X&Y

Coldplay announced details about X&Y in March 2004 while the album was being recorded. Their initial plans were to stay out of the public eye throughout the year. Lead singer Chris Martin stated, "We really feel that we have to be away for a while and we certainly won't release anything this year, because I think people are a bit sick of us." This plan was not carried out, because of the pressure their second album A Rush of Blood to the Head had induced; but they were trying "to make the best thing that anyone has ever heard".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485667/20040310/coldplay.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040428014249/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485667/20040310/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2004|title=Coldplay Want Next LP To Be 'Best Thing Anyone Ever Heard'|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|date=10 March 2004|publisher=MTV|access-date=16 September 2008}} Prior to the announcement, Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland and British record producer Ken Nelson had started recording demos while in Chicago. The band then entered a London studio in January 2004.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484682/20040129/coldplay.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204201716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484682/20040129/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2004|title=Coldplay Enter London Studio To Begin Work on Third Album|last=Orshoski|first=Wes|date=29 January 2004|publisher=MTV|access-date=16 September 2008}}

The band spent all of 2004 producing X&Y. The released album is the third version the band had produced during the recording sessions, and some have even considered it as their fifth album due to constant changes in track lists and re-recordings.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503007/20050526/coldplay.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509220356/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503007/20050526/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2007|title=Coldplay's Third Album Is Actually Their Fifth ... At Least|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=26 May 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=16 September 2008}} The band members were not satisfied with the output of their initial sessions with Nelson, who had produced the band's previous two albums, Parachutes (2000) and A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002). It also remains the only Coldplay album in which they had been through the creative process without Phil Harvey's "presence, influence and guidance".{{Cite web |date=14 December 2004 |title=Making X&Y |url=https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/making-xy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430230823/https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/making-xy/ |archive-date=30 April 2022 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=Coldplay Timeline}}

The initial set release date was late 2004, but was later pushed back to January 2005. As the new target date was approaching, the band again discarded songs, which they deemed "flat" and "passionless". Sixty songs were written during these sessions, fifty-two of which were ditched.{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine10.pdf|title=Coldplay ezine: Issue 10|last=Wild|first=Debs|year=2003|publisher=Coldplay.com|page=5|access-date=25 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140912/http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine10.pdf |archive-date = 28 September 2007}} The band started rehearsing the songs for a planned tour, but felt the songs sounded better live compared to their recorded versions: "We realized that we didn't really have the right songs and some of them were starting to sound better because we were playing them than they did on record, so we thought we better go back and record them again." Guitarist Jonny Buckland has said that the band had pushed themselves "forward in every direction" in making the album, but they felt it sounded like they were going backwards compared to their earlier works.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63772/sound-to-precede-third-coldplay-album|title='Sound' To Precede Third Coldplay Album|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=11 March 2005|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=25 September 2008|archive-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001051410/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63772/sound-to-precede-third-coldplay-album|url-status=live}}

Attempting to perfect their work, Coldplay had to "step it up a few notches and work hard at it to get it right". The band chose Danton Supple, who mixed the bulk of A Rush of Blood to the Head, to oversee the production of X&Y.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/64571/coldplay-goes-back-to-basics-on-new-album|title=Coldplay Goes Back To Basics on New Album|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=12 January 2005|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=16 September 2008|archive-date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003094449/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/64571/coldplay-goes-back-to-basics-on-new-album|url-status=live}} When January went, the band had to finish the album; they were conscious of the pressure as "expectations for the record grew larger" and "completing it became tougher and tougher". Finally, the band were settled with the song "Square One", which Martin has described as "a call to arms" and a "plea" to each of them "not to be intimidated by anything or anyone else". Once finished, the band felt like they could do their own songs and not have to think of anyone else's demands. During this month, the band were into the final weeks of production and had put the finishing touches on the tracks.

