How has your view of MX changed?

[Prospector]

I still like it a lot, at first I was seeing it not better than Viva and as good as AROBTTH, now It has a very respectful 3rd place on my list of CP's favourite albums. I love how fresh and energetic it sounds. Charlie Brown was my favourite and still is, Princess Of China and DLIBYH grew a lot on me and I don't care that much for U.F.O anymore

[nanda]

I don't think it's changed much for me.
I remmember not liking ETIAW in the beginning, but I love it now. Same for Paradise.

[UdaPruda]

The whole album hasn't grown on me. I couldn't even say I have favourites from MX.
I loved Paradise from its release, it's a little bit ruined by the massive overplaying on the radio, but that feeling is wearing out slowly and surely
Major Minus has grown on me a lot.
At first, I loved Princess of China and kept it on repeat, but now I can really go without it. I'm just going to prepare for hearing it all the time
It's not a good argument, but Charlie Brown has been ruined for me by the video. It was amazing, although I don't see why it's classic Coldplay like most of people say.
My favourite has been and still is MX/Hurts Like Heaven.

On the whole, Mylo Xyloto was very exciting for 2 weeks and doesn't really move me now.

[vanessarrent]

I did not listen the whole album since several months, except Major Minus...

[Rainystrawberry]

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Originally Posted by Gastypm;5300370
At first I viewed it as a new whole thing but now, after I listened 3542352452 times I figured out that it's a happier version of Viva La Vida

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I agree

[Dream]

At first my expectations were pretty much "Ohmahgaw this is going to blow my mind'', and then when it came out I was like ''This is completely different to what I imagined'', and after a few weeks of listening it became ''This is pretty good'', and now it is ''I TURN THE MUSIC UP, I GOT MY RECORDS ON''... So overall my opinion of the record is very positive

[Lena Berryman]

At first I wasn't a big fan of the album, but my mind has changed within a few weeks. Because after a few weeks in which you've heard the album up and down, you know the songs a bit better and become familiar with them. But I have to say that there are still a few songs which I don't like.

[Strawberry Swinger]

I still find it their weakest album.

[shred]

I've always loved this album and it hasn't changed. I"m still listening to it and enjoying it.

Now a whole lot more since they are coming to NZ and I"m sooo excited about it.

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

It was my favourite album for a few months but in the last couple months, I went back to Viva and I'm starting to find that VLV is my favourite album with MX as a close second. VLV's themes speak to me more, and as a whole, it's a cooler piece of art to me. MX is slightly too synth-heavy in a few places, namely Paradise and POC. Even the album version of HLH is a little much for me. VLV (with the exception of VLV the track) was definitely in a better place for me - balanced stuff like Cemeteries of London, 42, Lovers in Japan, Violet Hill, Strawberry Swing, and DAAHF being the standouts to me. The last four songs of the album do a really good job of closing it too. It's slightly less cohesive, VLV, but it makes up for it in feeling really full and diverse. MX clinches the disappointment by not having Moving to Mars and having 1 less full length song (it just feels too short to me even though it's about the same as VLV).

Speaking of individual songs, it was UATW, Charlie Brown, HLH, and Major Minus (the festival songs) that really grabbed me. ETIAW grew on me by the time MX was released (but I didn't like it that much when it was first released). Paradise grew on me quickly especially when they started playing it live, but it's kind of meh again because of the synth heaviness [not so live].

I was really obsessed with DLIBYH back in the day, but the lyrics come off a bit shallow now, and I don't like the live rendition that much because it hasn't got any piano. UWTB has grown on me a lot though, and as a whole, AHT-DLIBYH-UWTB is a really solid album closing (DAAHF is the better track though, as are Violet Hill and Strawberry Swing).

Please please PLEASE let there be an EP.

[Witfang_7]

Viva + a dose of happiness= MX

[salichristina]

I bought MX as soon as it came out and thought it was great, but at that time I pretty much had Viva and A Rush Of Blood on repeat everyday, so it was hard to pull away from those albums. As soon as I heard Charlie Brown (before it was on the radio) I was hooked, but when I saw them in concert this year, I fell hard. It's like I fell in love with every album they've ever made all over again

[nancyk58]

I like this album, but it is not their best album - it is still A Rush of Blood to the Head in my opinion followed by Viva.

Initially, I did not like Charlie Brown, but it has grown immensely on me.
Initially, I liked Princess of China very much, but it is not as big now.

I still love Us against the world - the best song on this album - and Paradise (the melody and video).

Don't let it break your heart is still very good, but not my favourite as it was initially.

[purplemonkeyz232]

To be quite honest, I can't put my finger on it yet. Individual songs have definitely grown on me. (For instance, I used to hate ETIAW and now I listen to it all the time.) And I have very clear favorites (I LOVE Charlie Brown, UATW, and UFO.) But, I can't really speak for the whole album, yet. With this era of music still being so fresh in my mind, combined with going to the live shows, everything still feels really jumbled together. I think I'm gonna have to wait until all of the craziness and hype of this era ends before I can go back, and fully reassess my rankings of the albums with MX included. Until that day comes, I still claim Viva as my favorite album, and MX has a big fat question mark.

[lafferty23]

i like it a lot. but in a different way to the first two/three and in a more similar way to my love of viva la vida. I feel less emotional connection to it but i think its fantastic live which has really improved my view of it