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Let's have some intelligent discussion here regarding Oasis, Coldplay and each band's 3rd Album.
X&Y has been avaliable for 6 months now, and for many that is long enough to digest the album as a whole and whether Coldplay's 3rd album has lived up to the masive hype.
Many believe that 1997's Be Here Now, Oasis' 3rd album, was an overhyped, overwrought and self-indulgent LP, and that the end result failed to live up to the massive anticipation for it's release.
Taking into consideration: the hype leading up to the albums and the nature of each band's previous albums, the "progressive" or "regressive" nature of the albums, the content on the albums, and what will be the ultimate legacy of each album, let's compare and contrast the albums and the circumstances surrounding the band at the time.
I can see many similarities in both the approach of the band to their 3rd album and the critical reception, although the media was much more lenient towards Coldplay than to Oasis.
Here's the key contention for you to ponder and analyse:
" 'X&Y' IS TO COLDPLAY AS 'BE HERE NOW' WAS TO OASIS."
DISCUSS
X&Y has been avaliable for 6 months now, and for many that is long enough to digest the album as a whole and whether Coldplay's 3rd album has lived up to the masive hype.
Many believe that 1997's Be Here Now, Oasis' 3rd album, was an overhyped, overwrought and self-indulgent LP, and that the end result failed to live up to the massive anticipation for it's release.
Taking into consideration: the hype leading up to the albums and the nature of each band's previous albums, the "progressive" or "regressive" nature of the albums, the content on the albums, and what will be the ultimate legacy of each album, let's compare and contrast the albums and the circumstances surrounding the band at the time.
I can see many similarities in both the approach of the band to their 3rd album and the critical reception, although the media was much more lenient towards Coldplay than to Oasis.
Here's the key contention for you to ponder and analyse:
" 'X&Y' IS TO COLDPLAY AS 'BE HERE NOW' WAS TO OASIS."
DISCUSS