>sucks too,
>cuz ROBTTH was pretty damn good...

AROBTTH was my favorite album of 2002. epic. classic. i woulda took a bullet for chris. he showed that a sappy guy can make a powerful album.

>i think
>Coldplay failed that test and let everyone know they weren't
>the band many ppl thought they could be.. and i don't even
>think it's cuz the music on X&Y sucked that bad...
>it was just
>a watered down rehash... which imo is a lot worse... if they
>came out w/ just a shitty album or experimented and failed,
>i'd be MUCH more willing to give them another shot... but that
>shit just left a bad taste

i agree 100%. take a risk! look at beck, he changes all the time!

basically, with gwenyth in the picture, he showed that a happy guy can make a weak album.