Famous Old Painter

Lock themselves in the dressing room and eat flowers. HOW DO WE KNOW THEY DON'T? Which one is Jonny Buckland?

Kanye West What's Violet Hill about?

AROBTTH Viva Parachutes Ghost Stories X&Y MX :P

Production aint perfect but it's a trillion times better than MX. I feel like they've learnt their lesson on this one.

FWIW I think the True Love solo is genius. One of the best parts of that song.

The wedding bells in the outro break my heart

I want more songs like Midnight and Oceans to replace the poppier songs in my GS playlist

Always In My Head Cemeteries Of London Magic 42 Lovers In Japan Viva la Vida Can't choose Can't choose O

I really can't wait to hear this one

The iTunes stream cuts out 2 minutes of silence. I think it's better that way. Both parts of this song are utterly beautiful.

1. Oceans - Totally exceeded my expectations. Fucking brilliant in every single way. 5/5 2. O - Dissapointed that neither this or the hidden track are longer, but it's all beautiful. "Maybe one day I'll fly next to you" cut through me life a knife. 5/5 3. Midnight - Really fits in well with the rest of the album. It was an odd choice for a single, but I'm so glad it's here. 4.5/5 4. Always In My Head - I loved the live version like crazy. The studio version still needs to grow on me a bit, but it's an amazing song regardless of how it's recorded. 4.5/5 5. Another's Arms - I like it but don't love it. Lots of ingredients to make a great song in here but for some reason it never fully clicks. 4/5 6. True Love - If this was just voice and orchestra it would shoot right near the top of my list. But that fucking Timbaland beat ruins it for me. Which is a shame as it could've been the best song on here. 3.5/5 7. Magic - Great production, great bassline, and it's catchy. But like Another's Arms, there's an indefinable something standing in the way of making it great. 3.5/5 8. Ink - Dunno how to feel about this one. The beat is awful and the melodies are right out of the FM top 40 charts. It could've easily have been an overblown MX anthem, but the subtle production saves it. All in all, I kinda like it. 3/5 9. A Sky Full Of Stars - Ugh. 2/5

Got very mixed feelings on this one. It's undeniably cheesy, but I feel strangely drawn to it.

I'm getting Mercury Rev vibes off this strangely enough. It's the intro mainly. I'd kill to hear a version without the beat.

I have no problems with the lyrics, and the songwriting is fine for the most part. I just wish they'd arranged it in a more acoustic Parachutes-y way as opposed to a modern electronic sound. I've got nothing against electronic music, but over the years Coldplay have shown me they just don't do it that well. This is a band who are at their best when seated at real instruments, it just feels so much warmer and more human that way. It's no coincidence that Oceans and O are the best songs on here. Half the songs are positive steps forward, and half the songs (possibly less) feel like an MX hangover. ASFoS shouldn't have been included and Ink is just too cheesy for me. Still overall, a big improvement over MX.

Yeah, doesn't seem like it's gonna happen. But let's wait and see

:P

I'm sinking my teeth into the new Swans record at the moment. Doesn't sound a thing like Coldplay but it's very very good.

Moving To Mars is too upbeat, the lyrics aren't personal enough and the production is too big to really fit on Ghost Stories.

Quoted

Yup, I agree with that

James Hetfeild sang "I AM THE TABLE" several times on the album Lulu Lulu was released in October 2011, the same month as Mylo Xyloto. Backpacking

A helmet is something you put on your head Your head has blood flowing to into it Coldplay released an album called A Rush Of Blood To The Head Bricks

I'm pretty certain they'll all find their way onto the net pretty quickly after the release date

Will it leak on page 69? Probably not