Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
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The record's violent, revolution-themed artwork is misleading. Viva is more like a bloodless coup-- shrewd and inconspicuous in its progressive impulses.
Good pop album. Nice one Coldplay. Maybe I’ll actually return to this record.
GREAT
While I'm not the biggest Coldplay fan today, they played a huge role in my childhood, and this is one of the reasons why. Great pop rock album that doesn't sound dated today.
While I'm not the biggest Coldplay fan today, they played a huge role in my childhood, and this is one of the reasons why. Great pop rock album that doesn't sound dated today.
I've been wondering if this album was Coldplays great artistic statement or simply Brain Eno challenging the band to create unique and (probably to them when compared to the rest of their discography) "quirky" soundscapes. It definitely shook off the coils of what was becoming a very formulaic and predictable Coldplay living off the coats and shadows of Radiohead's great artistic impact which they themselves had long shaken off with Kid-A.
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END OF YEAR LISTS
| #3 | / | Q Magazine |
| #7 | / | Rolling Stone |
| #9 | / | Spin |
| #15 | / | Beats Per Minute |
| #25 | / | The Guardian |
| #31 | / | NME |
| #50 | / | Consequence of Sound |
| #58 | / | PopMatters |
MISC LISTS
| #85 | / | Rolling Stone (2000s) |
Track List
- Life in Technicolor
- Cemeteries of London
- Lost!
- 42
- Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love
- Yes
- Viva la Vida
- Violet Hill
- Strawberry Swing
- Death and All His Friends
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