Drummer Will Champion later admitted that Coldplay did not rush to complete the album "because the prospect of touring again was so daunting that we felt we should take our time, and also we wanted to make sure that it was the best it could possibly be". According to him, the band had no deadline, which allowed them not to feel pressured into finishing something. Once a proper deadline was imposed onto the band, they became more productive than in previous sessions. At this juncture, the band had written "about 14 or 15 songs".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497213/20050217/coldplay.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509234000/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497213/20050217/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2007|title=The Ticking Clocks: New Coldplay Album Pushed Back|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=17 February 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=17 September 2008}} Martin added that the reason why they ended up late was that they "... kept [adding] finishing [touches to] the record until it was way too late ... [they] don't listen to it at the moment, because [they would] just find something to go back and change." The late release of the album was blamed for a drop in EMI's share price. In response, Chris Martin said "I don't really care about EMI. I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world."{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/28/popandrock.coldplay|title = Craig McLean meets Chris Martin|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 27 May 2005|access-date = 21 May 2021|archive-date = 27 September 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927075558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/may/28/popandrock.coldplay|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/01/popandrock.coldplay|title = Craig McLean talks to Coldplay about their new album|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 31 May 2008|access-date = 21 May 2021|archive-date = 21 May 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210521151024/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/01/popandrock.coldplay|url-status = live}}

File:Kraftwerk live in Stockholm.jpg to use the main riff from "Computer Love" for the track "Talk".]]

The music of X&Y consists of multi-layered production with heavy electronic influences, featuring the extensive use of synthesizers. Musical characteristics that contribute to the album's multi-layering and grandiosity include fast tempos (in contrast to the two previous albums), dynamic drum patterns, distorted guitar riffs, and driving basslines.

Coldplay have also cited various other influences in the album. That of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk is evident on the song "Talk", which borrows (with permission) its hook from 1981's "Computer Love", with the riff being played on electric guitar instead of on a synthesizer. Also present is large electronic musical influences, from some of the likes of English musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno. Eno, who would later produce Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, also played backing synthesizer on the track "Low". The first single, "Speed of Sound", also takes inspiration from the drumbeat of English singer-songwriter Kate Bush's song "Running Up that Hill".{{cite web|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2005/coldplay-premiere-xy-in-nyc|title=Coldplay Premiere 'X&Y' In NYC|access-date=30 March 2009|date=19 May 2005|work=Xfm News}} According to Jon Pareles of The New York Times, who wrote a controversial article extensively criticizing the album, the band attempts to "carry the beauty of 'Clocks'" across the album, borrowing some of its features in songs like "Speed of Sound".{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/arts/music/05pare.html |title=The Case Against Coldplay – New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=5 June 2005 |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-date=24 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024024223/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/arts/music/05pare.html |url-status=live }} The opening track "Square One" also features the famous motif from Also sprach Zarathustra, known better as the title theme of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The three-note sequence is replicated in the song by distorted guitar riffs, with a backing synthesizer added for musical texture. The sequence also transitions as a part of the song's chorus, showcasing Chris Martin's trademark falsetto voice.

"Fix You" features an organ and piano sound.{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7766|title=Coldplay — Fix You|date=19 September 2005|work=NME|access-date=28 October 2008|archive-date=12 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912085832/http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7766|url-status=live}} The song starts with a hushed electronic organ ballad, including Martin's falsetto.{{cite news|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/coldplay_fixyou.php|title=Coldplay — Fix You review|date=5 September 2005|publisher=Virgin Media|access-date=28 October 2008|archive-date=8 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208170039/http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/singlereviews/coldplay_fixyou.php|url-status=live}} The song then builds with both an acoustic guitar and piano sound. The sound then shifts with a plaintive three-note guitar line, ringing through a bringing rhythm upbeat tempo. Its instrumentation is varied with the sound of church-style organs hovering throughout the background,{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/music/2005/09/02/new-singles-115875-15920468/|title=New Singles|date=2 September 2005|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=22 May 2009|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605231901/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/music/2005/09/02/new-singles-115875-15920468/|url-status=live}} piano notes, acoustic and electric guitar riffs, drums, bass guitar, and a singalong chorus.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/coldplay-5_0705.htm|title=Coldplay — Fix You — Track reviews|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=5 September 2005|work=MusicOMH|access-date=28 October 2008|archive-date=1 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201103347/http://www.musicomh.com/singles/coldplay-5_0705.htm|url-status=live}} "The Hardest Part" features a faster piano ballad sound, and starts with a repeating two-note piano riff, and features an instrumentation of a singsong guitar.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Coldplay/_/The+Hardest+Part|title=Coldplay — The Hardest Part|date=April 2006|publisher=Last.fm|access-date=17 November 2008}} It is mid-tempo, with a laid back, steady rhythm. The track ends with the band playing some repeated riffs as it fades out. "Speed of Sound" is musically centered around an ornate keyboard riff and features a busy chorus,{{cite web|first=Bud|last=Scoppa|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/06/coldplay-xy.html|title=Coldplay — X&Y Review|access-date=29 August 2008|date=1 June 2005|work=Paste|archive-date=17 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917030356/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/06/coldplay-xy.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Joe |last=Tangari |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16253-xy |title=X&Y |access-date=29 August 2008 |date=7 June 2005 |work=Pitchfork |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813112612/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16253-xy |archive-date=13 August 2008 }} during which the song builds into a huge drum beat surrounded by synthesized sounds. The song is upbeat, with a driving bassline and echoing, distorted guitar riffs being heard throughout. Kevin Devine from Hybrid Magazine wrote that Buckland's "gleaming guitar sound gives X&Y a euphonic radiance", and thematically, the album contains a "running thread of importance of trying, as well as the need for basic communication amongst the cacophony of confusion in the world".{{Cite web |title=Coldplay's X&Y Album Review |url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0805/coldplay.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220103051815/http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0805/coldplay.shtml |archive-date=3 January 2022 |access-date=2 January 2022 |website=Hybrid Magazine}}

