Everyday Life

I really like this album. Everyday life sums it up. Human life. First off, I'm not a fan of poppy Coldplay, but have got most of their albums, love their early acoustic stuff, and dancey, uplifting tunes like 'Head full of stars' 'Every teardrop' and album Ghost stories. Like most albums we all like 6 or 7 tunes. This is such a varied album in production and styles of tunes, and although some have really not liked it, and slated it, I just don't get why. I think it shows they still try and push boundaries and although some tunes are slow and melodic, some are punchy and sound angry and some are really stripped back. Coldplay always try different things, and I admire that about them. There are classical ones-like the stunning 'Sunrise' , another that's beautifully played tune on the piano that has an Arabic? title, that merges into a spoken over mesmerising tune (I'll be googling what the foreign languages tracks mean soon). Songs about anger, the beautifully arranged gospel 'Broken'. 'Daddy' is very touching and even wotw/popt is short but great. raw voice and instrument. 'When I need a friend' is stunning and reminds me of Public service broadcastings 'Take me home' using a Welsh male mining choir. Beauuuuuutiful!! 'Cry, cry cry' is a great doo-wop style tune that makes me smile big time. 'Old friends' makes me want to stop doing diy and pick my guitar up. One thing to add, having paid for the cd I downloaded and listened to it, knowing sound quality would be poor. As soon as I ripped the disc to my phone in highest quality, then like all music it is deeper, warmer voices, piano plinking and strings deliver emotion too. So much is missed when streaming. You deserve brilliant quality, and you can only hear that when you have it in best format you can get, so I'd advise anyone listening to basic mp3, just try owning it. Having had vinyl and really good British hi-fi yonks ago, it's great now that music quality especially with vinyl is escaping truly awful basic mp3 sound quality. It's a travesty of justice :-)

Coldplay have announced they won't be playing huge gigs any more and this lp suits that. It's not a stadium anthems lp it is a collection of beautiful diverse songs suitable to relax to but also to uplift you. They have upset some fans with this lp but I'm glad they decided to break the mould because at one point they were turning into U2 and sounding very similar in many ways. This lp goes their own way and uses African and middle eastern sounds to fuse it all together. It's well known that Coldplay are very religious in their beliefs and this lp makes that clear and fuses middle eastern, Buddhist and Christian religious ideas into one whole which unifies all religions as one world religion of love and peace instead of diversity and hate. Again, hats off to Coldplay for trying something different instead of pandering to fans needs and producing more of the same - they made this, diverse, beautiful, calm, uplifting. Well done.

I have been a lifelong Coldplay fan since the early days of the Blue Room EP and have loved pretty much everything they have done, although the previous album Head Full of Dreams was easily the weakest offering so far imo. Everyday Life has been coming in for some scathing criticism in a lot of reviews on Amazon, so my expectations were lower than usual. Having listened to the album a few times now, I can certainly understand why some people have written it off, there are some pretty pointless dirges scattered across the album, the opening "overture" Sunrise, the meandering choral of When I Need a Friend and the dire gospel of Broken along with the brief and seemingly unfinished demo sounding WOTW/POTP. Its shake your head in bemusement territory along with about 6 tracks that are literaly nothing inbetween the 2 "sides" of music. However, the rest of the album is actually bloody good! There are some songs that hark back in style to Parachutes like the beautifully sad Eko and Old Friends. Guns is a great little acoustic track with balls that ends far too soon, Daddy is the heartbreaker of the album, genuinely moving and touching song that will resonate with anyone whose either lost their father or have fallen out with them. Orphans, Church and Trouble in Town are all solid and decent tunes and the ending title track is a great and fitting finale. So yes this album undoubtedly has some daft and pretty dire moments but if you can shake those off and stick with it, there are some great tunes to be had. A thumbs up from me :)

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Have listened to this album a lot now and am not too surprised at the mixed reviews (has anyone mentioned marmite yet)? I have loved Coldplay since “Yellow” and am delighted and relieved to say that Everyday Life is as good as anything they have done, it may even be better as it is so musically diverse and artistically daring. It all comes down to the strength of the songs and they are (in the majority) stunning. Other reviewers have done a great job detailing these so I won’t waste anyone’s time going over unnecessary ground. Have seen some negative comments about the “message” in the lyrics. I would have thought anyone attempting to spread a bit of love and tolerance in these troubled times should be supported not criticised. I think the lyrics in Guns just about sums things up nicely. So thank you Coldplay, another gem of an album.

J'ai absolument adoré cet album et, chose étrange, dès la première écoute. J'aime beaucoup Coldplay, mais j'ai été très déçu par leurs derniers albums, complètement différent de ce qu'ils faisaient au début et que j'appréciais énormément. On ne peut pas dire qu'on s'en rapproche - on s'en éloigne plutôt - mais on s'éloigne aussi des derniers albums, donc ce sont des sonorités et des mélanges de styles différents qui s'écoutent super bien. J'aime aussi les morceaux aux styles différents qui s'enchainent sans transition d'une piste à l'autre, qui laisse l'auditeur un peu perdu parfois, mais on s'y retrouve vite ;) Ca change, je pense que ce groupe avait vraiment besoin de changement. Et c'est réussi je trouve On peut aussi parler du "packaging" du CD, absolument magnifique. Les couleurs choisies, les thèmes, la texture, le petit livret à l'intérieur rendent le disque encore plus appréciable. Je vais le réécouter plusieurs fois pour l'apprécier encore plus. En tout cas, pour moi un vrai bon album qui change. J'aime les groupes qui essayent de se réinventer et qui OSENT. 17/20

Um álbum, que por escolha da banda, é muito pouco comercial, é verdade, mas que foi capaz de me trazer uma experiência espetacular, ouvi esse disco pela primeira vez em um momento muito conturbado e talvez por isso ele tenha me tocado tão profundamente, realmente uma pena que nenhuma musica dele tenha emplacado nas paradas de sucesso, e ainda assim, ouso dizer que é o meu álbum favorito da banda depois de ouvir tanto, nem todo mundo vai entender esse cd, mas quem entender, vai achar incrível.

Stupendo e inaspettato nel senso che ogni album c'è uno studio e una ricerca nella musica, nelle emozioni che arriva. Ed è un altro motivo per scoprire tutto il mondo dei Coldplay. Ogni album è pazzesco. Amazon una certezza.

Este es un álbum espectacular, tanto por las canciones que contiene, como también por la edición (la cual es muy, muy bonita, la forma de libro es hermoso). De verdad yo recomiendo mucho la compra de este producto por que en verdad que vale muchísimo la pena, todas las canciones que tiene el disco me encantan. Yo soy fan de Coldplay, y me parece algo genial todo lo que se logro con este album, recomendado al 100%. :3

Prompt service from Rarewaves US. The LP arrived, safely packaged and in pristine condition. Thanks! Although Coldplay get a lot of flak for allegedly being boring and their music not progressing, this album demonstrates a fair amount of experimentation and not simply following a template. Reviews were divided when this came out in 2019, but I tend to agree with those who saw this record as proof that Coldplay are much less predictable than their detractors claim. It has some great songs, but also a strong commitment to social issues. Worth checking out!