Would you change the tracklists?

[James.]

I know people have talked about how they would change MX, but I don't know if there is an actual thread covering all 5 albums. If you could change the tracklist of any of Coldplay's 5 albums what would you do? You could just change one song if you wanted, or completely re-order an album. I would be interested to see people's ideas.
For example, X&Y:

Square One
Moses
White Shadows
Fix You
Talk
Speed Of Sound
Til Kingdom Come
Low
The World Turned Upside Down
Swallowed In The Sea
Twisted Logic
Ladder To The Sun (hidden track)

Viva:

Life In Technicolor ii
Cemeteries Of London
Glass Of Water
42
Viva La Vida
Violet Hill
Death Will Never Conquer (full band version)
Lovers In Japan
Reign Of Love
Famous Old Painters
Death And All His Friends
The Escapist (hidden track)

[MorningGlory]

I'm in love with this thread allready

P'chutes:

01. Don't Panic
02. Shiver
03. Help is round the corner
04. Bigger Stronger
05. Yellow
06. Trouble
07. Parachutes
08. High Speed
09. Spies
10. We Never Change
11. Everything's not Lost + Life is for Living (Hidden Track)

A rush of blood to the Head

01. Politik
02. Clocks
03. Daylight
04. Green Eyes
05. The Scientist
06. Warning Sign
07. God put a smile upon your Face
09. A Whisper
09. A rush of blood to the Head
10. Amsterdam + 1'36 (Hidden Track)

X&Y
01. Square One
02. What If
03. White Shadows
04. Fix You
05. Talk
06. Speed of Sound
07. X&Y
08. Moses
09. A Message
10. Low
11. Swallowed in the Sea
12. Sleeping Sun
13. Twisted Logic
14. Till Kingdome Come + Gravity (Hidden Track)

Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends

01. Life in Technicolor
02. Cemeteries of London
03. Lost+ (ft. Jay-Z)
04. 42
05. Osaka Sun (Lovers in Japan)
06. Reign of Love
07. Viva La Vida
08. Violet Hill
09. Strawberry Swing
10. Yes
11. Chineese Sleep Chant
12. Death and all his Friends + The Escapist (Hidden Track)

Mylo Xyloto

01. Mylo Xyloto
02. Hurts Like Heaven
03. Charlie Brown
04. Life is for Living (Reprise)
05. Us Against The World
06. M.M.I.X. + Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
07. Major Minus
08. U.F.O.
09. A.H.T. + Don't Let it break your Heart
10. Up With The Birds

[Prospector]

X&Y is the only one I would change, it would have sounded much better this way:

1. Square One
2. The World Turned Upside Down
3. White Shadows
4. Fix You
5. Talk
6. A Message
7. Speed of Sound
8. Things I Don't Understand
9. Low
10. Twisted Logic
11. Gravity

[CurtisJ]

The only thing I'd change is placing Crests of Waves somewhere on AROBTTH, interesting thread.

[Major]

Parachutes-

1 Don't Panic
2 Shiver
3 Spies
4 Sparks
5 Yellow
6 Trouble
7 Help Is Round the Corner / Parachutes
8 High Speed
9 We Never Change
10 Everything's Not Lost / Life Is for Living
11 See You Soon


A Rush of Blood to the Head-

1 Politik
2 In My Place
3 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
4 The Scientist
5 Clocks
6 Murder
7 Crest of Waves
8 Green Eyes
9 I Ran Away
10 Warning Sign
11 A Rush of Blood to the Head
12 Amsterdam

X&Y-

1 Square One
2 What If
3 Things I Don't Understand
4 White Shadows
5 Speed of Sound
6 X&Y
7 Talk
8 How You See the World
9 Fix You
10 Swallowed by the Sea
11 Low
12 The World Turned Upside Down
13 Til Kingdom Come


Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends-

1 Life in Technicolor ii
2 Cemeteries of London
3 Lost?
4 42
5 Rainy Day
6 Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love
7 Viva la Vida
8 Violet Hill
9 Strawberry Swing
10 Glass of Water
11 Death and All His Friends / The Escapist


Mylo Xyloto-

1 MX / Hurts Like Heaven
2 Charlie Brown
3 Us Against the World
4 Paradise
5 MMIX / Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
6 Major Minus
7 Moving to Mars
8 UFO
9 Princess of China
10 A.H.T / Don't Let It Break Your Heart
11 Up With the Birds

[U.F.O.]