Lyrically, X&Y made an apparent shift from its predecessors, with many lyrics focused on a questioning and philosophical view of the world. On their previous works, Martin sang mostly in the first person "I", but here moves to the second person "you". Accordingly, the songs on the album are a reflection of Martin's "doubts, fears, hopes, and loves" with lyrics that are "earnest and vague".

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The artwork for X&Y was designed by graphic design duo Tappin Gofton, formed by Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton; Mark Tappin had previously worked for Coldplay on the covers for Parachutes and its associated singles. The image, which is visualised through a combination of colours and blocks, is a graphical representation of the Baudot code, an early form of telegraph communication using a series of ones and zeros to communicate. The code was developed by Frenchman Émile Baudot in the 1870s, and was a widely used method of terrestrial and telegraph communication.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503742/20050608/coldplay.jhtml|title=Coldplay's Album Cover Decoded (And You Thought The Lyrics Were Geeky ...)|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=8 June 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=18 September 2008|archive-date=23 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823024236/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503742/20050608/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

The alphabet of the code is presented in the liner notes of X&Y. The track listing, included on the booklet, CD, and back of the album, uses "X#" on tracks 1 to 6 and "Y#" on tracks 7 to 12, rather than the conventional track numbering system. Many pages in the booklet include photos of the band working on the album. The final page of the booklet contains the slogan "Make Trade Fair" in the Baudot code, a reference to the name of the international organisation which Chris Martin continues to support. The band also dedicates the album to "BWP" in the liner notes; it stands for Bruce W. Paltrow, the late father of Martin's wife at the time, Gwyneth Paltrow. All singles released from the album feature their titles in the same code on their respective covers.(2005) Artwork for X&Y by Coldplay. Capitol (CDP 7243 4 74786 2 8).

File:Talk (Kansas, 2005).jpg promoted X&Y from 2005 to 2006.]]

X&Y was initially intended for a 2004 release, although early news reported it would not be released until 2005; because of personal preferences, songs recorded in several sessions were scrapped and doing so had pushed the expected release date to January 2005. However, the new date went by and the band had to decide on another schedule. By early 2005 the album, rumoured to be called Zero Theory, had a target release date between March and May 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=67190|title=Coldplay – New Album Details Emerge|date=14 February 2005|work=Xfm|access-date=24 July 2009|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152732/http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=67190|url-status=live}}{{Full citation needed|date=April 2014}} By early April the band had finalised the track listing of the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63421/coldplay-finalizes-new-album-track-list|title=Coldplay Finalizes New Album Track List|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=4 April 2005|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=18 September 2008|archive-date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003030539/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63421/coldplay-finalizes-new-album-track-list|url-status=live}} The album was finally released on 6 June 2005 in the United Kingdom via record label Parlophone. It was issued on 7 June in the United States by Capitol. It has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Capitol released a remastered version of the album in 2008, on two 180-gram vinyl records, as part of the "From the Capitol Vaults" series.

