'Cemeteries of London' and '42' ducked and dived with striding, ghostly strings and it paid off. The first produced by Brian Eno, they experimented with braver chord structures and took on new, unorthodox styles. It wasn't exactly Kid A - this is still Coldplay we're talking about - but it was the toughest of their albums to get into. If you'll excuse the irritating French revolutionary costumes - perhaps the most extravagant of all the Coldplay album threads - the dark and obscure streaks to this record made for a fairly unexpected turn by the band after they went all out on X&Y. But Stargate's influence prospered when the band just went for it - giant pop hooks and vows of joy - delivering the kind of buzz that made Coldplay so special in the first place. It was preachy in parts, and no-one should have to hear Martin rapping through a vocoder ( 'X Marks the Spot'), let alone 'Conscious Uncoupling: The Single' ( 'Everglow'). Throwing in inspirations from 13th century Persian poet Rumi to Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, the frontman went from heartbroken ( Ghost Stories) to full-blown hippie - especially so on the rapturous lead single 'Adventure of a Lifetime'. Weird to think, therefore, that the Jeff Buckley-obsessed student who conceived 2000's soft rock masterpiece Parachutes was ultimately meaning to unite with Stargate - the Norwegian mega-producers behind pop hits like 'S Club Party'.īut Martin is an evolved being - and nothing quite changed him like his marriage split. It took them seven albums to do it - but Chris Martin declared that Coldplay finally sounded like they always hoped they would on their latest record.
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A Head Full of Dreams (Released December 4, 2015) It would be interesting to know what would have happened had Coldplay not blown up as early as they did - they may not be as divisive today, and album three may have given them a perfect record.Ħ.
'Til Kingdom Come', which would have been a Johnny Cash duet but for the country star's death, and 'A Message' still showcased the softly-softly guitars Martin and Jonny Buckland are so good at. It absolutely made sense for Coldplay to pile it on even more after Rush of Blood, but X&Y was sometimes too inflated. 'Square One's motif actually came from the 1968 blockbuster 2001: A Space Odyssey, 'Speed of Sound' was drenched in synths the size of Bono's advice book and 'Fix You', although an utter beaut in its own right, overegged the lovely subtlety their previous ballads possessed.
But, looking back, X&Y marked a defining moment for the group and it was one which transformed their whole trajectory - it was the first time they sounded as big as their popularity suggested.
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