I feel that all songs off X&Y are of a high quality, yet as a whole the album is somewhat incoherent and muddled.
2 or 3 songs too long perhaps?
Til Kingdom Come is not necessary...scrap it and leave Twisted Logic as the closer.
I also think that A Message, despite being a great song, would be best left off the album.
And as much as I love The Hardest Part, it sounds out of place wedged betwixt Low and Swallowed in the Sea.
The title track, although still a nice listen, is widely considered as one of the inferior album tracks. Even so, it probably should maintain it's place on the album because it's brilliant linkage between Talk and Speed Of Sound.
And I wish Coldplay didn't write Fix You cause it takes too long to get going.
Alternative Tracklisting?
1. Square One
2. What If
3. White Shadows
4. Fix You
5. The Hardest Part
6. Talk
7. X&Y
8. Speed Of Sound
9. Low
10. Swallowed in the Sea
11. Twisted Logic