October 15, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, SPC7 said: They're just trying out new stuff. I don't know why people think they'd churn out the same kind of music for 20 years, they'd probably get criticised for that as well! I don’t care if it’s different. It’s just that they’re not very good songs.
October 15, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Reflektor! said: BRING BACK BRIAN ENO. I was literally just about to say that.
October 15, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, JackColdplay said: I don’t care if it’s different. It’s just that they’re not very good songs. I gotta disagree there, of course you're valid for your own opinion as am I but they hit a new height with these new songs and venturing out to new featurettes, we thought back in the mid 2010s that it was just gonna be Jay-Z and Rihanna that they [officially] collabed with and that was it with the release of GS and the unofficial credit to Beyoncé and Noel Gallagher in AHFOD. It all comes down to how you view what the change is, you of course see it as bad, others won't and both of those are okay. To me this is an exciting new pathway to explore for Coldplay, if you go to the same stuff people get bored of it more often than not. It's a bit blunt to go slate Chris for wanting to experience new ideas though...
October 15, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, JackColdplay said: Old Coldplayer checking in, well not an old person, but a fan from the 00s. What has happened to this band? It’s just awful. How can a band go from writing such masterpieces on another level to this utter rubbish? It’s like Chris Martin has gone fully loopy and they all just go along with his insane ideas. So depressing because they were so good, Chris and the band were genius, now it’s just embarrassingly bad. I sorta know how you feel. To be fair I don't loathe Coldplay's new stuff but I feel their library of work is like an ocean it ebbs and flows for me. Parachutes - Decent ARoBttH - Adored X&Y - Decent / Mixed Feelings Viva - Adored Mylo - Decent / Mixed Feelings Ghost Stories - Adored AHfoDreams - Decent / Mixed Feelings Everyday Life - Adored
October 15, 20214 yr Ranked: 1. Coloratura (10/10) - 'Nuff said, gorgeous music. 2. Beautiful (8/10) - I really enjoy this, so strange and pretty. 3. Humankind (7/10) - Fun! Catchy! 4. Human Heart (7/10) - Pretty ballad, nice song. 5. Higher Power (7/10) - Good chorus, great verses, lazy in the middle-eight. 6. People of the Pride (6/10) - Epic in some parts, cringe in others 7. My Universe (6/10) - Same. 8. Infinity Sign (6/10) - Yeah, it's nice. 9. All the Interludes - (5/10) - Meh. 10. Let Somebody Go (4/10) - Boooooring. Overall, it's... fine. It's there. It's colourful and varied, but incohesive and slight. There's still a lot of creativity in this band, but they need an Eno figure to bring it back out of them again. Doesn't touch Everyday Life.
October 15, 20214 yr Interludes- 5/10 Infinity Sign- 10/10 Humankind- 9/10 POTP- 7.5/10 Beautiful- 10/10 Let Somebody Go- 8/10 Human Heart- 6.5/10 My Universe- 10/10 Higher Power- 9/10 Coloratura- 5/10 (Up & Up better closer) Edited October 15, 20214 yr by IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8
October 15, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, TealAppeal said: I sorta know how you feel. To be fair I don't loathe Coldplay's new stuff but I feel their library of work is like an ocean it ebbs and flows for me. Parachutes - Decent ARoBttH - Adored X&Y - Decent / Mixed Feelings Viva - Adored Mylo - Decent / Mixed Feelings Ghost Stories - Adored AHfoDreams - Decent / Mixed Feelings Everyday Life - Adored I agree with most of what you said. Although I disagree with Everyday Life. I’ve just looked at my recent posts from the end of 2019, and apparently I was singing it’s praises, but I’ve not listened to a single song from it since. For me VLV was the best, utterly incredible and will go down as my favourite album for ever, MX was a bit meh, you could see the beginning of the end, but there’s some great songs on there. But then plot twist, they pulled it out of the bag with Ghost Stories. It’s just been mediocrity at best since then for me. I loved everything that went before. The songs with Rihanna and Jay Z I loved and consider iconic, I don’t mind the BTS song, but Selena Gomez? Emojis for song titles that my phone doesn’t even recognise? Really? I’ve got a friend with a Coldplay tattoo on his forearm, it’s not what he signed up for.
October 15, 20214 yr They’ve also gone way overboard with filling albums with less than a minute filler tracks. Life in Technicolour and Mylo Xyloto for example it worked, now it’s just disappointment.
