A piece ‘a Me

Well this week saw a pitched music battle, I got Coldplay’s new Album, ‘Viva la Vida’ yesterday, and I finally got around to downloading Nine Inch Nail’s new album ‘The Slip’. I;ve listened to them both extensively and determined that they are both very good, but I prefer The Slip. Free, excellent work, and a fine addition to my NiN collection. I’ll definitely be buying the CD when it comes out too.

I just got my paws on Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I’ve always been a huge Coldplay fan (my mum hates them, they are bout the only band I like that she doesn’t!) but this album, from my initial impressions at least, is different. Whereas previous albums had a lot of well defined ‘classics’ on them (think about Clocks, Yellow, Trouble, Speed of Sounds etc.) this one doesn’t have a lot of songs that leap out and grab you as good singles. Are Coldplay finally becoming album artists? Even Violet Hill, which has been out as a single for a month or so doesn’t even hit the mark as real Single material.

It doesn’t stop it being a good album, I’m sure it’ll ingrain itself into my head, like the others did.

Oh and, for the record, I was particularly pissed off that it came in a card sleeve! What’s with that? Did I miss something?