1. Life In Technicolor 2. Cemeteries Of London 3. Lost 4. 42 5. Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love 6. Yes 7. Viva La Vida 8. Violet Hill 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Death And All His Friends

To say there has been a lot of anticipation for Coldplay s fourth album, Viva La Vida, is an understatement. Having enlisted legendary leftfield producer Brian Eno, borrowed their album title from a painting by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and made tantalising remarks about sonic reinvention, the world has been curious (to say the least) to hear what the `new Coldplay might sound like. Viva La Vida definitely makes some departures from the band s usual formula, which happens to be one of the most commercially successful rock-pop blueprints of recent years. The plangent chords, emotive melodies, stadium-rock rhythms and universal lyrical concerns remain, but Martin and co. have gone out on several limbs here, incorporating instrumental tracks (Life In Technicolour), using subtle North African and Latin elements (Yes, Strawberry Swing), and overhauling previously strict verse-chorus-verse structures in favour of slightly more avant arrangements. The old Coldplay still shine throu...

#Brilliant! (2008-11-29) This, for me personally is my favourite Coldplay album yet. I think they re finding their sound, expressing their personality and experimenting on this album making it much more interesting, daring and individual than X&Y and even A rush of Blood. I like this new, evolving nature in Coldplay, more of the same please!

#Coldplay s New Sound: Different But Still Amazing! (2008-11-28) I can t believe the amount of people on here who are saying Oh, it s not like the old Coldplay, it s a bit weird. . . Ok, so Coldplay have changed their sound and it s almost nothing like their previous three albums. Who cares? Over the years, most bands have changed their sound a bit, because, to be honest, who would really even like them if they kept on making the same old stuff? I am still completely in love with the older albums but have to admit that if this album was exactly the same then I wouldn t be a Coldplay...

#Different but Brilliant (2008-11-21) Ok, when i first buy my cd i always drift through it, listen to the song with a gd start and gain a first impression. First impressions weren t good. so i left it a couple of weeks and decided to listen to it again, this time the whole way through. thinking i didn t like it i was pretty reluctant to do so, but i did and i was shocked, shocked at how i had completely missed coldplays aim. to create a quility album which isn t too full on. every song is brilliant in its own way, hardly any of the songs are the same but they are all great. if col...

#THE Perfect Album (2008-11-20) Carlsberg don t make albums, but if they did. . . . This album honestly is perfection. I m still currently listening to it non-stop after purchasing Viva La Vida the day it came out. Every song on it has its own style and each is just as good as the other. Its a shame there are only 10 songs but I just cannot get over how fantastic Viva La Vida is! Obviously a 10 out of 10. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy it. Everyone I have spoken to so far agrees that this is a fantastic album

#A New Direction - Not for the Die-Hard Fans (2008-11-20) I am a huge Coldplay fan, right from the beginning. I loved Parachutes, Rush of Blood to the Head, and X&Y. I have all the albums, all the singles, and pretty much all the songs they have ever released. So you would expect a fanboy like me to love this album, as I have adored all the others. Unfortunately, I don t love this album, I just like it. There are too many songs that are made for the masses in my opinion (Lost, Viva la Vida etc. ). These tend to be the songs I don t like. Then there are the old style songs, like...

1. Life In Technicolor ii 2. Postcards From Far Away 3. Glass Of Water 4. Rainy Day 5. Prospekt s March/ Poppyfields 6. Lost(Jay-Z Remix) 7. Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix) 8. Now My Feet Won t Touch The Ground

What s this? New Coldplay material so soon after the release of Viva La Vida? In fact, Prospekt s March is a collection of songs that were chiefly intended for the band s fourth album but which didn t get finished before the deadline. There are eight tracks in total, some new, some new-ish and a couple of re-workings of older material. Amongst the re-imaginings is a largely decorative Osaka Sun mix of Lovers in Japan and a version of Lost that includes an unlikely guest vocalist in the shape Jay-Z--incredibly, it seems to work. Of the new material, the piano interlude Postcards from Far Away is the shortest and most coruscating work, while Life in Technicolor (II) is larger but slightly less successful, adding only cursory elements to its predecessor on Viva La Vida. More alluring are the gigantic Glass of Water, the experimental Rainy Day and the beautifully melancholy Prospekt s March/Poppy Fields. A mixed bag then, but one that s generally more enjoyable than not. --Danny McKenna

#Essentially CD2 of a 2CD set - more part of the album, than an EP (2008-11-30) It seems that Lost+ with Jay-Z has received most of the attention prior to Prospekt s March being released, but there is so much more to talk about on this great album. And album it definitely feels like, even though it has been released as an EP. Coming in at just under half an hour, there are 8 tracks. Two of them are alternative versions, but Life In Technicolor II is the real surprise here - not an alternative or a continuation, this is the full song with lyrics as it was originally intended to be. E...

