We waited three years for this? In my opinion, X&Y is overproduced and extremely uneventful. The edge and emotion is gone, and the few and far between guitar riffs get drowned out (or should I say Swallowed in the Sea) by melancholy synthesizers. This is the sound of the fat-n-happy vs. the up-and-coming. Save your money (if it's not too late) and buy Parachutes and/or Rush of Blood if you don't already have them.