Review: Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

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Did Coldplay Steal ‘Viva La Vida’?
Published 6/17/2008 by Luis at Pretty Much Amazing! The Music Blog
... In other notable news, Pitchfork gave Viva La Vida a 6.5. Not to dis the phenomenal music site, but I feel that they sometimes wimp out- this time by not giving Coldplay a definitive, love-it-or-hate-it rating, but instead just going in the middle (they did the same with ...

The Woefully Underexposed Coldplay Release An Album [The Last Word]
Published 6/17/2008 by Dan Gibson at Idolator
... • "The record's violent, revolution-themed artwork is misleading. Viva is more like a bloodless coup—shrewd and inconspicuous in its progressive impulses." [Pitchfork] ...

"Indie 500": Coldplay, Beck, Re-Up Gang
Published 8/14/2008 by Vadim (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
... , who, among other things, claims Martin "actually sounds as if he's trying very hard to suppress his arrogance and near-American showoffiness." You can't be too overtly self-loathing for some people; either Martin is or isn't the blandest frontman ever (the former's correct), but you can't claim that his blandness is a manifestation of secret arrogance. Dude doesn't even know how to dress. Meanwhile, hell is freezing over because Pitchfork kinda-sorta-maybe liked the album (6.5! "Lost!" is a "uniquely alluring smash"! "Strawberry Swing" is "spectacular"! etc. etc.). ...