#3.5 stars for this but - Prospekts of making Viva La Vida a classic mix (2008-11-29) First its annoying that you have to buy this to complete a brilliant Viva La Vida album (see below) by getting rid of the B sides and fillers from both. But that said the best of the two together is one of the albums of the year (probably only bettered by Macca s new Fireman album)and you wonder why they did not release it completed. To the tracks - 5 new ones and 3 remixes. Of the new tracks 3 are quality - Prospekts March / Poppyfields is a typical slowy that works a treat and no one does them quite ...

#I can feel it coming... (2008-11-29) What I was inevitably hoping for when passing over my £6 for this EP is that it would contain some spectacular gem of Yellow or Viva La Vida proportions. Inevitably this is not the case - if Coldplay had another super-hit up their sleeves which just wasn t ready for the album, they would have put the release date back. What we have here, then, does not contain any hit singles. But that doesn t make it remotely bad. It does feel like an extension of Viva La Vida (the album) - the new songs have a similar feel to the most recent LP. I wonder if...

#Really was their year (2008-11-28) When they said that VLV would be experimental, assumptions jumped to Kid A style electronica. Of course Coldplay wern t going this route, and the album of sunny skies and a celebration of the worlds colours and cultures that followed recieved a very varied reception from critics and fans. Well this is more of the same really, in the aspect that it broadens their pallet in ways VLV did but that these songs for one reason or another didn t fit on the actually CD. Even so most of these songs would be welcome on the main album quality wise, and some fi...

#Nice Suprise (2008-11-26) After being treated to the brilliant Viva La Vida, clearly the best album of the year, up pops this little beauty, and what a lovely suprise it is. Depending on what you read this ep contains tracks that either didn t make it onto the VLV album or were written not long after. Whereas the likes of Keane, The Killers, Razorlight and Snow Patrol to name but a few have not kicked on this year after early promise, Coldplay have gone from strength to strenght and any of these new tracks could and in some cases should have made it onto VLV s track listing. Vocally an...

1. Life In Technicolor 2. Cemeteries Of London 3. Lost 4. 42 5. Lovers In Japan 6. Yes 7. Viva La Vida 8. Violet Hill 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Death And All His Friends

What s this? New Coldplay material so soon after the release of Viva La Vida? In fact, Prospekt s March is a collection of songs that were chiefly intended for the band s fourth album but which didn t get finished before the deadline. There are eight tracks in total, some new, some new-ish and a couple of re-workings of older material. Amongst the re-imaginings is a largely decorative Osaka Sun mix of Lovers in Japan and a version of Lost that includes an unlikely guest vocalist in the shape Jay-Z--incredibly, it seems to work. Of the new material, the piano interlude Postcards from Far Away is the shortest and most coruscating work, while Life in Technicolor (II) is larger but slightly less successful, adding only cursory elements to its predecessor on Viva La Vida. More alluring are the gigantic Glass of Water, the experimental Rainy Day and the beautifully melancholy Prospekt s March/Poppy Fields. A mixed bag then, but one that s generally more enjoyable than not. --Danny McKenna

1. Politik 2. In My Place 3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 4. The Scientist 5. Clocks 6. Daylight 7. Green Eyes 8. Warning Sign 9. A Whisper 10. A Rush of Blood To The Head 11. Amsterdam

On Coldplay s A Rush of Blood to the Head, the melodic excellence of Parachutes remains, as does the delicate soulfulness of Chris Martin s voice. But now different styles are approached, as the band develop even further beyond their debut album (and the numerous Radiohead comparisons that dogged them at first). God Put a Smile upon Your Face, for instance, has a thumping voodoo quality, while the hypnotic A Whisper has a wild vocal arrangement recalling Jefferson Airplane. Beyond this, each of the 11 tracks--from the literate power ballad In My Place to the 60s-style mantra Daylight--are given room to breathe, gradually reaching an ecstatic crescendo where Martin and that huge Coldplay piano ride over a pulsing rhythm and orchestrations that are powerful but never overblown. Give me real, don t give me fake says Martin in the opening Politik and it s an appropriately uncompromising demand, for A Rush of Blood... is without doubt the most heartfelt and emotionally liberated album to to...

