If you’re like me, you're really eager for album news. So...to fill in the time I’ve been going over old entries/articles to see if I could piece together a little timeline about track history. I don’t have too much, but did find a few cool things which I thought some fellow-bored fans might be interested in.

 

December 2003

42

A charity plate drawn by Coldplay with the message "Johnny’s Solo on 42".

 

Early 2006

Death and All His Friends

Guy revealed in an interview that the new album title would have five words in it. At this stage, the title was probably Death and All His Friends. I’m guessing Chris didn’t tack Viva La Vida on to the front of it until 2007.

 

September 2007

Prospekt entry confirms Violet Hill, Cemeteries of London, Yes! and Lost. Origins unknown.

 

December 2007

Prospekt confirms Lovers in Japan and Strawberry Swing. Origins unknown.

 

February 2008

Rolling Stone confirms Life in Technicolour and Reign of Love. Origins unknown.

 

April 2006

Prospekt confirms Viva La Vida. Could be Famous Old Painters...which would mean it was written in October 2007.

 

So that’s really it – I hope it quenched your album thirst for a solid two minutes!

 

On a side note, I went back and read the Prospekt entry from September where he/she (though I’m sure it’s Phil!) confirmed the working track titles. You’ll all remember the blacked out tracks that provided hours of Photoshop fun. Reading through the Billboard article, I think I’ve got a fair idea what a few now are. You can actually make them out when you know what they are:

 

 

I’d say the second one down is The Goldrush, third one down is Lukas, and I’m positive the bottom one is Postcards From Far Away. The top one....V...? Who knows :)

 

Andy

You might be right...

V...Viva La Vida?

Nice analogy... :surprised:

I'm sure the bottom one says Postcards From Far Away and pretty sure that the top one is Viva la Vida.

And about the other two. You can't really see it... but The Goldrush and Lukas certainly fit in there. Maybe we can be sure with a photoshopped picture?

Thanks, this is interesting. I'm pretty sure the bottom one is Postcards From Far Away too. I might try to Photoshop it to make it clearer.

To fill in the time, of course.

ooh that is interesting! thanks for that!

 

i definitely think that "viva la vida" and "postcards" are underneath the censor bars there.

 

i would also add that in december 2007, will put his zany video up on the site, where there were TWO instances of the phrase "viva la vida," which is more hinting towards it being the eventual title and therefore a track on the album :D