Around three months prior to the album release, Coldplay began performing several songs from X&Y during live performances. The band made a headlining performance at public radio station KCRW-FM's annual A Sounds Eclectic Evening, playing five new songs and some of their old favourites.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498101/20050314/coldplay.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317082807/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498101/20050314/coldplay.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2005|title=Coldplay Return To Stage, Debut Five Songs|first=Moss|last=Corey|date=14 March 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=16 September 2008}}

The album has four main singles that were released internationally: "Speed of Sound", "Fix You", and "Talk" in 2005, and "The Hardest Part" in 2006. A promotional single, "What If", was released in June 2006 to radio stations in France and the French-speaking portions of Belgium and Switzerland.{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=Coldplay, What If (Promotional CD) |url=https://i.discogs.com/5EKySVeTzA-C7mKWlmEiNsc0IKSLiuPZ-8BNB8Td_SE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwMjQ4/MzItMTM1MjczNDA0/MS0xOTc1LmpwZWc.jpeg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718191827/https://i.discogs.com/5EKySVeTzA-C7mKWlmEiNsc0IKSLiuPZ-8BNB8Td_SE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwMjQ4/MzItMTM1MjczNDA0/MS0xOTc1LmpwZWc.jpeg |archive-date=18 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Parlophone}} A commercial CD was also released in Belgium and features the same B-side as "The Hardest Part" ("How You See the World" recorded live at Earls Court), which was released in other European markets as well as Japan and Australia. This single features the "Tom Lord-Alge Mix" as the A-side, which differs from the album version.{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplaying.com/page.php?file=/html/discography/whatif.htm|title=What If|publisher=Coldplaying.com|access-date=17 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107094928/http://www.coldplaying.com/page.php?file=%2Fhtml%2Fdiscography%2Fwhatif.htm|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead}}

The track "A Message" was featured in episodes of Electric Dreams, One Tree Hill, and Smallville. The hidden track "Til Kingdom Come" is featured in The Shield season 5 premiere, a season 1 episode of Jericho,{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944433/soundtrack |title=Jericho (TV Series) – Winter's End (2007) – Soundtracks |website=IMDb |access-date=2 January 2017}} and in the superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).{{cite web |url=http://www.coldplay.com/oracledetail_pop.php?id=3533&page=0&iframe=true |title=Oracle Question |date=11 December 2012 |work=Coldplay |access-date=16 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229160642/http://www.coldplay.com/oracledetail_pop.php?id=3533&page=0&iframe=true |archive-date=29 December 2012 |url-status=dead }} In addition, Chris Martin performed an acoustic rendition of the track at the funeral of former Attorney General of Delaware Beau Biden on 6 June 2015, accompanied by a church organ.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8tJDQxcpk |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin plays at Beau Biden funeral |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-06-06 |access-date=2016-08-10 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608045424/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8tJDQxcpk&app=desktop |url-status=live }} The band also played "Fix You" together at Apple's memorial for Steve Jobs in 2011, alongside some of their other songs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPoYuIO2rpA |title=Coldplay - Fix You (Live) @ Apple Steve Jobs Memorial - YouTube |website=YouTube |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519173853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPoYuIO2rpA |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaBEw5x63tE |title=Coldplay & Apple - YouTube |website=YouTube |date=4 October 2017 |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519173852/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaBEw5x63tE |url-status=live }}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 72/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/x-y-mw0000633950|title=X&Y – Coldplay|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=22 November 2019|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425182218/https://www.allmusic.com/album/x-y-mw0000633950|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3308|title=Coldplay: X&Y|journal=Blender|location=New York|issue=37|date=June 2005|access-date=9 January 2016|last=Power|first=Tony|page=112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521101913/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3308|archive-date=21 May 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2005/06/13/xy|title=X&Y|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York|issue=825|date=17 June 2005|access-date=21 August 2013|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829050012/https://ew.com/article/2005/06/13/xy/|archive-date=29 August 2019|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/27/popandrock.shopping3|title=Coldplay, X and Y|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=27 May 2005|access-date=18 September 2008|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420050744/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/27/popandrock.shopping3|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 9/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7656|title=Coldplay: X&Y|journal=NME|location=London|date=23 May 2005|access-date=26 October 2011|last=McNamee|first=Paul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805130021/http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7656|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 4.9/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1541-xy/|title=Coldplay: X&Y|work=Pitchfork|date=6 June 2005|access-date=26 October 2011|last=Tangari|first=Joe|archive-date=26 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026011049/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1541-xy/|url-status=live}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal|title=Coldplay: X&Y|journal=Q|location=London|issue=228|date=July 2005|page=106}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/x-y-20090617|title=X&Y|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=New York|issue=976|date=15 June 2005|access-date=26 October 2011|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|author-link=Kelefa Sanneh|archive-date=28 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028104235/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/x-y-20090617|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = B+{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDP4_76gznoC&pg=PA99|title=Ballad of Big Everything|journal=Spin|location=New York|volume=21|issue=6|date=June 2005|access-date=7 December 2015|last=Wood|first=Mikael|pages=99–100}}

| rev10 = The Village Voice

| rev10score = B{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv905-05.php|title=Consumer Guide: Crafts and Lies|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|date=27 September 2005|access-date=21 August 2013|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|archive-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815120527/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv905-05.php|url-status=live}}

