Apparently one Coldplay album this year is not enough for us. Viva La Vida was a very good album too by the way, a vast improvement on the mediocrity that was X&Y. But even so I don't think anyone really expected they would release any more music this year, even a small half-album such as this, but credit to them.

 

I think it is a better idea to release music in small chunks rather than one big album every three years, it's too long to wait and then when it comes it's harder to appreciate all those new songs at once, I hope it's something that catches on, though I'm sure I'll be eating my words in a minute if this EP turns out to be crap, so without further ado here is my review of Prospekt's March.

 

Well I won't have to eat my words because it's pretty good. In fact I think a number of these songs are better than some of the weaker numbers on Viva La Vida, and I can't help but feel they should have put some of these on there.

 

Starting of with Rainy Day, this is a very nice song, vintage Coldplay, but it suffers from being, frankly, too similar to the song Viva La Vida and perhaps isn't the fresh sound we'd hope for from the first song on the album.

 

The title track Prospekt's March/Poppy fields is something pretty special. A somber and melodic tune full of emotion that yields to the second half of Poppy fields, and does so, in my opinion, much more effectively than any of the two part songs in the proper album. This is certainly one of the key songs from this release.

 

Glass of Water is... decent, it builds up to a pretty satisfying conclusion, though much of it feels a bit throw-away compared to some of the other songs. It is still better than a number of the lesser viva la vida songs.

 

Life In Technicolor II is a song that had given me very high hopes, being billed as life in technicolor, one of the best songs in the viva la vida album, except fully fleshed out to a full length song with vocals. Sadly only half of that is true. This song basically turns out to be the same tiny bit of music with vocals laid on top. Mind you that's not a terrible thing, it's a great piece of music, probably the best that Coldplay have written in terms of pure musical excellence.

 

Lost+ is a re-release of the song Lost, which I never much cared for, except with the rap stylings of Jay-z on top... which actually makes it a bit better, this works much better as a rap song than as a pop song and adds another kind of dimension to the music, good call on this one.

 

Lovers in Japan was one of the better songs from Viva La Vida, and so this Osaka Sun Mix is very welcome here. It is definitey the definitive mix, and skips out the rather redundant 'reign of love' segment attached to the end of it on the album release.

 

Postcards from Far Away is a song I can see a lot of fans not liking, but it's something I wish I would see the band do more often. Stop relying on electronics and pop synthesizers and return to the old coldplay style with real guitars and pianos, as they have done here A very pretty piece of music for sure, but not something that's going to be setting the charts alight any time soon.

 

So in closing, this is a welcome addition to my music library, brief though it is, but while these are pretty decent songs, I can't help but feel most of these are good enough to have replaced the filler on the viva la vida album, but perhaps not much better. There's nothing here that you'll remember ten years from now, but if these songs had replaced some of the dross from the big album then that really would have been one hell of an album, but alas.

 

Stay tuned for my next big album review, The Killers- Day and Age, i've not heard all the songs yet but it sounds like a scorcher.

 

 

http://the-ephemeric.com/2008/11/coldplay-prospekts-march-ep-review.html

Why do people write reviews when they even haven't heard the entire EP?:)

Why do people write reviews when they even haven't heard the entire EP?:)

 

ahahaha :lol:

 

we'll see , it's only 15 days left isn't it? i can't wait for new tracks in complete version

How come he didnt comment on Now My Feet Wont Touch the Ground? .. Orr did he just listen to preview, available to everyone?

:laugh3:They must have only listened to a preview of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends as well! Im still trying to find the dross and filler they are talking about:dozey:

^True Viva.... works brilliantly as a full cycle, like they intended. But he didnt get that!

ahh im soo excited!!!! can't wait fifteen days!

ahh im soo excited!!!! can't wait fifteen days!

if you read the comments he says that

" well i don't know about previews, the full versions of all the songs can be heard in one place or another if you know where to look.

 

except for that last one for which i've heard like 5 seconds, and can't really comment on.

 

p.s. i dont 'have' any of the songs, that would be illegal of course :P"

 

 

have the songs leaked already??!!?!

Confusing review. Some of the songs are only pretty decent, but they could have replaced the filler on Viva, but if they had been on Viva then it would have been a hell of an album, even though they're going to be forgotten in 10 years time. What??? Make your mind up!

Yea, they leaked. We don't know where, but it leak.

I'm sending an email to that guy right now.

An astonishingly badly-written review, but hopefully the leak is on the way :)

Meh

 

Pretty rubbish review. The reviewer makes points, either positive or negative, then changes their mind and says its brill. And to me, theres not much negative stuff from the review so where he got 3 from is beyond me. To base it on the previews is ridiculous.

He said X&Y is mediocre :furious3::furious3:

He should sleep with an opened eye :sneaky:

that guy probably only heard the preview, but the way he says prospekts march and poppy fields run together makes me wonder...:thinking:

And he didn't metion Now My Fett Won't Touch The Ground, the only song that hasn't been previewed or released.

 

 

 

 

I WANT THE FREAKING LEAK.

This guy obviously doesn't know what he was talking about and half the people on this forum would know more then he does. He based his whole review on the previews or live versions and completely biased which shouldn't be displayed in a review. The leak he is talking about probably was the previews we all got. This guy is a dumbass.

life in technicolor II equals now my feet won't touch the ground. i am sure.

 

maybe i am wrong though...

It's amazing how it still hasn't leaked and it's only a good week until it's released. Well, maybe luck will be on our side tomorrow. :)

Confusing review. Some of the songs are only pretty decent, but they could have replaced the filler on Viva, but if they had been on Viva then it would have been a hell of an album, even though they're going to be forgotten in 10 years time. What??? Make your mind up!

 

I agree, this guy has no idea as to what he is talking about.

god damn falsifications!

Well he's going off of the preview from the rub the glass of water game, that's why I find it so hysterical! Anyone one of us could've written that review. Notice he only mentions the Poppy Fields end of Prospekt's march...

life in technicolor II equals now my feet won't touch the ground. i am sure.

 

maybe i am wrong though...

 

You're wrong, they're clearly listed as separate tracks on the E.P...

Well he's going off of the preview from the rub the glass of water game, that's why I find it so hysterical! Anyone one of us could've written that review. Notice he only mentions the Poppy Fields end of Prospekt's march...

 

 

But the difference is that those small samples set everyone on the forum ablaze. Ppl here loved it. I bet any of us would write a more positive review. And wtf is this dudes problem with VLVDAAOHF?

... What the hell was that review? What do you think the chances are that he actually listened to the whole songs? :P

 

He dissed LIT2... Everyone on this board is going to hunt him down (including me) ;)