X&Y (studio album)
by Coldplay
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X&Y is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Coldplay on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Coldplay is A Rush Of Blood To The Head which is ranked number 108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,983.
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X&Y track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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100/100  | 24 hours ago | kinginsomniac12 | | 100/100 |
60/100 | 10/05/2025 08:18 | Olli | | 68/100 |
85/100 | 09/03/2025 20:40 | araidernomore | | 76/100 |
80/100 | 08/16/2025 13:22 | Scrabbler | | 79/100 |
75/100 | 07/23/2025 21:51 | davidbalo | | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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I don’t know why people hating on this album. This and AROBTTH is their best work
C_Krug2009 10/13/2022 14:57
Thia album is great. So hard to choose between X&Y and AROBTTH. Both are so good. So this album has a lot of synths in it which is why I think its great. The songwriting is great too. Good melodies throughout and its very melodic. Can't understand why some people are saying its overrated because its in the top 500. I would put this as their best Coldplay album probably. The sounds on this project are really universally acclaimed. I mean so is the 2002 album but I just think this one will age better with time.
Unreal album - whilst the first 2 are brilliant, this one feels more like a complete album with the most consistent narrative throughout. Coldplay at their very best! Wish they played White Shadows more live.
rogue 08/26/2022 21:35
Probably my favorite Coldplay album. "Talk" is so great.
katerpillar 02/19/2022 03:51
In my opinion, not as good as the earlier ones
The singles are great (Talk, Hardest Part, Fix You and Speed Of Sound) but the rest of the album is a bit meh for me, especially when compared to their first two albums.
Brad1770 09/12/2021 09:28
Coldplay have 4 albums inside the BEA top 500 and this is one of them
Best track: “The Hardest Part”
At songs like "Square One", they go through musical routes that deserved to be further explored, but they don't. "What if" and "X & Y" were the 2 other interesting tries, but the album overall leaves a lot to be desired, even more if you take into account its length.
One of the best Coldplay albums ever made, possibly *the* best. Not a single bad song and certainly no filler, the deepcuts are just as good as the hits, which is really saying something. The nostalgia/Chris Martin vocals along with "Talk" and "Speed of Sound" makes this my album of the year for '05
Best song(s): "What If" "White Shadows" "Fix You" "Talk" "Speed of Sound" "A Message"
llibnanoon 07/28/2020 13:14
Some really high moments and some very low moments. Not a great follow to a near perfect album, however I know that the pressure was there. Rating (80.38)
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