Archive for October, 2011

I Won’t Buy Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

I own all of Coldplay’s CDs except Mylo Xyloto (and I mean I own the actual physical CDs, not MP3 versions).

I look forward to hearing Mylo Xyloto, but, I won’t purchase it in any form until Coldplay makes it available on Spotify. Coldplay has refused to release Mylo Xyloto to any streaming music sites reportedly saying that they want Mylo Xyloto to be heard as “one cohesive work” and not split up into songs.

Really? How stupid do they think we are?

  1. Is Coldplay not going to release any singles from the album? Oh, wait; they’ve already released three singles from the album.
  2. Do they think that people who buy the CD aren’t going to rip their favorite songs and ignore the rest?
  3. Do they not realize that many of us who listen to music on streaming web sites listen to the entire album?

There are lots of bands releasing great music that aren’t working against their fans’ interests. I think I’ll buy their music instead of Coldplay’s.