Music: Coldplay * * (20081121)

From WikiColdplay

Is this an EP or a mini-album? With eight tracks, five of which are previously unreleased, it probably falls into the latter category and comes just months after their Viva La Vida album, which is the biggest seller of 2008 to date.

It's easy to see why none of the new songs made that album: easy on the ear they may be, but inspiration seems to have been rather thin on the ground. That said, Rainy Day boasts the sort of singalong qualities to work well in the enormodromes Chris Martin and friends now call home.

Life In Technicolor ii takes the lovely Eno-produced instrumental that opens Viva La Vida and adds Martin's vocals to it. This does nothing to enhance the composition.

Lost+ is also identical to the track from Viva La Vida, save for the rather pointless rap contributed by Jay Z.

As well as a stand-alone purchase, Prospekt's March is available on a deluxe editon of Viva La Vida from today. Call me cynical, but is this a ploy to get the people to bought the original album to pony up for the ‘deluxe’ one too?

Burn it: Rainy Day

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