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X&Y received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 33 reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/xy/coldplay|title=Reviews for X&Y by Coldplay|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=26 October 2011|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729060414/http://www.metacritic.com/music/xy/coldplay|url-status=live}} Blender hailed it as Coldplay's "masterpiece." NME described it as "confident, bold, ambitious, bunged with singles and impossible to contain," and added that it reinforces Coldplay as "the band of their time". Q magazine found it "substantially more visceral and emotionally rewarding experience than both its predecessors." James Hunter of The Village Voice said that it is remarkably "accomplished, fresh, and emotional".{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-06-14/music/nothing-little-about-it/|title=Nothing Little About It|date=22 January 2008|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726192021/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-06-14/music/nothing-little-about-it/|url-status=dead}} Uncut assertively called it "an exceptional pop record". Spin magazine's Mikael Wood praised Coldplay for "recasting their nerdy-student Britpop as Important Rock Music" without having to compromise Martin's unpretentious songwriting style. In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised it as "a good record, crisp, professional, and assured, a sonically satisfying sequel to A Rush of Blood to the Head", stating it as "impeccable" and "a strong, accomplished album".

In a less enthusiastic review for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne felt that Coldplay's attempt at more grandiose music works "only part of the time", even though he found their effort to mature commendable. Rhyannon Rodriguez from Kludge wrote that the album feels "a little forced", describing the overall sounds as "overtly weak".{{cite web|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Rhyannon|title=Coldplay: X & Y|url=http://kludgemagazine.com/reviews/Coldplay/X__Y/|website=Kludge|access-date=9 December 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20061101152015/http://kludgemagazine.com/reviews/Coldplay/X__Y/|archive-date=1 November 2006 }} Alexis Petridis, writing in The Guardian, said that some of the songs are "mostly beautifully turned", but marred by lyrics that are "so devoid of personality that they sound less like song lyrics than something dreamed up by a creative at [an] ad agency". Pitchfork's Joe Tangari called it "bland but never offensive, listenable but not memorable." Mojo wrote that the album is "awash with cliches, non-sequiturs, and cheap existentialism; at times it all becomes nigh on unbearable". In a negative review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau named X&Y "dud of the month" and called Coldplay a "precise, bland, and banal" band, giving the album a B grade.

The band has received some criticism for the similarities between "Speed of Sound" and "Clocks", one of the band's most popular songs. Kelefa Sanneh of Rolling Stone was less contented with X&Y in comparison to A Rush of Blood to the Head, arguing that "the sound of a blown-up band trying not to deflate" and "a surprising number of songs here just never take flight". Despite such, he compliments the album for having "lovely ballads that sound, well, Coldplay-ish". Billboard included "Til Kingdom Come" on their 40 Best Deep Cuts of 2005 list at number 25, complimenting the combination of Johnny Cash's style with the group's own.{{Cite magazine |date=17 April 2025 |title=The 40 Best Deep Cuts of 2005: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-deep-cuts-albums-2005/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419050427/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-deep-cuts-albums-2005/ |archive-date=19 April 2025 |access-date=19 April 2025 |magazine=Billboard}}

File:Coldplay em Lisboa no Pavilhão Atlântico (1) 2005.jpg, Lisbon, Portugal during the Twisted Logic Tour, 2005]]

