Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
by Coldplay
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Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends is ranked 3rd 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 104 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,637.
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Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008 | 15/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 25 Music Albums of 2008 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 62/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 14 Music Albums of 2008 | 12/14 | 1 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 15 Music Albums of 2008 | 15/15 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 771 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,776 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/17/2026 22:37 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 15:06 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 01:43 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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BestEverAlbums 16 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarleyViva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2009 Grammys. The winner was Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Edited)
Coldplay trato de hacer algo más experimental pero sin arriesgarse demasiado, como resultado, un album que tiene cosas interesantes pero que no va a ningún lado.
"Cemeteries of london", "viva la vida" y "violent hill" son las pistas mas destacadas.
Englis review:
Coldplay tried to do something more experimental but without risking too much, as a result, an album that has interesting things but that doesn't go anywhere.
Feels like a concept album made for the express purpose of being able to say that “we made a concept album”.
I hate the syrupy sweetness of the singles, and most of the rest feels trite and clichéd. I thought the final song was a compelling attempt at redemption.
Enjoyed the slight change with a couple of longer songs that we didn't get on their previous releases - Yes and Lovers in Japan. Also like Life In Technicolour and the two main singles (Violet Hill, Viva La Vida) of course.
Personally the last time coldplay demanded my attention with an album. It still fails to light me up but i can appreciate what is here. Brian Eno impact is very noticeable on this one
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