Speed of Sound

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You need the single, even if you bought the album!

If you're a Coldplay fan, you were probably as excited as I was to hear the first outstanding single from X&Y. "Speed Of Sound" is as good as Coldplay gets, sounding like an updated version of "Clocks."

What makes this release essential, though, are the b-sides. Sure, you may have already picked up the album, but you'll need "Things I Don't Understand" and "Proof." Both songs, without question, could have made the track list for X&Y.

"Things I Don't Understand" is an uptempo jam, very reminisc…

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Written by Aaron K

It may not play

I bought the CD, but unfortunately it will not play on my house player - due to the copy protection format being used. BE AWARE - you may not be able to play this cd. IF you play it on your PC, disable autorun first or it will attempt to install copy protection software on your pc.

Written by D. Smith "Just another user"

Track listing Edit

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name

artist

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X1

Speed of Sound

4:51

Play Buy track

X2

Things I Don't Understand

4:55

Play Buy track

X3

Proof

4:10

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2 tracks	format: 1 x CD release dates: May 23 2005 in United Kingdom view details
1 track	format: 1 x CD release dates: 2005 in EU view details
3 tracks	format: 1 x vinyl record label: Parlophone catalog number: 10R 6664 release dates: 2005 in Europe view details
3 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Parlophone catalog number: 10R 6664 release dates: 2005 in Australia view details
3 tracks	format: 1 x CD catalog number: 10R 6664 release dates: May 11 2005 in Japan view details
2 tracks	format: 1 x vinyl record label: Parlophone catalog number: 10R 6664 release dates: 2005 in UK view details