Coldplay - X&Y

Coldplay — X&Y 

Limited edition clear EcoRecord vinyl

In support of their ongoing sustainability mission, the British rock band Coldplay have announced plans to reissue all of their albums as EcoRecords.

The new records will be clear, 140-gram discs made from recycled plastic bottles, and produced using an injection molding process which reduces carbon emissions during manufacture by 85% when measured against the traditional vinyl record production process.

According to Warner Music Group, each record contains plastic recovered from about nine recycled rPET plastic bottles as part of the post-consumer recycling, where the bottles are cleaned and processed into small pellets for resuse in industry and consumer purposes.

The decision to re-release the band's full catalog follows the launch of their 10th album, Moon Music, in 2024 as a 100% recycled PET EcoRecord.

X&Y is Coldplay's third album, released in June 2005 in the United Kingdom and the United States. The album was recorded during a turbulent period for the band, during which their manager and creative director, Phil Harvey, briefly departed. In the U.S., it became Coldplay's first album to top the Billboard 200 chart. With 8.3 million copies sold worldwide, X&Y was the best-selling album of 2005, accumulating over 13 million units as of December 2012.[7] It spawned the singles "Speed of Sound," "Fix You," "Talk" and "The Hardest Part."

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."

"We are incredibly proud to partner with artists such as Coldplay who share our commitment to a more sustainable future for music. The shift to EcoRecord LP for their releases is a testament to what's possible when innovation meets intention. It's not just about a new product; it's about pioneering manufacturing that significantly reduces environmental impact, providing fans with the same high-quality audio experience while setting a new standard for physical music production," stated Jen Ivory, Managing Director, Parlophone.

1. Square One

2. What If

3. White Shadows

4. Fix You

5. Talk

6. X & Y

7. Speed of Sound

8. A Message

9. Low

10. The Hardest Part

11. Swallowed in the Sea

12. Twisted Logic

13. 'Til Kingdom Come

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