With 'X& Y,' Coldplay Goes All Warm and Fuzzy

...Martin's new 'tude, however, also can get tiring. "Fix You" -- "Lights will guide you home . . . / And I will try to fix you" -- is a sprawling pep talk without the pep. It's obvious that Coldplay was aiming for an epic to end all epics; what it achieved was a Peter Gabriel B-side. "Swallowed in the Sea" is representative of the album's numbing second half: A pretty song about dealing with the loss of a loved one, it lacks any emotional oomph. A wicked guitar solo would have been nice, too....