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- Summary: The 10th full-length studio release from British rock band Coldplay features guest appearances by Burna Boy, Elyanna, Jon Hopkins, Little Simz, Ayra Starr, and TINI.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 13
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Mixed: 7 out of 13
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Negative: 3 out of 13
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Oct 2, 2024It reminds us of the power of love, hope and indeed music can overcome those dark days and the importance of trusting in the universe and more importantly yourself.
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Oct 1, 2024The sequel to 2021’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ – and one of the band’s final records – gently and subtly distils that spirit of weathering any storm, going on a journey from that bleak opening moment to a more accepting, happier ending.
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Sep 30, 2024It’s every bit as intergalactically ambitious as you’d expect, musically spacious and emotionally boundless.
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Oct 3, 2024Any hint of Coldplay ever having had rock inclinations has been blasted away in a blaze of pop hooks. There is little of the fragile intimacy of 2000 debut Parachutes, none of the rock angst of 2002’s Rush of Blood to the Head or the epic grandeur of 2005’s X&Y. It is the upbeat, poppy Coldplay honed to a gleaming EDM point.
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Oct 9, 2024That unpredictable quality control makes Coldplay frustrating to defend or dismiss—for every questionable choice, there’s a 6-minute nu-jazz vamp or classical prog-pop opus waiting around the corner.
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Oct 3, 2024It does feel like a b-sides, here's-what's-left collection at times, for better or worse. However, for fans clamoring for more of anything from Berryman, Buckland, Champion, and Martin, this'll do the trick.
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Oct 2, 2024Songs are lyrically underwritten, pretentiously packaged, and too often bookended by stretches of lilting, soporific ambience.