X&Y

X&Y
Studio album by
Publication (s)	June 3, 2005
Label (s)	Parlophone , Capitol Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Alternative rock
Title (number)	13
running time	62:32
occupation	Vocals , guitar , piano : Chris Martin Guitar: Jonny Buckland Bass : Guy Berryman Drums : Will Champion
production	Coldplay, Danton Supple, Ken Nelson
chronology A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) X&Y Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
Single releases May 23, 2005 Speed ​​of sound September 5, 2005 Fix you December 9, 2005 Talk April 3, 2006 The Hardest Part June 27, 2006 What if June 8, 2007 White Shadows

X&Y is the third studio album by the English pop rock band Coldplay . It was released in the middle of 2005 and followed the second album after almost three years.

background

As on their previous albums, Coldplay worked again with producer Ken Nelson . Production took 18 months. The album was recorded in eight different recording studios, including London , Liverpool , New York , Chicago and Los Angeles .

The band processed influences from Kraftwerk , David Bowie and Brian Eno on the album . Overall, the album is more electronic , but also more catchy and eccentric than its predecessors.

Cover

The Baudot code served as the basis for the album design

The album cover was designed by Tappin Gofton , who had already done covers for The Chemical Brothers . It is supposed to represent the album title X&Y in the Baudot code commonly used in telegraphy in the Murray variant (CCITT-2). The colors have no meaning.

The two outer columns show the coding for X (11101) and Y (10101), the two inner columns the toggle code (11011) for the special character mode and - according to today's understanding - the code for the & -sign (110 1 0 ), but the coding of the special characters was historically inconsistent. Since the switch back to letter mode (11111) is missing before the Y , it would have to be interpreted as a special character ('6') and the whole code consequently as X96 .

The dashed dividing line is reminiscent of the early Baudot code variant (CCITT-1), in which the 5-bit codes were divided into groups of 2 and 3 and used with the middle and index finger of the left hand and with the index finger. , Middle and ring fingers of the right hand were entered.

The respective title was visualized in the same way as a Baudot code on the covers of the six singles. It can also be found in the album's booklet.

Track list

1. Square One (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:47
2. What If (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:57
3. White Shadows (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 5:28
4. Fix You (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:54
5. Talk (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin, Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Emil Schult) - 5:11
6. X&Y (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:34
7. Speed ​​of Sound (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:48
8. A Message (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:45
9. Low (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 5:32
10. The Hardest Part (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:25
11. Swallowed in the Sea (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 3:58
12. Twisted Logic (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 5:01
13. Till Kingdom Come (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:10 ( Hidden Track )

Bonus track (Thailand)

1. Til Kingdom Come 4:11
2. Things I Don't Understand 4:57
3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 4:59

Bonus track (Japan)

14. How You See the World (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:04

Promo Bonus CD (Great Britain)

1. Interview 51:35 (Interview with 22 questions to Coldplay about the album X&Y)

Bonus DVD (Argentina)

1. Things I Don't Understand 4:54
2. Proof 4:12
3. The World Turned Upside Down 4:33
4. Pour Me (Live @ the Hollywood Bowl) 5:03
5. Sleeping Sun 3:07
6. Gravity 8:48
7. Speed ​​Of Sound [Video]
8. Fix You [video]
9. Talk [video]
10. The Hardest Part [Video]
11. X&Y Track By Track Interview

Tour Edition - Disc 2

In the Netherlands , Australia and Japan the album was re-released as a 2-CD set. CD 2 contains the B-sides of the singles Speed ​​of Sound , Fix You and Talk :

1. Things I Don't Understand
2. Proof
3. The World Turned Upside Down
4. Pour Me (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
5. Sleeping Sun
6. Gravity

Single releases

The single Speed ​​of Sound was released shortly before the album and made it into the top 10 of the American Billboard charts . The last British band to do that was the Beatles .

After Fix You , the second single from the album, the song has since been talk released as a single, which is a sample of computer love of power plant contains. Anton Corbijn directed the accompanying video .

In 2006, The Hardest Part and What if were also released. For the first, a CD version was only released with the appearance of the box set The Singles 1999-2006 , before the last single on the album was released in mid-2007 with White Shadows . A music video only followed for The Hardest Part , which was recorded in Saint Petersburg .

Speed ​​of sound

1. Speed ​​of sound
2. Things I Don't Understand
3. Proof

Fix you

1. Fix you
2. The World Turned Upside Down
3. Pour Me (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
4. Fix You (Video)

Coldplay play talk at a concert in Kansas (2005)

Talk

CD single

1. Talk (Radio Edit)
2. Sleeping Sun

7 ″ vinyl single

1. Talk
2. Gravity

DVD single

1. Talk (Radio Edit)
2. Gravity
3. Talk (video)
4. Speed ​​of Sound (video)
5. Talk (Making of the Video)

Dutch 3 CD set

CD 1

1. Talk (Radio Edit)
2. Swallowed in the Sea (Live in Holland)
3. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (Live in Holland)

CD 2

1. Talk (album version)
2. Square One (Live in Holland)
3. Clocks (Live in Holland)

CD 3

1. Talk (Live in Holland)
2. Till Kingdom Come (Live in Holland)
3. Fix You (Live in Holland)

Australian CD single

1. Talk
2. Sleeping Sun
3. Gravity

The Hardest Part

1. The Hardest Part
2. How You See the World (Live from Earl's Court)

reception

The album immediately became a chart hit in the US and across Europe . So far, more than 11 million copies of this album have been sold worldwide. The IFPI stated that X&Y was the best-selling album worldwide in 2005.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	5 × platinum	200,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Denmark (IFPI)	6 × platinum	(120,000)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × platinum	(600,000)
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(34,222)
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(400,000)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	(10,000)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Ireland (IRMA)	8 × platinum	(120,000)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	(50,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	4 × platinum	60,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(30,000)
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	(40,000)
Russia (NFPF)	gold	(10,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(60,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(80,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × platinum	(2,700,000)
All in all	4 × gold 70 × platinum	9,450,000

Main article: Coldplay / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• X&Y at laut.de
• Marcus du Sautoy : How do you decode the new Coldplay album cover? , The Guardian, June 2, 2005

Individual evidence

1. ^ X & Y single cover on Coldplay Wiki . www.WikiColdplay.com. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 30, 2011.