Talk:X&Y

Album Cover Message
The article (currently) claims the album cover is encoded using ITA2. Reading in columns, from right to left, bottom to top, we get:

11101 (1D) 11011 (1B) 11000 (18) 10101 (15)

From what I can tell, in ITA2, that is:

X FIGS 9 6

It could also read X9Y if FIGS was assumed to apply only to the next letter, but that isn't what the ITA2 article says. Reading from right to left gives "YO/". --Colin Barrett 14:07, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Is this any help decoder Vanky 18:31, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Read this --Madchester 00:45, 2005 May 7 (UTC)

According to the key in the liner notes, the art means 'X&Y' (this also reveals the pattern on the last page of the notes to be 'Make trade fair') 1Rabid Monkey 17:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Why does the article now only say it's the Bardot Code? It is clearly ITA2. Treva26 (talk) 02:03, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Bonus tracks
"Til Kingdom Come" is indeed a distinct track 13. I changed the tracklisting to reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewT (talk • contribs) 15:49, June 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Then, unsigned editor, why does my copy (which I am importing into the Apple Music app at the time of writing this) not show it on the tracklist in the back cover? It stops after track 12, "Twisted Logic". --Fandelasketchup (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I doubt you're going to get a response from the editor who posted that, considering it was 15 years ago. The answer's in the article anyway. -- I need a name (talk) 16:20, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Latin American Artwork
Is there a higher quality image of the red Latin American tour edition cover of X&Y? The one we have as of now is not the best…

Reception
I understand that there were a few "C" grades for the album, but that doesn't warrant a "mixed to positive". First off, editors are meant to avoid terms like this, unless reliably sourced, and the source here is Metacritic. There are other sources available as well which quote generally positive reviews, and the two which I'm aware of which say mixed, were released before all reviews could be accounted for, so aren't accurate. Secondly, ranges liked mixed to positive are to be avoided, the reasons for which cab be found on many talk pages and discussions, which is my "generally positive" is used. It is even pointed out that reviews were inferior to their previous album, which supports the point that not all reviews were glowing. And most of the reviews on display aren't an average of "C", so it isn't inaccurate. And the reviews on display are only sample of all the collected reviews, which can be found on Metacritic. Thanks - Jak Fisher (talk)

Orphaned references in X&Y
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Reference named "mc": From Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends:  From Mylo Xyloto:  

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Assessment comment
Substituted at 10:56, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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