X&Y
X&Y is the third studio album by the British rock band Coldplay.
A recurrent theme in the album is that everything is broken, out of place or missing; This is apparent in nearly all songs in the album. This theme is also reflective of the random, incomprehensible pattern on the album's cover (until you "fix" it using the Baudot Code).
The image, which is visualized through a combination of colours and blocks, is a graphical representation of the Baudot code, an early form of telegraph communication using a series of ones and zeros to communicate. The code was developed by Frenchman Émile Baudot in the 1870s, and was a widely used method of terrestrial and telegraph communication.
X1 Square One 4:47
X2 What If 4:57
X3 White Shadows 5:28
X4 Fix You 4:55
X5 Talk 5:11
X6 X&Y 4:34
Y1 Speed Of Sound 4:48
Y2 A Message 4:45
Y3 Low 5:32
Y4 The Hardest Part 4:25
Y5 Swallowed In The Sea 3:59
Y6 Twisted Logic 5:01
+ Til Kingdom Come 4:10
X2 What If 4:57
X3 White Shadows 5:28
X4 Fix You 4:55
X5 Talk 5:11
X6 X&Y 4:34
Y1 Speed Of Sound 4:48
Y2 A Message 4:45
Y3 Low 5:32
Y4 The Hardest Part 4:25
Y5 Swallowed In The Sea 3:59
Y6 Twisted Logic 5:01
+ Til Kingdom Come 4:10