October 15, 20214 yr Just now, JackColdplay said: They’ve also gone way overboard with filling albums with less than a minute filler tracks. Life in Technicolour and Mylo Xyloto for example it worked, now it’s just disappointment. That is a valid criticism, in fact when I inserted Everyday Life cd onto my PC, I edited the song in audacity to ensure the track: "GOD = LOVE" was one collective piece.
October 15, 20214 yr Editing tracks together or separating them has just become par the course for Coldplay albums at this point
October 15, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, Famous Old Painter said: Editing tracks together or separating them has just become par the course for Coldplay albums at this point Yeah but when you sell it as an entire planet or “sphere”..
October 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Eskapist said: I think everything has already been told ... Music of The Spheres is not Coldplay's best record for sure. It's also the first time I don't take a Coldplay album as a whole and I know it goes with the " one song for one sphere " idea but ... I don't feel it. The band has always been so minutious with the atmosphere of their other eras that I can't help feeling something a bit too bland and neutral. It doesn't mean the songs are bad : Human Heart, Infinity Sign and of course Coloratura sound really amazing to me. Maybe the problem comes of the way they thought about it at the beginning : it feels like they wanted a record to tour with and they made a universe after that statement. I wanted them to be free from the beginning and release something from their pure musicality. I don't know how they worked on this one, it feels like Chris would send ideas to the other members from his studio in L.A and they just followed the lead, with maybe less brainstorming and big studio sessions than Everyday Life. Coloratura feels like when they finally got together and made a song together, as old friends. Still I can hear Chris and Coldplay's talent, I know it's here. But it could have been done differently... Anyway. Love them ♥ wow you said it all.
October 15, 20214 yr For me Coloratura isn’t objectively bad, but it just seems like a not as good Moving To Mars. It would sound good in the background of a movie. The song with BTS is probably the best on the album for me, astoundingly.
October 15, 20214 yr 11 minutes ago, JackColdplay said: For me Coloratura isn’t objectively bad, but it just seems like a not as good Moving To Mars. It would sound good in the background of a movie. The song with BTS is probably the best on the album for me, astoundingly. Moving to Mars >>>>>>>> everything
October 15, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Strawberry Swinger said: Moving to Mars >>>>>>>> everything The song in your name >>>>>>>>
October 15, 20214 yr On 10/15/2021 at 2:02 PM, JackColdplay said: They’ve also gone way overboard with filling albums with less than a minute filler tracks. Life in Technicolour and Mylo Xyloto for example it worked, now it’s just disappointment. Agreed. The interludes aren't having the same effect on this album as it did with the others. It's now coming across as an obligation to have an interlude (and an intro even) instead of it flowing with the rest of the songs. Edited October 20, 20214 yr by shred
October 15, 20214 yr I'll give my review a little later. But cant help but hope Brian Eno returns at some point.
October 15, 20214 yr My final comment, I can’t even be bothered to remember the “gospel” song on the last album, or the “gospely” song on the latest album, featuring 2 other artists. Totally forgettable and skippable. If I wanted to listen to gospel music, I’d listen to the crème de la crème gospel music, the masterpieces of that genre, not Chris’ wacky idea that results in a far below average song slotted into a disjointed bizarre album. Surely Jonny, Guy and Will just say, “eff it, ok Chris, we’re loaded anyway”? Phil’s just there for the ride.
October 15, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, The_Blue_Room said: Just so you know, a lot of the leaks floating around are using the single versions of HP, MU and Coloratura, which don't have the proper transitions between tracks (which is why some people are saying the transition between MOTS2 and MU is so abrupt). The proper album versions flow more smoothly. Edit: A way to tell whether you have the right versions: the album version of HP should start with some sound from MOTS before the "3 2 1" (the single version is just silent before the "3 2 1") and the album version of MU should have crowd noise during the intro. Apple Music / iTunes Version doesn't have the proper transitions as well. Includes the single versions of HP and MU. Guess Parlophone messed it up. Hope they fix that soon.
October 15, 20214 yr Gotta say, despite all the negativity surrounding the album and my own disappointment with some songs, I can't help but be hyped for their tour. Only seen them once before and every single concert of theirs is a life-changing experience!
October 15, 20214 yr 57 minutes ago, hardti said: Apple Music / iTunes Version doesn't have the proper transitions as well. Includes the single versions of HP and MU. Guess Parlophone messed it up. Hope they fix that soon. Wow, so that's why I can't find a proper version! Unbelievable that they'd screw something like that up. Maybe once someone shares a CD rip I can download that instead.
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