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X&Y is the third studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 6 June 2005 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. Produced by Coldplay and producer Danton Supple , it is noted for its troubled and urgent development, as well as manager and creative director Phil Harvey 's brief ...
With the release of Parachutes (2000), A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), and X&Y (2005), they scored three of the 50 best-selling albums in the United Kingdom. The former included Top 10 singles such as " In My Place ", " Clocks " and " The Scientist ", while the latter had the country's third-fastest-sales upon release. [8]
Jun 6, 2005 · Released June 6, 2005. X&Y Tracklist. 1. Square One Lyrics. 35.9K. 2. What If Lyrics. 54.9K. 3. White Shadows Lyrics. 31K. 4. Fix You Lyrics. 1.4M. 5. Talk Lyrics. 83.4K. 6. X&Y Lyrics. 68.6K. 7....
Dec 9, 2020 · Coldplay | X&Y [FULL ALBUM] 2005 Tracklist: 1. Square One 2. What If 3. White Shadows 4. Fix You 5. Talk 6. X&Y 7. Speed of Sound 8. A Message 9. Low 10. The...
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In an interview, Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the song was written in mid-2004 and was inspired by Martin's daughter, Apple, and English alternative rock singer Kate Bush: "That's a song where we were listening to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we wanted a song which had a lot of tom-toms in it. I just had my daughter up also, ...
"Speed of Sound" is a piano-based song with an upbeat tempo. The song begins with the insistently ornate keyboard melody,with a backing synthesizer that is heard throughout the song. The melody then transitions into the first verse being sung by lead singer Chris Martin. It repeats, with the song then transitioning into its second verse. The verses...
Coldplay released "Speed of Sound" in the US on 18 April 2005 and in the UK on 23 May 2005 as the album's lead single. The single was pressed with two B-sides: "Things I Don't Understand" and "Proof". The song was met with a polarised response from critics. PopMatters felt that the song "comes close to sounding too safe, almost like the band is on ...
"Speed of Sound" was beaten to the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart by the novelty song "Axel F" by the Crazy Frog, instead peaking at number two for a week, although it did stay in the Top 75 for sixteen non-consecutive weeks.However, it became Coldplay's first UK download number one. It also became Coldplay's first and (at that point) bigg...
"Speed of Sound" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2006 Grammy Awards. It won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song as well. In December 2005, the track appeared at number nine on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Tracks of the Year". In 2006, it won a Br...
Production
The video promo for "Speed of Sound" was shot on a Los Angeles sound stage on 22 and 23 April 2005. Shooting took place on large sets backed by large light-emitting diode (LED) displays developed by Element Labs. The performance-based video was directed by Mark Romanek.The video features the band performing in front of a curved ellipse wall that consists of 640 Element Labs' VersaTubes placed on 6-inch (150 mm) centres. The on-set animations were programmed and performed live during the shoot...
Video
The video opens in pitch-black, followed by a light framing Martin as he reaches skyward out of the shadows. The scene then shifts to the band, as they play the song. When Martin spread his hands, the two-storey-high LED lights erupt in a colour of rainbow hues. The LED background changes colours as the band continues. The video concludes its ending with the band lined up, one-by-one, and the LED set displaying a white light background. The video debuted on 23 May 2005 and proved successful o...
Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, synthesizerJonny Buckland – electric guitarGuy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocalsWill Champion – drums, backing vocalsUK CD CDR6664, 7-inch R6664, 12-inch 12R6664, 10-inch 10R6664Australia CD 872 9862 released 23 May 2005 by Capitol RecordsJapan CD TOCP-40179 released 11 May 2005 by Toshiba-EMIPeople also ask
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Jun 7, 2005 · June 7, 2005. Duration. 01:02:30. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock. Recording Location. Air Lyndhurst. Air Lyndhusrt. CRC. See More. Parr Street. Sam West. Sarm west. The Hit Factory, New York, NY. TownHouse. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. Parachutes (2000)
" Fix You " Released: 5 September 2005. 3. " Talk " Released: 19 December 2005. 4. " The Hardest Part " Released: 3 April 2006. Promotional singles from X&Y. 1. " What If " Released: 27 June 2006. 2. " White Shadows " Released: 8 June 2007. Coldplay record chronology. Studio albums chronology.
