feel critics were influenced by the reputation of the band when dishing out superlatives such as "greatest album of the decade" and "a masterpiece". its good. not brilliant but good. while songs like "what if", "X&Y", "twisted logic" and "talk" are great songs, to me the album as a whole just sounds quite....i dunno..similiar. it all sounds the same. been a bit underwhelmed by the "hottest albums of the year". im praying the nine black alps debut makes up for it.
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stu stu stu...i've just downloaded it and i have been listening to it all afternoon....it's briliant...i think it might be even better then parachutes...some people have a problem with them not changing that much, but i think their sound has changed a bit since parachutes, parachutes was more music for rainy days, whilst x&y is music for stadiums...their music has become monumental and they have become a stadium rock band, something like pink floyd....songs like talk and the speed of sound were created for a huge light show....and i like how some songs have a faster drum beat , sorta electronic, close to new order...i would like to see them develope in that direction...and although i like the slower songs too, i have a feeling they sorta feel obligated to make songs like that, anyway the obvious standout tracks for me are speed of sound, talk and hardest part, absolutley brilliant, but there seriously isn't a bad or annoying song on the album ( i really didn't like god put a smile on your face on AROBTTH )...so in short i love it!!