Mylo Xyloto

by Coldplay

Overview

Coldplay finally surrender to their essential good nature on Mylo Xyloto, their fifth album and first to ditch all pretense of brooding melancholia. Which isn't to say the band doesn't drift along on some pleasingly spacy atmospheres conjured by longtime producer Brian Eno: there's still a veneer of classy disaffection that inevitably dissipates due to the relentless sunniness of Chris Martin and company. Eno's echoes and ambience -- the only things that still mark Coldplay as anything resembling progressive -- positively sparkle when they meet the band's bright, chipper melodies, yet Coldplay's innate good manners restrain the album, keeping it just this side of a rush of candied pop. Such politeness can verge on the dull -- criminally so when they bring Rihanna in for "Princess of China," a duet so toothless she may as well have stayed home -- but Mylo Xyloto has a leg up on other Coldplay records for this simple reason: they're no longer attempting to mimic U2's portentous piety. They've embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group's insuppressible niceness. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2011
Label:	Pa / Warner Bros. / Warner Music
UPC:	0603497914647
Rank:	63486

Tracks

1. Mylo Xyloto
2. Hurts Like Heaven
3. Paradise
4. Charlie Brown
5. Us Against the World
6. M.M.I.X.
7. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
8. Major Minus
9. U.F.O.
10. Princess of China
11. Up in Flames
12. A Hopeful Transmission
13. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
14. Up With the Birds

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Coldplay   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kjartan Sveinsson   Primary Artist,Keyboards
Jon Þor Birgisson   Primary Artist,Guitar
Rihanna   Primary Artist,Vocals
Orri Pall DyRason   Primary Artist,Drums
Georg Holm   Primary Artist
Chris Martin   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic)
Eyjofur Alfredsson   Viola
Stefania Olafsdottir   Viola
Snorri Sigurdarson   Trumpet
Matthias Stefanson   Violin
Ossur Geirsson   Tuba
Olaf Julia Kjartabsdottir   Violin
Eyjolfur Bjarni Alfredjsson   Viola
Matt McGinn   Guitar,Dulcimer,Moog Synthesizer,Dulcimer,Moog Synthesizer,Guitar,Guitar
Eirikur Orri Olafsson   Trumpet
Juanita Stein   Vocals
Helgi Jonsson   Trombone
Helgi Hrafn Jonsson   Trombone
Ingrid Karlsdottir   Violin
Julia Mogensen   Cello
Samuel Jon Samuelsson   Trombone
Greta Salome Stefansdottir   Violin
Kristin Larusdottir   Cello
Guy Berryman   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background),Bass,Piano,Keyboards
Brian Eno   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
GKPM   Vocals (Background)
Jon Hopkins   Keyboards
Will Champion   Drums,Piano,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Amina   Strings
Rosie Danvers   Cello
Davide Rossi   Violin,Strings
Luis Jardim   Drums,Percussion,Tambourine
Jonny Buckland   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Rik Simpson   Guitar,Vocals,Moog Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Markus Dravs   Harmonium
Phil Harvey   Piano
Tim Wheeler   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tim Crompton   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Assistant
Harry Castioni   Composer
Bela Lagonda   Composer
Jeff Wycombe   Composer
Olga Fitzroy   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Marcos Tovar   Engineer,Recording
Chris Martin   Composer
Robin Baynton   Editing,Engineer,Recording
Matt McGinn   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Assistant,Assistant
Tappin Gofton   Art Direction,Artwork
Sarah Lee   Photography
Deepu Panjwani   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Andrew Denny   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ian Sylvester   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Kate Peters   Photography
Kjartan Sveinsson   Composer
Bobby Campbell   Engineer
Christian Green   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Pierre Eiras   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Robin M. Christopher   Producer
Birgir Jon Birgisson   Engineer
Jon Þor Birgisson   Composer
Daniel Green   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mixing,Producer,Recording,Mixing Engineer
Hidefumi Ohbuchi   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Fedde Le Grand   Instrumentation
Alex Christensen   Composer
Brian Eno   Composer
Noah Goldstein   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Coldplay   Composer,Artwork
Jon Hopkins   Mixing,Engineer,Technician
Will Champion   Composer
Matt Green   Mixing,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
David Emery   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Adrienne Anderson   Composer
Orri Pall DyRason   Composer
Matt Miller   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Matty Green   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Andy Rugg   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ryan Gilligan   Mixing,Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Nobuyuki Murakami   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Josh Gudwin   Engineer,Recording
Ted Jensen   Mastering Engineer,Engineer,Mastering
Bob Ludwig   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Ken Thomas   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Kuk Harrell   Producer
Ian Shea   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jonny Buckland   Composer
Rik Simpson   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Mixing Engineer
Georg Holm   Composer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Markus Dravs   Engineer,Producer,Recording
Peter Allen   Composer
Phil Harvey   Photography
Rihanna   Composer
Michael Brauer   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Guy Berryman   Composer