Mylo Xyloto is not just any album, its a concept album, probably the best one I've heard from the 21st century. Listening to the songs individually won't do any justice to a concept album, you have to listen to everything back to back. The occasional sparse music, combined with Chris Martin's crisp voice, gives it a lofty quality, very much like its titles: Hurts like Heaven and Paradise. While Every Tear is a Waterfall has very dense qualities and fast tempo, very much like a rush of water. Several short pieces blended seamlessly into much more longer songs. A Hopeful Transmission builds up to Don't Let it Break Your Heart, and if you listen carefully in the background there are echoes of "Hope" in Don't Let it Break Your Heart. The reverberating sounds that ended the same song continued to the last song Up with the Birds, concluding the whole album with yes, a sense of Hope for those who listen.
Coldplay, this album is sheer genius!
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