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Post by matt on Nov 24, 2018 12:56:32 GMT -5
Nice track listing, but in terms of Coldplay track listings, I always thought Ghost Stories and A Head Full Of Dreams could do with being merged. Both released within a year of each other which while prolific doesn't exactly make for quality, it would have been preferable to have two bang average ho-hum albums condensed in the same time period to create a genuinely very decent pop album. Think of the concept, the sunny and outgoing pop of A Head Full Of Dreams followed by the mellow and introspective songs of Ghost Stories. Stretched over a full album, both are full of fillers but condense the songs into those up beat and mellow tunes into one and you have a fairly coherent album I think.
A Head Full of Ghost Stories
Side 1: Day
1. A Head Full Of Dreams
2. Birds
3. Hymn For The Weekend
4. Adventure of a Lifetime
Side 2: Night
6. Midnight
7. All Your Friends
8. Magic
9. Ghost Story
Finale
10. Up & Up
11. Fly On
In the words of the great Neil Buchanan, 'try it yerself!'.
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Nov 24, 2018 13:54:28 GMT -5
Okay, I'll take off Swallowed in the Sea by popular demand, but X&Y without Till Kingdom Come is just dead on arrival in my opinion. That track and Fix You shine out of the album as the only real classics - I remember when I started listening to Coldplay my dad mentioning this acoustic song he loved back when I was a kid. I hadn't heard X&Y yet and assumed he meant Green Eyes - but when I finally found it and played it for him, it was an amazing moment. Gorgeous, gorgeous song: That leaves me with: 1) Square One 2) White Shadows 3) Fix You 4) Talk 5) Speed of Sound 6) A Message 7) The Hardest Part 8) Low 9) Gravity 10) Twisted Logic 11) Till Kingdom Come ...Not bad at all. Maybe I shouldn't be so dismissive of 'Til Kingdom Come'. It's nice enough and I get people liking it so if people have it in their playlist that's cool. Light, country clap-alongs don't do much for me though and I personally don't think they're what the album needs - even if it's tagged onto the end. I feel like 'A Message' would conclude the last 50 minutes of listening though and gives the album a strong thread front to back. If I thought 'Til Kingdom Come' was really strong I'd make an acception but I don't really rate it. It's certainly no classic in book that's for sure. How you could consider the album " dead on arrival" without it sounds very dramatic to me. If I was in charge of signing the album off and was presented with the album as I've arranged it I'd be super happy for the band. Do you not really rate the other tracks? In terms of songs you've excluded 'What If' is undeniably sappy but I think it's well written and I enjoy it more as it goes on. It's less of a downward mood swing when positioned after 'Fix You'. And I don't like the first minute of 'X&Y' but after that I find little to fault. It's really sweet and spacey with a good sense of melody. |
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Post by clueso on Nov 24, 2018 16:11:24 GMT -5
Today took a listen to X&Y after almost a decade, half of it is very good, great singles, but overall it's a drab, all sounds bit too samey. Fix You still very cheesy. Do you not think Speed Of Sound is drab? I’ve never liked it and am still shocked at how they thought it was worthy as a single, let alone lead single. And that was my opinion of the band when they released it in 2005 at the age of 14 - drab. I’d never paid full attention to them in all honesty and was familiar with the odd riff, chorus, etc but never invested my time in any one tune. It was only when my twin brother got the album about this time of the year in 2005 that I took a listen. The one tune that really grabbed me and got me in to Coldplay? Talk - always loved that song and the lyrics. Absolutely true! Talk really made me a fan, while i knew the other songs and albums as well. But Talk is one their very, very best songs .Great lyrics and melody ,damn catchy. Violet Hill, Politik and Talk. If i had to pick my three favourite songs. And as someone mentioned above ,Dont Let It Break Your Heart is an superior banger! |
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Post by glider on Nov 24, 2018 16:18:16 GMT -5
I'm on the road, but will elaborate when settled down. Had to interject my tracklist for X&Y with its recent popularity for discussion.
