So can anyone name a website (no link) that would be trustworthy to download something....say, an album leak...? I dont want to get a virus

Finally it's back on!!

Well, it's hard to judge an entire album by only one listen. But my first impressions are as follows:

AHFOD: nothing like the live version. It's much faster, energetic and, in my opinion, better, because the ooohhhs have more impact. The lyrics are fine.

Birds: nothing like I was expecting. It's like a calmer version of Hurts Like Heaven. The lyrics are good and the instrumentation is beautiful. That cut to bird sounds at the end is very unexpected, but interesting nonetheless.

HFTW: RnB song with several traces of rock. A very catchy chorus, interesting lyrics and a spectacular sound. Beyoncé is great, of course. You can say what you want about her music, but it's undeniable that she has a great voice.

Everglow: already knew this one. Soothing ballad. Reminescent of early Coldplay. Sweet lyrics and great vocals.

AOAL: already knew this one as well. It's fun and dancey, just like Coldplay wanted it to be.

Fun: one of my favourites. I was expecting a sort of slow ballad from the snippet, but then it morphed into a very uplifting, loud and moving track. The only let down is the lack of vocals by Tove Lo. She has a great voice and it goes so well with Chris's! Why not exploring it more? The lyrics are really cool and thoughtful.

Kaleidoscope: calm piano, poem narration and Amazing Grace at the end creates a dreamy athmosphere that somehow reminds me of Bioshock Infinite and the 1920s.

Army Of One: very interesting track. The drums are perfect and the whole athmosphere of the song is very dark. I enjoyed the lyrics on this one very much.

XMTS: not what I expected. It holds a very hip hopey drumbeat (which I do find cool) and manages to create a dark, whilst uplifting athmosphere. Even though the lyrics could be a bit better, the song satisfied me.

Amazing Day: it's a lot like the live version, so I don't have much to add.

Colour Spectrum: it's a longer interlude than we're used to get from the band. It's like MX but with a twist in the middle.

Up&Up: very different from the live version. This one feels emptier without the piano, but the crescendo is more noticable and the guitar solos are more proeminent.

 

Well, these is my first impression. Let's see if something changes as I listen to it more times.

 

Cool. I was waiting for your review as you tend to have a very similar taste in music. What will be your favourite from the album.

P.S - Haven't heard the album yet.

Say watcha want. But I'm only listening in a week from now. [emoji1]

 

Same

i LOVE the Album atmosphere .. so Colorful and Happy .. it's like Christmas

i need to listen it more than once .. " Birds '' Really stood out to me i wasn't except it at all to be like that

 

My rank after first listen:

 

1- Birds

2- Amazing day

3- Everglow

4- AOAL

5- A Head Full of Dreams

6- Up&up

7- Hymn For The Weekend

8- Army Of One

9- Fun ( really Disappointed with this one :( )

 

IMO the album missing a mind blown song like Viva la Vida , Clocks , Fix you but in another hand it's one of the most balanced album

 

so far 7/10

Listening to a 320kbps version with individual track files - oh my days <3 <3 <3

 

I love Birds :')

 

PM me for a link to download

 

(some reason X Marks the Spot isn't on my leak, and it's got Miracles as track 12 so I assume it was leaked from Japan)

jc90 or anyone if you have a HQ rip PM me. I needs to listen to it again!!

It always makes me laugh at just how quickly the forums go down under the massive tidal wave of humanity looking for a link to the leak. If you don't get a working link within about 10 minutes, you're out of luck for the next several hours :lol:

 

I'm pleasantly surprised at the reactions so far--figured there would be a lot more polarizing opinions (maybe it's too early for that yet?). I managed to get one full listen in on the Soundcloud link before it got taken down. Not a bad album, just two really big complaints on my end that were mostly overshadowed by the good points.

 

Another successful Leak Day for the record books. This one was particularly fun.

 

Thank you Sparky and the mods for working to make sure everything went smoothly (well, as smoothly as the album-leaking of the world's biggest band could possibly go :P ) and for getting us back up and running! :nice:

uff hard, it has great songs, and really really bad songs, starting with the hymn (not) for (my) the weekend and X marks the spot, in a nutshell, the worst songs ever of coldplay (done for the current pop style that isn't good indeed). Army of One also, it's a bit better, but follows the same guidelines of the other two songs. i understood kaleidoscope as an intention of radiohead's short songs...

 

When they combine their classic style with a new stuff they give us very interesting things as Birds or Fun (that is a well intended colaboration).

 

and finally we have the songs i think will be kept in time. AHFOD (it sounds like U2+Coldplay), Everglow, AOAL, Amazing Day, Up&Up and Miracles that i will think from today is official part of this album (despite being available only in Japan disc)...

 

too much expectations... but is a bipolar (?) disc. is the weakest studio album of coldplay.

Yay! The forum is back online! Used the offline time to listen and write a review, will post it when i get home :)

First listen for me right now :D

I gonna hate myself for this but.. I NEED LINK ASAP, please anyone!.

Just foound out there was a leak and im freaking out right now :o

Listening to a 320kbps version with individual track files - oh my days <3 <3 <3

 

I love Birds :')

 

PM me for a link to download

 

(some reason X Marks the Spot isn't on my leak, and it's got Miracles as track 12 so I assume it was leaked from Japan)

 

TBH IMO XMTS is fairly and by fairly I mean VERY skippable. Enjoy the album!

Cool. I was waiting for your review as you tend to have a very similar taste in music. What will be your favourite from the album.

P.S - Haven't heard the album yet.

Thank you. That's nice [emoji4]

It's quite hard to choose a favourite track, but right now it's either Fun, A Head Full Of Dreams or Everglow. This will probably change in a few hours, depending on my mood.

Listening to a 320kbps version with individual track files - oh my days <3 <3 <3

 

I love Birds :')

 

PM me for a link to download

 

(some reason X Marks the Spot isn't on my leak, and it's got Miracles as track 12 so I assume it was leaked from Japan)

 

Brook can you send me the link?? Thanks...I can't send PM :(

Hold up what's so bad about army of one?????

Everglow & Fun, wow :)

Army of One: WHY?????? They were doing so well and then they decided to throw us crap. This is a low for them. Not the worst but the could do better. 4/10

X Marks The Spot: WTF???? Now this is terrible track. When I buy the album I'm skipping this part if I listen to Army of One. Terrible track, terrible lyrics, terrible decision. Don't ever give me that again Chris. -289/10

 

 

:lol: You and I had the same thoughts on those. I thought PoC would forever be my most hated Coldplay song until I heard X Marks the Spot. There is literally nothing about it that makes me think it should be on a Coldplay album rather than the album of some random hiphop artist

Hold up what's so bad about army of one?????

I have no idea! But you know how it is: opinions differ. Personally, I think it's great. Others will disagree.

Say watcha want. But I'm only listening in a week from now. [emoji1]

 

Me too. The only thing that would get me to listen to the album now is an iTunes First Play stream, similar to what they did with GS.

Hold up what's so bad about army of one?????

 

for me missed the mark just feel like a filler

Hold up what's so bad about army of one?????

 

for me missed the mark just feel like a filler

We're back again!! :D

Can someone please PM mp3 leak with separate songs?

Please refrain from posting pointless things right now. We need less traffic here.

The admins are trying hard to keep the site up.

Anyway there is my list:

 

Birds

Up&up

A head full of dreams

Everglow

Amazing day

Army of one

 

Birds has something of Lovers in Japan, I can't explain very well.