Viva la Vida-Coldplay

Okay, as everyone well knows, Coldplay's highly anticipated fourth record Viva la Vida was just released, and frankly, I'm not too big of a fan of it. I mean, it's good, but a lot of hype was lead up to this, and it was a flop, frankly. 

Okay, first of all, Coldplay is not the greatest band on Earth, and I need to base that down to begin with, especially because Coldplay has turned into the High School students' "Dave Matthews Band" fad. Everyone listens to them, and everyone's an expert on them. Which is a sad truth when it all boils down.

I'm definitely not saying that Coldplay sucks either. Chris Martin masters the falseto style of singing, and the addition of the mellow music of guitar mixing with a piano just makes the band what they really are. But that's all about the band itself that I'm going to say before this review turns bias.

First, to start off, one of the cons of this record, is that it starts out with a pure instrumental, that honestly, bores the living Hell out of you. I mean, it is upbeat and everything, but it's repetitive. Also, I, frankly, cannot STAND the song Viva la Vida because of how famous it's become. I mean, it still is good, but it doesn't deserve the attention it has got.

Now, I will give it the satisfaction of having three very good songs, and the band all together, writes very deep and meaningful lyrics and sings it well for the most part, and I'm talking about near-great songs. These songs are Cemeteries of London, Yes (despite the deep vocals at the beginning) and Death and All His Friends (for the soul purpose of the line "Cycle recycled revenge" even though it was not come up with by the band, rather their producer.)

It good. I will at least give them that. But it just sounds like X&Y, which as well all know (if you actually know music) was not that great of a record. Coldplay has just turned into a repetitive band, and that's a hard habit to change, because when you start writing songs and singing them one way, then you're told that you have to completely change that, it's hard to do. I guess I'd tell you to buy it, I did. Don't rip them off. It is kind of worth it, but much better records have been released. I give it three stars.