Side X
1. Square One
2. White Shadows
3. Talk
4. Things I Don't Understand
5. Fix You
Side Y
1. Speed Of Sound
2. The World Turned Upside Down
3. Pour Me
4. Low
5. The Hardest Part
6. Gravity
+ Til Kingdom Come
No same-like songs. Tons of variations. More rockier and less poppy in parts. Still pop, but more cosmic like.
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Post by jordan71421 on Nov 24, 2018 16:27:16 GMT -5
Square One
White Shadows
Talk
Pour Me
The World Turned Upside Down
Swallowed in the Sea
Things I Don’t Understand
The Hardest Part
Speed of Sound
Fix You
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Post by The Escapist on Nov 24, 2018 16:41:29 GMT -5
1. Always in my Head
2. Magic
3. Ghost Story
4. True Love
5. Midnight
6. Another's Arms
7. Oceans
8. Atlas
9. O
Thanks.
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Post by lahaine on Nov 24, 2018 19:22:39 GMT -5
This thread is making me want to listen to their post VLV albums, I have to hear Mylo Xyloto again and also Ghost Stories and AHFOD, these albums are a blur in my head, long time without listen. Ghost Stories is the only one I'd go back to listen too. Take out the awful Sky full of Stars, that just smells of wanting to be "hip" with the younger crowd. That album has some touches of old Coldplay in it. But the other's for me, smell of sell out but other's on here will defend them of course. For me Parachutes to VLV plus the b-sides during those era too, that's the best of Coldplay. still a great live act but unless they come back around with a album that comes close to the first 4 albums then they won't win me around and many others. I don't think they have it in them to do it. |
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Post by World71R on Nov 24, 2018 19:58:14 GMT -5
World71R , I agree that ALIENS is fucking incredible, but it suits the Mylo sound an awful lot better and as it was demoed in that period I have it on my MX playlist: 1) Mylo Xyloto 2) Hurts Like Heaven 3) Paradise 4) Charlie Brown 5) Us Against the World 6) M.M.I.X 7) Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 8) Major Minus 9) ALIENS 10) UFO 11) Princess of China 12) Moving to Mars 13) A Hopeful Transmission 14) Don't Let it Break Your Heart 15) Up With the Birds That's a good tracklisting. I'd remove Princess of China, but I understand its inclusion to some degree. The MX era was fantastic, and this proves it. |
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Post by World71R on Nov 24, 2018 20:02:46 GMT -5
I wonder why they stopped with the b-sides and bonus material? They use to have fabulous b-sides. Particularly in the AROBTTH era. I agree! Crest of Waves, 1.36, Animals, all fantastic stuff. You could count the Kaleidoscope EP as the bonus material, and they did do some stuff for GS, like Ghost Story and All Your Friends. MX had the Every Teardrop is a Waterfall EP too, with Moving to Mars, and VLV had Prospekt's March, so they haven't been slacking like U2 and Noel have been (Ex: one or two new non-album songs and the rest being remixes), but they haven't been doing the same as they used to. |
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Post by andybellwillring on Nov 25, 2018 6:06:38 GMT -5
I'd have cut Ink and True Love in favour of All Your Friends and Ghost Story. Still not a great album but much better.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 25, 2018 8:15:22 GMT -5
I'd have cut Ink and True Love in favour of All Your Friends and Ghost Story. Still not a great album but much better.  |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 25, 2018 8:42:41 GMT -5
So nobody else watched this doc or what???
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 25, 2018 10:02:11 GMT -5
Always thought the live version of this track could have been from AROBTTH sessions.  |
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Post by andybellwillring on Nov 25, 2018 11:49:31 GMT -5
I'd have cut Ink and True Love in favour of All Your Friends and Ghost Story. Still not a great album but much better. Terrifying  |
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Post by The Escapist on Nov 25, 2018 11:49:48 GMT -5
Birds is a tune. Whenever you can feel the influence of both Guy and Jonny on a track, the quality shoots up - it would have been great if Oasis had a bassist and lead guitarist as talented as them post-2000. Alas...
