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10.0
34230
10.0 |
Q
Music this uplifting, this inspirational, belongs among the stars. Print edition only
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8.0
33974
8.0 |
Clash
An excellent album with depths unexplainable within this word count
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8.0
34415
8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
ters gonna hate - but listen to Mylo Xyloto with an open mind, and what you'll find is a dam fine album jam-packed with stadium rocking anthems in the making
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8.0
33499
8.0 |
Mojo
A more streamlined affair, re-embracing themselves as an unpretentious yet big-sounding pop group. Print edition only
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8.0
33682
8.0 |
BBC
Mylo Xyloto may have an oblique title but it’s a triumph because the music is anything but
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8.0
33895
8.0 |
The Irish Times
This is very much Coldplay 2.0, with a sound that has been pulled into tight focus and an embarrassing abundance of new musical ideas to play with
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8.0
33906
8.0 |
Evening Standard
It's not perfect - Chris Martin's lyrics still don't bear scrutiny - but there is greatness and high-flying at every turn. This is the era of Coldplay
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8.0
33925
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Great pop music with its big heart in the right place
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8.0
33944
8.0 |
The Fly
Spectacularly self-indulgent it may be, but when Coldplay are this absurdly ambitious, it’s hard to pretend they’re anything shy of impressive
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7.5
34064
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Coldplay’s most consistently listenable album since 2002’s A Rush Of Blood To The Head
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7.0
34066
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
Far from Coldplay’s best...but thanks to Brian Eno’s studio skills, at least it never sounds any less than ravishing
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7.0
34090
7.0 |
Pitchfork
A band on top of a game they really don't have much competition in
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7.0
34850
7.0 |
AU Review
Disappointingly, the album ends with two flabby, over-produced, identikit anthems – which almost ruin a rather splendid album
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7.0
35208
7.0 |
Under The Radar
It's difficult to ascertain how much credit to give Eno for Coldplay's uptick in ambition and quality but Martin and the band have certainly been eager, open-minded students
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7.0
33489
7.0 |
Spin
The sonic detail accrues with such speed that it's like Martin and his mates fear you'll bail if they don't grab you straightaway
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7.0
33739
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The choruses are bigger, the textures grander, the optimism more optimistic. It's a bear-hug record for a bear-market world
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6.0
33493
6.0 |
Uncut
There's no shortage of decent tunes. Print edition only
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6.0
33962
6.0 |
No Ripcord
Once more, they bust out a bracing, if slightly ineffective, concept that showcases them at their most idiosyncratic without losing sight of what their audience wants: a dependable dosage of rapturous anthems
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6.0
33922
6.0 |
musicOMH
For those who want another dose of warm, cosy fluff, this will do the trick. Rihanna's appearance aside, Mylo Xyloto is everything you'd expect from a Coldplay album
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6.0
33990
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
While the melodies on Mylo Xyloto are some of the strongest and most memorable in the band's catalogue, it's the shortcomings in their lyrics that keep Coldplay from packing the kind of emotional wallop their sound really demands
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6.0
33993
6.0 |
State
This isn’t one of the great albums of the year, but it doesn’t really need to be. Its ultimate purpose, given sincere-sounding admonishments like ‘Don’t Let It Break Your Heart, might be as simple succor for Coldplay’s millions of fans, at an impasse with a fractious, chaotic and economically unstable world
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6.0
33999
6.0 |
The Observer
It's a bit uplifting, but ultimately insipid
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6.0
34508
6.0 |
Prefix
Still, Coldplay remain an eminently listenable, catchy band
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6.0
34854
6.0 |
The AU Review
The album lacks the depth of instruments of previous releases, making each track sound less distinct from one another
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6.0
34107
6.0 |
Paste Magazine
Certainly not an intimate affair, but tucked between the synth bangers and arena-ready epics are a few quiet gems that make an “acoustic project” seem like an idea worth pursuing next go-round
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6.0
34358
6.0 |
FasterLouder
Mylo Xyloto is certainly not a bad album, but merely a scuff-mark on the catalogue of one of the world’s biggest bands
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5.6
34116
5.6 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Fraught with growing pains
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5.0
33975
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It's not, on the whole, dislikable; it's just a bit of a mess
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5.0
34494
5.0 |
Blurt
The album is not terrible, just not terribly original either
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5.0
34016
5.0 |
Beats Per Minute
A mixed bag of ideas that never really comes together
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5.0
34024
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
A clustered collection of ideas and themes
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5.0
33834
5.0 |
NME
There's nothing wrong as such with Mylo Xyloto. It just feels like, once again, Coldplay have done the selfless thing and gone out to protect EMI's share price
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4.0
33900
4.0 |
The Independent
The supposed concept – lovers united against an oppressive dystopia – rendered in music that's equally as hackneyed
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4.0
34047
4.0 |
The Quietus
Passion is Coldplay's passion – seriously, Mylo Xyloto tugs the heartstrings like it's dragging a sofa upstairs – and this is as deep as a luxury bathtub from Homebase
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4.0
34057
4.0 |
The Scotsman
It’s all basically the same old underwhelming arena anthems
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4.0
33984
4.0 |
PopMatters
A direct sequel to Viva la Vida. Unfortunately, this is the kind of sequel where nothing new is introduced, no great revelations are to be had, and the things that made the previous installment so great are nowhere to be found
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