Reviews of Coldplay's new album are starting to find their way on to the www. The latest is The Sun's (UK). Here's what they had to say:
An album by some band I had never heard of landed on my desk yesterday. I think epic is the word. The full title — Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends — should have been a clue. The boys have developed and evolved their songwriting with each of their albums — from Parachutes, released in 2000, to A Rush of Blood To The Head two years later, then X&Y and now this.
They haven’t gone off the rails with drugs and booze, churning out rubbish, like many a band before them. This latest album — much of which was recorded in churches in Spain and and Latin America — is full of religious references. It’s as heavy-going as the Bible but as ultimately as rewarding if that’s your bag.
As with many on this complex CD, it’s like two or more tracks in one. So are — as the titles suggest — Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love, Yes/Chinese Sleep Chant and Death And All His Friends/The Escapist.
Read the full review here [thanks the_escapist]
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