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Post by andybellwillring on Nov 25, 2018 11:50:57 GMT -5
I'd have cut Ink and True Love in favour of All Your Friends and Ghost Story. Still not a great album but much better. All Your Friends is a good song but doesn't really fit the album IMO. It's so clearly about soldiers and doesn't gel with the album at all - I'd have kept it as a great b-side. Fair point, but I wouldn't mind it if they'd have stepped away a bit more from the thematic concept either. Midnight is arguably an awkward fit on there but it works pretty well. |
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Post by World71R on Nov 25, 2018 13:17:18 GMT -5
Birds is a tune. Whenever you can feel the influence of both Guy and Jonny on a track, the quality shoots up - it would have been great if Oasis had a bassist and lead guitarist as talented as them post-2000. Alas... Birds has one of Guy's basslines in it, and Up&Up and Adventure of a Lifetime both have good basslines and guitar work by Guy and Jonny. AHFOD has its good spots, but then some really awful spots to counter it unfortunately. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 27, 2018 7:38:15 GMT -5
Coldplay are up to some shenanigans today. They are pretending to be some new fake band that Parlaphone just "signed" named Los Unidades. We shall see what this is all about.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 8:15:14 GMT -5
This thread has more pages than either the 'High Flying Birds Thoughts' or 'Liam Thoughts' threads.  |
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Post by The Escapist on Nov 27, 2018 8:19:59 GMT -5
This thread has more pages than either the 'High Flying Birds Thoughts' or 'Liam Thoughts' threads. Coldplay are provocative. They get the people GOING. Anyway, yeah, Los Unidatos are Coldplay - they liked the tweet and there's a code for the picture which is an anagram of COLDPLAY2018. Some people on fan-forums speculating it could be an album made up of outtakes and lost songs, as Moving to Mars has been taken off their channel and Car Kids (a lost Mylo track) has been registered somewhere. Maybe Lennon2217 will end up with his studio version of Pour Me? |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 27, 2018 8:47:15 GMT -5
This thread has more pages than either the 'High Flying Birds Thoughts' or 'Liam Thoughts' threads. Coldplay are provocative. They get the people GOING. Anyway, yeah, Los Unidatos are Coldplay - they liked the tweet and there's a code for the picture which is an anagram of COLDPLAY2018. Some people on fan-forums speculating it could be an album made up of outtakes and lost songs, as Moving to Mars has been taken off their channel and Car Kids (a lost Mylo track) has been registered somewhere. Maybe Lennon2217 will end up with his studio version of Pour Me? Loads and loads of lost Coldplay tunes........ Solid Ground Ladder To The Sun Pour Me Marieanne Famous Old Painters Don Quixote To name just a few. List is rather long. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 27, 2018 8:48:46 GMT -5
This thread has more pages than either the 'High Flying Birds Thoughts' or 'Liam Thoughts' threads. Maybe this is a Coldplay forum now? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 9:47:37 GMT -5
This is the listed contributors to Up&Up via YouTube.... Geez... all they're missing is "Pip farting on a snare drum"...
Backing Vocals: Alison Martin
Backing Vocals: Annabelle Wallis
Backing Vocals: Apple Martin
Backing Vocals: Aubrey Costall
Backing Vocals: Ava Champion
Engineer: Bill Rahko
Backing Vocals: Blue Ivy Carter
Backing Vocals: Brian Eno
Masterer: Chris Allgood
All Instruments, Vocals: Chris Martin
Engineer: Daniel Green
Backing Vocals: Daniel Grollo
Backing Vocals: Elise Eriksen
Masterer: Emily Lazar
Backing Vocals: Finn Grollo
All Instruments: Guy Berryman
Backing Vocals: Harvey Costall
Backing Vocals: Hege Fossum Eriksen
Backing Vocals: Idil Hermansen
Backing Vocals: Isak Hermansen
Backing Vocals: Jacob Green
Mixer: Jaime Sickora
Backing Vocals: Jonah Buckland
All Instruments: Jonny Buckland
Backing Vocals: Juno Champion
Backing Vocals: Kat Grollo
Backing Vocals: Marianna Champion
Backing Vocals: Mathilda Grollo
Mixer: Matt Tuggle
Backing Vocals: Max Harvey
Backing Vocals: Merry Clayton
Programmer: Mikkel S. Eriksen
Engineer: Miles Walker
Backing Vocals: Moses Martin
Backing Vocals: Nico Berryman
Guitar: Noel Gallagher
Engineer: Phil Joly
Backing Vocals: Rafi Harvey
Backing Vocals: Rex Champion
Mixer, Producer: Rik Simpson
Engineer: Robin Baynton
Mixer: Robin Baynton
Mixer: Roxy Pope
Engineer: Ryan Walsh
Backing Vocals: Selma Eriksen
Backing Vocals: Sophia Green
Producer: Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC.
