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Anyone who thinks critics enjoy making these kinds of reviews... yeah, no, this wasn't fun. I wanted to like this WAY more than I did...

It feels like it's been longer than it's actually been since I talked about Coldplay. Now for you all that has more to do with W...

ABOUT FUCKING TIME I GET THIS DAMN THING OUT... And now to get back on schedule. Lots to do, folks, stay tuned!

So this top ten list is going to be a little different than the previous few I've put together - mostly because I've made it before....

Man, this was a week of surprises - half songs I didn't think I'd like as much as I do, half because there wasn't a single da...

So I didn't have a good feeling about this week going in, mostly because I knew what was coming. I knew that we were getting the first...

Well, this was certainly fun to make - genuinely curious if it ends up blowing up as much as it did last year, given how wonky this year ...

So for those of you who saw my last list, you might have caught my general assertion that 2016 was not good for the Hot 100. And here's ...

Can't believe I almost forgot to post this. So yeah, no review yesterday - splitting headaches will do that to you. And now with Ka...

So like anyone who follows the pop charts, I've got a taste for the ironic, the sort of missed chances and opportunities that end up ...

Well, given how well the last Coldplay review went, I can't imagine this one going better... but hey, you never know, right? Next u...

I don't know how to start this review. Because let me give you a glimpse into my usual process when it comes to making these. The ...

To quote one of my favourite comedy groups, we had some... well, we had some times. Yeah, that's it. Times. But for real, thank you...

And now we're here - one year of Billboard BREAKDOWN is completed. Over the past fifty-plus episodes I've covered all the eccentri...

Man, this review was a struggle to write. It just inspired nothing in me whatsoever, and as a Coldplay fan, it's really disappointing...

I think Coldplay has a worse reputation than they deserve. Yes, they tend to get lumped into the category of silent majority acts, bands...

I've got to be honest here - when I wrote about the worst songs of 2012, I couldn't write about them all in one sitting. And it wasn...

Short version: it's incredibly weird and the mix of the psychedelic and avant-garde will throw some people off, but in terms of bea...