Come on. Someone here has got to love Coldplay like I do. Chris Martin is an amazing guy, and Viva La Vida, while different from their other albums, is mint. I love their music.
For someone who hasn't heard their music extensively, I recommend watching/listening to the following: "
Lost!/Lost?" (actually two songs with the exact same lyrics but different tones), "
Violet Hill," "
Trouble," "
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face," "
Shiver," "
The Scientist" (in which Chris Martin took a month to learn the lyrics backward--watch it to find out why), "
Yellow," "
Speed of Sound," and, one of my personal favorites because it's so cute, "
Talk."
~Crystal