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Coldplay: X&Y

Bud Scoppa, Paste, 1 June 2005

COLDPLAY GRADUATED from "intriguing" to "important" with 2002's A Rush of Blood to the Head, a musically and thematically bold statement as fully realized as any album to come along in the post-album era. As it turns out, they weren't finished upping the ante — not by a long shot.

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