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  1. I wonder if ATYCLB is CM's favorite U2 album too
  3. Has to be since the whole second part of his bands career is based on that album.

    I was listening to A Rush just now, what a great album that is. Top 5 of this century for sure.
  4. I love their first three albums, but honestly speaking those songs could have come from the same recording session and I wouldn't know the difference.
  5. Originally posted by ahn1991:I love their first three albums, but honestly speaking those songs could have come from the same recording session and I wouldn't know the difference.
    Nope.

    The prime example being that the band acquired the famed CS-80 synth during the making of X and Y and the album is riddled with it (which I love). Plus the lyrical content is different between those albums.

    Say what you will, but the same argument could (equally blindly) be made about U2's first three albums since they share a similar musical "tone".

    There's no reason to be salty as someone who dislikes their latest. At some point in your life you have to accept that for whatever reason, sometimes tons of people like something shit while a very small amount of people like something of quality. If you disagree with that, explain to me how the success of the Kardashians is based on quality of...whatever you want to call it that they're doing. Bad example? Okay, how about Nick Jonas? Talentless, but widely successful.
  6. The first three U2 albums are definitely more different among themselves than the first three Coldplay albums. Heading into Viva, there was definitely a sense of whether or not Coldplay would release "more of the same" with their 4th album.
  7. Originally posted by ahn1991:The first three U2 albums are definitely more different among themselves than the first three Coldplay albums. Heading into Viva, there was definitely a sense of whether or not Coldplay would release "more of the same" with their 4th album.
    Meh, I disagree. In fact, it's funny because U2's second album was worse than their first and arguably their all-time worst (after NLOTH) whereas Rush of Blood is widely regarded as Coldplay's best. Whatever you say about similarities in sound between albums, they hit a sound people loved and squeezed all they could out of it. That doesn't mean the songs were bad or that those albums can't be Coldplay's best work lol.
  8. Oh make no mistake U2's first three albums as a whole don't stand a chance against Coldplay's first three. I'm only commenting on the differences between albums. I think Coldplay was quite smart in taking advantage of a sound they discovered early on. I'm a big fan of AHFOD and Ghost Stories because they took elements from these first three and brought them into a new context. I wouldn't rank those albums as a whole over Coldplay's first three, but Everglow and Up&Up would rank highly as individual songs.
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  10. Originally posted by ahn1991:Oh make no mistake U2's first three albums as a whole don't stand a chance against Coldplay's first three. I'm only commenting on the differences between albums. I think Coldplay was quite smart in taking advantage of a sound they discovered early on. I'm a big fan of AHFOD and Ghost Stories because they took elements from these first three and brought them into a new context. I wouldn't rank those albums as a whole over Coldplay's first three, but Everglow and Up&Up would rank highly as individual songs.
    I dunno, I think up and up is an okay song dressed up like a good one. The lyrics and music are both corny.

    But we can disagree about this forever.
  12. I think its kinda sad they both (think they) need something else besides their music to make a impression while both can do it with just their music and performance imo.
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