Despite leaking a week before release,{{Cite web |date=31 May 2005 |title=Coldplay Album Leaks |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-516-1353541 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230220203654/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-516-1353541 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |access-date=20 February 2023 |website=NME}} X&Y reached number one in 32 countries worldwide.{{Cite web |date=17 November 2005 |title=Coldplay & Gorillaz Lift for EMI |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/coldplay--gorillaz-lift-for-emi-1091839 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250109211929/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/coldplay--gorillaz-lift-for-emi-1091839 |archive-date=9 January 2025 |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=Manchester Evening News}} It became the best-selling album of 2005 with over 8.3 million copies shifted globally, while the overall music industry saw a three per cent drop in sales.{{cite news |date=31 March 2006 |title=Coldplay tops worldwide sales for 2005 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coldplay-tops-worldwide-sales-for-2005-1.601418 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617025339/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/03/31/musicsales-coldplay.html |archive-date=17 June 2008 |access-date=18 September 2008 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} On iTunes, it was the first time a digital pre-order topped the charts in all of the 19 countries the store was available.{{Cite web |date=15 June 2005 |title=Music Biz Singing Happy Sales Tune |url=https://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/music-biz-singing-happy-sales-tune-1117924555/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126220159/https://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/music-biz-singing-happy-sales-tune-1117924555/ |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=Variety}} In March 2006, EMI stated that the record had already moved 9.9 million copies.{{Cite web |date=31 March 2006 |title=Annual Report 2006 |url=https://www.crb.gov/proceedings/2006-3/riaa-ex-o-137-dp-amended.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204191028/https://www.crb.gov/proceedings/2006-3/riaa-ex-o-137-dp-amended.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2024 |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=EMI Group}} It debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with 464,471 units, becoming Coldplay's third chart-topping work and the third-biggest opening week in the country's history at the time.{{cite web |date=27 April 2011 |title=50 Fastest-Selling Albums Ever |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/50-fastest-selling-albums-ever/213617/1/1#48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021140850/http://www.nme.com/photos/50-fastest-selling-albums-ever/213617/1/1#48 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=28 December 2021 |work=NME}} As of January 2025, X&Y remains the sixth-fastest-selling album in the United Kingdom, behind Take That, the Beatles,{{cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The Book of Golden Discs |publisher=Barrie & Jenkins |year=1978 |isbn=0-214-20480-4 |edition=2, illustrated |quote=this LP reached advance orders of 270,000 in Great Britain (a record then) and sold 530,000 copies within 1 week after release |url-access=registration}} Ed Sheeran, Oasis and Adele.{{Cite web |date=3 March 2017 |title=Can Ed Sheeran's ÷ Become One of the Fastest-Selling Albums Ever? |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/can-ed-sheeran-s-become-one-of-the-fastest-selling-albums-ever/067689 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250113002832/https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/can-ed-sheeran-s-become-one-of-the-fastest-selling-albums-ever/067689 |archive-date=13 January 2025 |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=Music Week}}

It spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one on the European Top 100 Albums chart, between June and August 2005.{{Cite magazine |date=8 September 2005 |title=Coldplay's X&Y Extends Euro Run to 13 Weeks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/coldplays-xy-extends-euro-run-to-13-weeks-1406721/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109154930/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/coldplays-xy-extends-euro-run-to-13-weeks-1406721/ |archive-date=9 November 2024 |access-date=9 November 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} In July 2013, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the record 9× Platinum, while Music Week ranked it at number nine on their "Biggest-Selling Albums of the 21st Century" editorial.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1033488|title=The 20 biggest selling albums of the 21st Century|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=12 March 2008|work=Music Week|access-date=17 September 2008|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205911/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1033488|url-status=live}} As of October 2021, X&Y has sold more than 2.8 million units in the United Kingdom, making it the second biggest Coldplay album, after A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002).{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/coldplays-official-biggest-albums-in-the-uk-revealed__34255/|title=Coldplay's Official biggest albums in the UK revealed|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=3 May 2022}}

In the United States, the American press considered X&Y a landmark achievement for the band.{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=15 June 2005 |title=Coldplay Beat Peas And Stripes by a Mile With X&Y |publisher=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504142/20050615/coldplay.jhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=16 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928181638/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504142/20050615/coldplay.jhtml |archive-date=28 September 2008}} The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 737,000 copies sold during a highly competitive week at retail, which included releases from the Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and the White Stripes. Coldplay also achieved the highest first week sales for a new release in Capitol history.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2005 |title=The Fearsome Foursome |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=278286 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107034817/https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=278286 |archive-date=7 January 2025 |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Hits Daily Double}} They spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200, marking the longest stay for a British group since the Beatles in December 2000 and January 2001.{{cite news |date=7 July 2005 |title=Chart Beat: Fred Bronson Reports On Chart Activity Related To Jessica Simpson, Green Day, Coldplay & Kelly Clarkson |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/chart-beat-62164/ |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108173249/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/chart-beat-62164/ |archive-date=8 January 2022}} The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the record 3× Platinum for shipments of more than three million units.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&artist=Coldplay&format=&debutLP=&perPage=25|title=Gold and Platinum|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=17 September 2008|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151619/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&artist=Coldplay&format=&debutLP=&perPage=25|url-status=live}} In Canada, it debuted at number one with 105,000 copies, doubling the previous biggest debut of the year.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Coldplay/2005/06/15/1089740.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709172741/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Coldplay/2005/06/15/1089740.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Coldplay burns up album charts |publisher=Jam!|first=John|last=Williams|date=15 June 2005|access-date=6 April 2011}} X&Y was certified 5× Platinum in December 2008 for shipments of 500,000 copies.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada|title=X&Y|artist=Coldplay|type=album|certyear=2008|certmonth=12}}