Mixer: Tom Bailey
Programmer: Tor Erik Hermansen
Backing Vocals: Violet Buckland
All Instruments, Vocals: Will Champion
Composer: Chris Martin
Composer: Guy Berryman
Composer: Jonny Buckland
Composer: Mikkel S. Hermansen
Composer: Tor Erik Hermansen
Composer: Will Champion
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 27, 2018 10:00:25 GMT -5
This is the listed contributors to Up&Up via YouTube.... Geez... all they're missing is "Pip farting on a snare drum"... Backing Vocals: Alison Martin Backing Vocals: Annabelle Wallis Backing Vocals: Apple Martin Backing Vocals: Aubrey Costall Backing Vocals: Ava Champion Engineer: Bill Rahko Backing Vocals: Blue Ivy Carter Backing Vocals: Brian Eno Masterer: Chris Allgood All Instruments, Vocals: Chris Martin Engineer: Daniel Green Backing Vocals: Daniel Grollo Backing Vocals: Elise Eriksen Masterer: Emily Lazar Backing Vocals: Finn Grollo All Instruments: Guy Berryman Backing Vocals: Harvey Costall Backing Vocals: Hege Fossum Eriksen Backing Vocals: Idil Hermansen Backing Vocals: Isak Hermansen Backing Vocals: Jacob Green Mixer: Jaime Sickora Backing Vocals: Jonah Buckland All Instruments: Jonny Buckland Backing Vocals: Juno Champion Backing Vocals: Kat Grollo Backing Vocals: Marianna Champion Backing Vocals: Mathilda Grollo Mixer: Matt Tuggle Backing Vocals: Max Harvey Backing Vocals: Merry Clayton Programmer: Mikkel S. Eriksen Engineer: Miles Walker Backing Vocals: Moses Martin Backing Vocals: Nico Berryman Guitar: Noel Gallagher Engineer: Phil Joly Backing Vocals: Rafi Harvey Backing Vocals: Rex Champion Mixer, Producer: Rik Simpson Engineer: Robin Baynton Mixer: Robin Baynton Mixer: Roxy Pope Engineer: Ryan Walsh Backing Vocals: Selma Eriksen Backing Vocals: Sophia Green Producer: Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC. Mixer: Tom Bailey Programmer: Tor Erik Hermansen Backing Vocals: Violet Buckland All Instruments, Vocals: Will Champion Composer: Chris Martin Composer: Guy Berryman Composer: Jonny Buckland Composer: Mikkel S. Hermansen Composer: Tor Erik Hermansen Composer: Will Champion It takes a village. All we had for backup was Gem and Andy. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Nov 27, 2018 12:52:41 GMT -5
Well this new Coldplay news, single, EP was disappointing. Man the fan theory of it being a collection of unreleased Coldplay songs over the years to tie into their new doc and a thank you to fans along the journey sure sounded way cooler than this. I guess its safe to say the old Coldplay is never ever coming back. I thought Atlas 5-6 years ago was a remote possibility but it passed like a fart in the wind. Instead of looking inward they continue to just find pop stars to collaborate with. Nothing wrong with that but it is just so so far away from the band I fell in love with. My relationship with the band now mirrors Chris' thoughts on his own divorce. 'It's funny. I don't think about that word very often- divorce. I don't see it that way. I see it more like you meet someone, you have some time together and things just move through. I've lived a lot of life since then.' |
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