X&Y

X&Y
Studio album by Coldplay
Released	6 June 2005
Recorded	January 2004 – January 2005
Studio	Various AIR Studios (London, England) Parr Street (Liverpool, England) CRC (Chicago, Illinois) Sarm West Studios (London, England) Townhouse Studios (London, England) The Hit Factory (New York, New York)
Genre	Alternative rock post-Britpop space rock
Length	62:30
Label	Parlophone Capitol
Producer	Coldplay Ken Nelson Danton Supple
Coldplay chronology
Coldplay Live 2003 (2003) X&Y (2005) The Singles 1999–2006 (2007)
Coldplay studio album chronology
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) X&Y (2005) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
Latin America Tour Edition
Singles from X&Y
"Speed of Sound" Released: 18 April 2005 "Fix You" Released: 5 September 2005 "Talk" Released: 19 December 2005 "The Hardest Part" Released: 3 April 2006 "What If" Released: 27 June 2006 "White Shadows" Released: 8 June 2007

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B
The Guardian
NME	9/10
Pitchfork Media	4.9/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	B+
The Village Voice	B

X&Y is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band Coldplay, released on 6 June 2005 worldwide by the record label Parlophone. The album was produced by the band, and British record producer Danton Supple.

The album is noted for its troubled and urgent development, with producer Ken Nelson having originally been tasked with producing much of the album; however, many songs written during his sessions were discarded owing to the band's dissatisfaction with them. The album's cover art is a combination of colours and blocks, which is a representation of the Baudot code.

The album contains twelve tracks and an additional hidden track, "'Til Kingdom Come". It is omitted from the track listing on the album sleeve, but listed as "+" on the disc label and inside the album booklet. It was originally planned for American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash to record it with lead singer Chris Martin, but Cash died before he was able to do so. The song "Talk" appeared in the track listing, although after it leaked online in early 2005 it was thought to have been downgraded to a B-side for the album's subsequent single releases.

X&Y was released after a considerable amount of global anticipation, and was a significant commercial success, reaching the top spot of many charts worldwide, including the United Kingdom and United States, being the first time Coldplay topped the U.S. chart. With accumulated sales of 8.3 million units in 2005 alone, X&Y was the best-selling music album released in 2005 worldwide. By 2011 the album had sold over 13 million copies worldwide.

Overall reaction to the album has been generally positive, though some critics cited it as being inferior to its predecessors. The album spawned the singles "Speed of Sound", "Fix You", "Talk", "The Hardest Part", "What If" and "White Shadows".

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