I think VLVODAAHF was a brilliant album. I think it's fine the way it is, same with the others.

[Mister MX]

I don't care much for Parachutes (besides Don't Panic, Spies, Yellow, Parachutes and Life is for Living), so I'd pretty much leave that as it is. I'd swap High Speed for See You Soon though. Always puzzles me why that's not there...

A Rush of Blood is, again, pretty good in terms of tracklisting. I'd swap Crests of Waves in and A Whisper out though. Also, I'd make The Scientist the closer and just bump everything else up a place.

X&Y is where I'd really change things. For starters, I'd rename it "Twisted Logic" due to it being a much better title imho, plus X&Y (the song) would be gone:

1 Talk
2 White Shadows
3 Speed of Sound
4 Swallowed in the Sea
5 Twisted Logic
6 A Message / Low
7 Fix You
8 What If
9 Gravity
10 'Til Kingdom Come

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' tracklisting is pretty perfect in my opinion, but I would still change it up a bit. I'd retitle the album to just "Death and All His Friends" too.

1 Life in Technicolor
2 Cemeteries of London
3 Strawberry Swing
4 42
5 Lovers in Japan
6 Viva la Vida
7 Violet Hill
8 The Goldrush
9 Yes / Chinese Sleep Chant (hidden song)
10 Death and All His Friends / The Escapist (hidden song)

With the exception of Lost!, though, I am very happy with this album's ordering.

Mylo Xyloto is a ridiculous title, and I get the idea behind but I think I'd go for something more traditional. The order wouldn't change that much - with this album particularly it's hard to imagine the songs in a drastically different order, but I would make some changes. For example, renaming the album either, "A Hopeful Transmission" or "Major Minus".

1 Mylo Xyloto (hidden song) / Hurts Like Heaven
2 A Hopeful Transmission (hidden song) / Don't Let it Break Your Heart
3 U.F.O.
4 Princess of China
5 Moving to Mars
6 Us Against the World
7 Charlie Brown
8 Up with the Birds
9 Major Minus / Up in Flames (shortened, no drums version)
10 Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

But as a special free download from the website I'd give away PoC acoustic, which would automatically assume the position of track 9 in the album in your iTunes somehow

And that's it.

[Prospector]

I was thinking now, and I guess I would like to change Parachutes too:

1. Don't Panic
2. Shiver
3. Spies
4. No More Keeping My Feet On the Ground
5. Yellow
6. Trouble
7. Parachutes
8. Bigger Stronger
9. Brothers & Sisters (Trouble B-side version)
10. Everything's Not Lost/Life Is For Living

[Charlieintechnicolor]

Parachutes:
1 Don't Panic
2 Spies
3 Yellow
4 We Never Change
5 Brothers and sisters
6 Trouble
7 Bigger Stronger
8 Sparks
9 Everything's Not Lost
10 Live is For Living
11 Parachutes (Hidden track)

AROBTTH:
1 Politik
2 One I Love
3 Warning Sign
4 I Ran Away
5 The Scientist
6 Amsterdam
7 1.36
8 Clocks
9 AROBTTH
10 God Put a Smile upon Your face
11 Daylight
12 In My Place (Hidden track)
13 Moses (Hidden Track)

X&Y:
1 Square One
2 The world Turned Upside Down
3 Fix You
4 Speed Of Sound
5 Low
6 Gravity
7 Talk
8 Twisted Logic
9 Till Kingdom Come
10 How You see The World
11 The hardest Part
12 What if
13 White Shadows (Hidden Track)

Viva La Vida Or Death and all His Friends
01 Life in Technicolor
02 Violet Hill
03 Strawberry Swing
04 Glass Of Water
05 42
06 Viva La Vida
07 Lovers in Japan
08 Cementeries of London
09 Lost!
10 Death and all His Friends
11 The escapist + The reign of love (Hidden track)

Prospekt's march
01 Life in Technicolor II
02 Rainy Day
03 Don Quixote (Spanish Rain)
04 The Dubliners
05 Yes
06 Chinese Sleep Chant
07 The Goldrush
08 The Escapist (longer version)

Mylo Xyloto
01 MX
02 Hurts Like Heaven
03 Moving To Mars
04 A Hopefull transmission
05 Don´t Let it break your heart
06 Lukas
07 A Spell a rebel yell
08 MMIX
09 ETIAW
10 Charlie Brown
11 Up With The Birds
12 Paradise (With UFO hidden track)
13 Wedding bells
14 Major Minus
15 Us Against The world (Hidden Track)

[TecHniCoLoR_MX]

I love X&Y the way it is, but if I could, I would do this.