Discussing the album on Pitchfork, Paul de Revere credited it with solidifying Coldplay's status as one of the biggest rock groups in the world.{{Cite web |date=3 June 2015 |title=In Defense of the Indefensible: Coldplay's X&Y at 10 |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/784-in-defense-of-the-indefensible-coldplays-xy-at-10/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910020036/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/784-in-defense-of-the-indefensible-coldplays-xy-at-10/ |archive-date=10 September 2024 |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Pitchfork}} On the other hand, Carl Williott from Idolator mentioned that "in the garage rock-reviving times of 2005, flaws were still a marker of authenticity for guitar-wielding acts, so the clinical and calibrated richness of X&Y was immensely uncool" upon release, which made the band a subject of backlash.{{Cite web |date=5 June 2015 |title=In Defense of Coldplay's X&Y |url=https://www.idolator.com/7594323/coldplay-x-y-anniversary-ten-in-defense-of?view-all |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116224853/https://www.idolator.com/7594323/coldplay-x-y-anniversary-ten-in-defense-of?view-all&chrome=1 |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=25 December 2021 |website=Idolator}} Stereogum{{'s}} Ryan Leas said that "the original Coldplay template" reached its logical endpoint with the album, leading to the experimental approach of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).{{Cite web |date=15 June 2018 |title=Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Turns 10 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2001260/viva-la-vida-or-death-and-all-his-friends-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513195031/https://www.stereogum.com/2001260/viva-la-vida-or-death-and-all-his-friends-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-22 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} In 2017, the album was added to V&A Museum's collection.{{Cite web |date=12 December 2017 |title=X&Y |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1427065/xy-phonograph-record-tappin-gofton/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910014617/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1427065/xy-phonograph-record-tappin-gofton/ |archive-date=10 September 2024 |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum}}

The members of Coldplay have spoken several times over the years about their dissatisfaction of X&Y. Martin commented he wants to remake it.{{Cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Coldplay Is Interested In Editing X&Y So It's How the Album Should Have Been |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/coldplay-edit-xy-should-have-been/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910015235/https://uproxx.com/indie/coldplay-edit-xy-should-have-been/ |archive-date=10 September 2024 |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Uproxx}} He also stated that "[X&Y] has some good melodies and some good songs. But we failed, basically, on that whole album to get any of them produced right or edited right. It's too long. There's too many songs. I'm singing about the same thing too much".{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=3 October 2024 |title=Chris Martin: My Life in 10 Songs - Fix You (2005) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/chris-martin-coldplay-songs-stories-1235113494/fix-you-2005-1235113511/ |access-date=6 October 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} "Speed of Sound" and "Talk" have been singled out as two songs members of the band dislike.{{cite web |author=Britt |first=Hannah |date=31 October 2011 |title=Interview: Coldplay's Chris Martin |url=http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/interview-coldplays-chris-martin/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208070641/http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/interview-coldplays-chris-martin/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=Concrete |publisher=The University of East Anglia}} Conversely, the singer declared he is proud of "Fix You" because it helped the band through "a really difficult two years".{{Cite web |date=26 June 2024 |title=Chris Martin Interviewed: The People Who Hate Us Will Always Hate Us |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/chris-martin-interviewed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910015758/https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/chris-martin-interviewed/ |archive-date=10 September 2024 |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=Mojo}} Bassist Guy Berryman also said X&Y would benefit from being edited again. Guitarist Jonny Buckland described the American leg of the Twisted Logic Tour as the lowest point of their career, as they were "quite miserable" and "confused".{{Cite magazine |date=23 December 2024 |title=Coldplay's Jonny Buckland on the End of the Band: The Hill Is Quite Big in Front of Us |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/coldplay-jonny-buckland-future-of-the-band-1235215430/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241223183930/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/coldplay-jonny-buckland-future-of-the-band-1235215430/ |archive-date=23 December 2024 |access-date=23 December 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

All tracks are written by Coldplay, with co-production from Danton Supple and Ken Nelson, except where noted.

