Chris Martin Compares Coldplay To U2

Coldplay's Chris Martin has bravely compared his band to U2 in an interview with The Telegraph.

Speaking to the paper, Martin compared 'Viva La Vida', their new album, to U2's 1984 release 'The Unforgettable Fire'.

"I always view our albums in terms of U2 albums," Said the singer. "Viva La Vida is our Unforgettable Fire in that it's less straightforward, more oblique. It's about sex and death and love and fear and travel and illness. There's light and there's dark."

Trying to maintain some modesty, Martin added that he doesn't in fact, think that Coldplay are the best band in the world.

"The best bands in the world today are probably Arcade Fire and Sigur R�s," he said. "I think Coldplay is only the seventh best in the world."

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