1: Square One
2: Things I Don't Understand
3: Speed Of Sound
4: Talk
5: How You See The World
6: X&Y
7: A Message
8: 'Till Kingdom Come
9: Swallowed In The Sea
10: Fix You

[the scientist is dead]

^ I would put how you see the world and things I don't understand in it as well.
And maybe I'll add I ran away to AROBTTH, and take away princess of China from MX.

[Mollyxyloto]

I wouldn't change a thing

[MovingAgainst]

Moving To Mars ... in MX? Yes, we'd like it.

[hente44]

Parachutes:
1. Don't Panic
2. Shiver
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Parachutes
5. Yellow
6. See You Soon
7. Trouble
8. Only Superstition
9. Everything's Not Lost
10. Life Is For Living (live 2003 version)

A Rush of Blood to the Head:
1. Politik
2. In My Place
3. Warning Sign
4. Clocks
5. A Rush of Blood to the Head
6. Daylight
7. One I Love
8. The Scientist
9. I Ran Away
10. Green Eyes
11. Amsterdam

X&Y:
1. Square One
2. Speed of Sound
3. Gravity
4. White Shadows
5. Fix You
6. How You See The World
7. Things I Don't Understand
8. Til Kingdom Come
9. Swallowed In The Sea
10. Proof
11. Talk
12. Twisted Logic

Viva la Vida:
1. Life In Technicolor
2. Cemeteries of London
3. Lost!
4. Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)
5. The Goldrush
6. Chinese Sleep Chant
7. Prospekt's March
8. 42 / Postcards From Far Away
9. Viva la Vida
10. Yes
11. Violet Hill
12. Death And All His Friends

Mylo Xyloto:
1. Mylo Xyloto
2. Hurts Like Heaven
3. Paradise
4. Us Against The World
5. Charlie Brown
6. Major Minus
7. Moving to Mars
8. M.M.I.X.
9. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
10. U.F.O.
11. A Hopeful Transmission
12. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
13. Up With The Birds

[Dexynboy]

Parachutes:

01. Spies
02. Brothers & Sisters
03. Don't Panic
04. Help Is Round The Corner
05. Yellow
06. Sparks
07. Shiver
08. Trouble
09. We Never Change
10. Everything's Not Lost
11. Careful Where You Stand (Hidden Track)

A Rush of Blood to the Head:

01. I Ran Away
02. One I Love
03. In My Place
04. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
05. The Scientist
06. Crests of Waves
07. Daylight
08. Clocks
09. Moses
10. Warning Sign
11. Murder
12. Rush of Blood to the Head

X&Y:

01. Square One
02. Things I Don't Understand
03. Speed Of Sound
04. Talk
05. Fix You
06. Gravity
07. What If
08. Low
09. Twisted Logic
10. How You See The World ii
11. The Hardest Part
12. X&Y (Hidden Track)

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends:

01. Cemeteries Of London
02. Rainy Day
03. Life In Technicolor ii
04. A Spell A Rebel Yell
05. 42
06. Glass Of Water
07. Yes / Chinese Sleep Chant
08. Viva La Vida
09. Prospekt's March , Poppyfields
10. Violet Hill
11. Strawberry Swing
12. Lost!
13. Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)

Mylo Xyloto:

01. Mylo Xyloto
02. Hurts Like heaven
02. Paradise
03. Charlie Brown
04. M.M.I.X.
05. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
06. Major Minus
07. Us Against the World
08. Up in Flames
09. Princess Of China (!WITHOUT! Rihanna)
10. A Hopeful Transmission
11. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
12. Up With the Birds
13. Moving to Mars (Hidden Track)