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| title2 = What If

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| title3 = White Shadows

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| title4 = Fix You

| length4 = 4:54

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| title8 = A Message

| length8 = 4:45

| title9 = Low

| length9 = 5:32

| title10 = The Hardest Part

| length10 = 4:25

| title11 = Swallowed in the Sea

| length11 = 3:58

| title12 = Twisted Logic

| length12 = 5:01

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| title13 = Til Kingdom Come

| length13 = 4:10

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| title14 = How You See the World

| length14 = 4:04

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Notes

• "Twisted Logic" ends at 4:31 on physical editions, followed by 30 seconds of silence. This is omitted on the streaming version.
• "Til Kingdom Come" is labelled solely as "+" in the liner notes.

Sample credits

• "Talk" contains a sample of "Computer Love" (written by Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos and Emil Schult).

Released to promote the album during Twisted Logic Tour's visit to Australia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Includes all the single B-sides and music videos on a bonus DVD.

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| title1 = Things I Don't Understand

| length1 = 4:55

| title2 = Proof

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = The World Turned Upside Down

| length3 = 4:33

| title4 = Pour Me

| note4 = Live at the Hollywood Bowl

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| title5 = Sleeping Sun

| length5 = 3:09

| title6 = Gravity

| length6 = 6:18

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| title1 = Speed of Sound

| length1 = 4:28

| note1 = video

| title2 = Fix You

| length2 = 4:54

| note2 = video

| title3 = Talk

| length3 = 4:58

| note3 = video

| title4 = The Hardest Part

| length4 = 4:51

| note4 = video

| title5 = X&Y Track-by-track interview

| length5 = 16:02

}}

In addition a rare "Japan Tour Special Edition" (Cat. No. TOCP-66523) was released in 2006. This is the only "Tour Edition" which has the bonus disc as a CD (CD extra) (Cat. No. NCD-3013), and without Copy Control. All other "Tour Editions" have Copy Control protection. The track listing is exactly the same as in other "Tour Editions". Along with the tour editions, there was also a "Special Dutch Edition", released only in The Netherlands. It consisted of 2 discs, the first containing the entirety of X&Y, and the second containing the B-sides from the tour editions. No audiovisual content was included.

Adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|title=X&Y – Coldplay {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/x-y-mw0000633950/credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230161347/http://www.allmusic.com/album/x-y-mw0000633950/credits|url-status=live}}

Coldplay

• Chris Martin – lead vocals; piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, organ
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, backing vocals (track 4)
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesiser; harmonica (track 13)
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals; piano (track 13)

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Production and design

• Chris Athens – mastering
• Jon Bailey – assistant
• Michael Brauer – mixing
• Coldplay – audio production, photography, producer
• Susan Dench – strings
• Brian Eno – synthesiser (track 9)
• Keith Gary – digital editing, pro-Tools
• Richard George – strings
• Tappin Gofton – art direction, design
• William Paden Hensley – assistant
• Jake Jackson – assistant
• Dan Keeling – A&R
• Peter Lale – strings
• Mathieu Lejeune – assistant
• Anne Lines – strings
• George Marino – mastering
• Taz Mattar – assistant
• Matt McGinn – guitar technician
• Laura Melhuish – strings
• Ken Nelson – audio production, engineer, producer (tracks 3, 4, 12, 13)
• Adam Noble – assistant
• Mike Pierce – assistant
• Dan Porter – assistant
• Danny Porter – assistant
• Mark Pythian – computer editing
• Audrey Riley – string arrangements, strings
• Carmen Rizzo – computer editing
• Tim Roe – assistant
• Bryan Russell – assistant
• Tom Sheehan – photography
• Robert Smith – assistant, computers
• Danton Supple – audio production, producer (except on tracks 3, 4, 12, 13)
• Christopher Tombling – strings
• Kevin Westenberg – photography
• Estelle Wilkinson – management
• Andrea Wright – assistant

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• 2005 in British music
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• List of best-selling albums of the 21st century
• List of best-selling albums in Ireland
• List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
• List of number-one albums in Argentina
• List of number-one albums in Hong Kong
• List of number-one albums in Norway
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2005
• List of number-one albums of 2005 (Australia)
• List of number-one albums of 2005 (Canada)
• List of number-one albums of 2005 (Ireland)
• List of number-one albums of 2005 (Mexico)
• List of number-one albums of 2005 (Portugal)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Europe)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Austria)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (France)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Germany)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Italy)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Sweden)
• List of number-one hits of 2005 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one albums from the 2000s (Denmark)
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