#Too brilliant for words! (2008-11-28) Ok, for the people who don t like this album I say - you re all mad and have no taste in music whatsoever. For the people like myself, who absolutely LOVE this album, I say - good on you, it s obvious you have brilliant taste in music!!!There are no bad songs on this album, they are all genius - fabulous lyrics, catchy tunes and fantastic guitar. There are a couple of standout songs for me, so here they are (in order of the listing on the CD):Politik: Coldplay were right to choose this song as an opener, it really works for the album. It took abo...

#Their greatest album to date (2008-11-19) Ive just purchased my third copy of this album (kept getting scratched in my car stereo) and i would buy it again and again. Every song from beginning to end is beautifully written, and executed. This clearly is a must have album

#a saunter of blood, perhaps (2008-11-01) Are Keane too hard-rocking and uncompromising for you? Is James Blunt just too damn original and heartfelt? Then try Coldplay! Perfection of mediocrity! (Baa baa! . . . that s a trumpet)I know. . . I m mean. I don t hate this stuff. But that s the point. . . it s so WET. When did people like this get to masquerade as rock musicians? It s bad for you. Your children will grow up thinking this is what a rock band sounds like. Zeppelin who? no, I wanna listen to the guys who go waaa. . waa. . . I m sad and feeble. . . When there s the l...

#A classic (2008-10-30) Coldplay take a lot of stick - maybe some of it is deserved, a lot OTT, but all that can be said of this album is that it is a classic. One of the best albums of the decade.

#the best (2008-06-13) Simply the best is all that needs to be said a must have for any music collection

1. Don t Panic 2. Shiver 3. Spies 4. Sparks 5. Yellow 6. Trouble 7. Parachutes 8. High Speed 9. We Never Change 10. Everything s Not Lost

Music doesn t come more touching than Parachutes. With their debut single alone, the emotion-fortified Shiver, Coldplay proved they could shift between elated and crushed in a breath as singer Chris Martin poured out music s oldest chestnut (unconditional yet unrequited love) with the shakiest of voices and a backdrop of epic guitars that rouse and tug at the heart strings. For 10 tracks on Parachutes, he comes out with these, adding new-found meaning to the most tired and overused rock sentiments--love found, love lost, love unrequited, hurting the ones you love and the struggle that is life--over acoustic guitars and emotionally fraught rock. And for once, all the clichés ring true, thanks to Chris Martin genuinely sounding like a man picking over the bones of his life and soul, coming up with equal parts reasons to be cheerful and seriously depressed. Not that Parachutes is a depressing album, there s too much conviction to the guitars and hope in Martin s words for that. Instead i...

#Trancendental (2008-06-14) Parachutes is still my favourit album from Coldplay. This album contributed to coldplays success with great songs Shivers, Yellow, High Speed, Everythings not lost. What can I say one of the best English bands ever.

#great coldplay cd/album .. (2008-06-05) great cd/album , got all of there cd/albums and i think they are all just great , actually they are superb & just simply powerful -- thankyou coldplay . . see u . .

#Over hyped with not much much substance (2008-02-24) The songs on this album are ok but that s it they are just mediocre. There are good musicians at work here but somehow the sum of their talents adds up to something which leaves me uninspired and untouched. There are better songs on A Rush Of Blood To The Head but Coldplay are still overrated. Best songs by far are Trouble and Shiver but download these. Don t waste your time and money listening to anything else off this album because it won t get your blood pumping. Good music to send you off to sleep though I suppose.

#Classic, but not their best (2008-01-27) Emotionally unsettling and uplifting in equal measure, simple smart records are sometimes the best. Some of Coldplay s best work is here along with the souring choruses that they would perfect with the next album. Chris Martins voice may lack the beauty of his counter parts but it works for his character, he feels vunrable and troubled and immediately identifiable that s exactly why Shiver was such an outstanding debut single. Slowly building momentum with guitars into a pure jam of uplifting chimes, only then does Chris begins crooning his ...

#Theres nothing here to run from, cause everybody heres got somebody to lean on (2007-09-05) 7 years on and Parachutes still sounds great. The first time I ever heard of or saw Coldplay, was on the much missed channel 4 music show hosted by Jo Whiley. The video for `Yellow was shown and I was hooked instantly You know I love you so. A lot of music fans at the time dismissed Coldplay as a poor Radiohead tribute act, but I always felt they owed more to the Verve (no bad thing and possibly benefited from their demise) but regardless of how derivative Coldplay were, `Parachutes is poss...