Coldplay Reveals ‘Mylo Xyloto’ Album Art, Release Date
Coldplay announced today that the band’s fifth studio album, “Mylo Xyloto” (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe), will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 25 by Capitol Records.
Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, with “enoxification” and additional composition by Brian Eno, “Mylo Xyloto” is Coldplay’s first release since 2008′s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” which debuted at No. 1 in Billboard and has sold 2.8 million units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The band’s announcement today reveals Mylo Xyloto will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12″ x 36″ poster. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12″ x 12″ hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band’s personal notebooks. The “reversible” cover art was just revealed at COLDPLAY.COM. (Billboard report)
August 12, 2011 at 1:27 pm
The last Coldplay LP was their ‘Rattle & Hum’ and this looks like it’s gonna be their ‘Achtung Baby’, incredible how their career is doing such a parallel with Bono’s crew!