So, if that is the concept of "challenge with time," you also need to explain to me what this beauty that magically disappears or doesn't disappear depends on. The challenge with time, as you understand it (and I'm surely interpreting it wrong, but it doesn't matter), is purely subjective. I believe "keeping up with the times" and "the challenge of time" are exactly the same thing, meaning the relevance of structures, arrangements, sounds, and everything else you want; the rest (the fact that an album not in step with the times can still be liked after years) is determined by subjective and emotional sensations and does not count in the merits, the weight of an album.
I never said those words were yours, but these are the things that everyone says in the case of Coldplay, myself included (in the first comment on the review, I rename them with the name of three or four bands combined), and if Iām saying it with you, it's just because a debate was born between two comments, but I was referring to a collective discussion. Even if those weren't the aspects to evaluate, they would still be too rigid evaluations for a product that, as can be seen among the comments, can be liked or not. In short, this album is neither more nor less than many other albums that, however, not being Coldplay, are regarded with humble consideration as "a pop band, carefree, it's fine." Right, who cares if Coldplay are all those things together? Thatās exactly what Iām trying to say, but I don't think, at the end of the day, there's an assessment of a final result where the only protagonist is the music, whether it is plagiarized, heavily influenced by other bands, or sounds āold.ā Then I don't consider Coldplay talentless, and I believe, given the sales and the crowds behind them, that they can indeed touch "the strings" of some listeners, take the reviewer. (Well, then there's neurodeliri, what can I say? Am I the one putting words in someone else's mouth?) Anyway, I don't think itās the case to put them on trial; like it or not, the album sounds like a normal pop album, well played, well produced, etc. Most of the judgments would be better summarized with a "I don't like it." Or was I right when, a few comments above, I pointed out a lack of objectivity? But then letās forget all this (also because I got lost), thereās another thing I donāt agree with, and thatās the idea that the validity of an album depends at all costs on its longevity. Can a "minor" album not evoke emotions for someone?
