Music Of The Spheres is a thematic conceptual work of art that has outdone anything Coldplay has done on prior works. It floats, transcends, even defies musical gravity at times with a compassionate message that hugs each of our aural senses and hearts one at a time.
Music of the Spheres is an earnest reminder that there's good in this galaxy, offering hope and refuge from the chaos with Coldplay leading the way.
With Music of the Spheres, Coldplay bring together all of the elements that have kept them feeding us earworms. There are catchy anthems aplenty, stadium-ready rousers, bombastic ballads, and delicate moments of intimacy. There's also a moment or two of surprising experimentation.
Ambitious and suitably ridiculous, Music of the Spheres is a natural but overly saccharine progression for one of the biggest bands in the world. Some millionaires jet off to space – Coldplay generously bring space to us.
There have been many great sci-fi concept albums before, but Coldplay’s offering is not so much about exploring the outer limits as continued world domination. It's Zippy Starburst and the Earworms from Marketing.
Their ninth LP is a far-out voyage to a made-up solar system, powered by pure pop idealism and Max Martin production.
Music of The Spheres isn’t Coldplay at their Viva la Vida finest, even if their undeniably upbeat attitude remains hard to resist. The Pythagoreans believed that music purified the soul. This album offers a more superficial spiritual shower. A fleeting invigoration.
There’s just not a lot that resonates beneath the glistening surface of these songs.
I’ve now listened to Music of the Spheres countless times and it’s honestly frustrating just how much it doesn’t improve. As was the case with Mylo Xyloto and A Head of Dreams, the band’s potential to make compelling pop-rock has been usurped by expensive production that sounds like an end to its own means.
This ninth album merely deepens the band’s failure to find hard edges to their soft rock, or root their healing generalities in any recognisably bleeding, sweating, human individual. Instead, here are more hollow anthems for everyone.
Yes, there are some moments that are better than others, and some that are even close to good, but as an album, as a cohesive body of work, Music of the Spheres falls short.
Certainly there are some interesting moments on Music From The Spheres. But overall it’s the sound of Coldplay treading water. More alarmingly, it begins to sound like they’re trying not to drown.
Crafted with one eye firmly on the Spotify stats, the band’s synths-heavy ninth album features BTS and Selena Gomez amid a muddled cosmic concept.
Sadly, ‘Coloratura’ is not enough to save the LP from being a mess. In the end, you can’t even say you are disappointed anymore. This is who Coldplay are now, producing the most casual music for the most casual listeners possible.
Coldplay’s ninth studio album Music of the Spheres desperately wants to inspire its listeners, but the songwriting and sound fall flat.
Head straight to Coloratura, the rest of Music of the Spheres is an album that is woefully lacking in flavor and could very well go into the dictionary as an example of generic music. It's a frustrating and disconcerting experience, especially when you know the true potential of this iconic band.
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The Coldplay Defender Saga: Episode 9
This one is uhhhhhh, not very good. Production is still good and I appreciate the band experimenting more on songs like People of the Pride and the closer. However, most of the more standard Coldplay songs are boring at best and actively bad at worst. Fingers crossed Moon Music is better
Favorite Track: Coloratura
Least Favorite Track: Biutyful
1. 🪐 (Music of the Spheres) - N/A
2. Higher Power - 5.5/10
3. Humankind - 2.5/10
4. ✨ (Alien Choir) - N/A
5. Let Somebody Go - 3/10
6. ❤️ (Human Heart) - 4/10
7. People of the Pride - 7/10
8. Biutyful - 2/10
9. 🌎 (Music of the Spheres II) - N/A
10. My Universe - 1/10
11. ♾️ (Infinity Sign) - N/A
12. Coloratura - 6/10
31/80
3.9/10 (Bad 3.0-3.9)
Actually gave me a migraine. Also, placing emojis in song titles should be a crime.
1 | 🪐 0:53 | 51 |
2 | Higher Power 3:31 | 61 |
3 | Humankind 4:26 | 55 |
4 | ✨ 0:53 | 45 |
5 | Let Somebody Go 4:01 with Selena Gomez | 49 |
6 | ❤️ 3:09 with We Are KING, Jacob Collier | 48 |
7 | People of the Pride 3:37 | 49 |
8 | Biutyful 3:12 | 31 |
9 | 🌎 0:21 | 25 |
10 | My Universe 3:46 with BTS | 49 |
11 | ♾ 3:46 | 50 |
12 | Coloratura 10:18 | 85 |