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Album: Ghost Stories (180 Gram Vinyl w/Digital Download)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Always In My Head More Info...
2)    Magic More Info...
3)    Ink More Info...
4)    True Love More Info...
5)    Midnight More Info...
1)    Another's Arms More Info...
2)    Oceans More Info...
3)    A Sky Full of Stars More Info...
4)    O More Info...
3)    Ink More Info... 0:03
4)    True Love More Info... 0:04
5)    Midnight More Info... 0:05
6)    Another's Arms More Info... 0:04
7)    Oceans More Info... 0:05
8)    A Sky Full of Stars More Info... 0:04
9)    O More Info... 0:07
 

Album: Ghost Stories (180 Gram Vinyl w/Digital Download)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Always In My Head More Info...
2)    Magic More Info...
3)    Ink More Info...
4)    True Love More Info...
5)    Midnight More Info...
1)    Another's Arms More Info...
2)    Oceans More Info...
3)    A Sky Full of Stars More Info...
4)    O More Info...
3)    Ink More Info... 0:03
4)    True Love More Info... 0:04
5)    Midnight More Info... 0:05
6)    Another's Arms More Info... 0:04
7)    Oceans More Info... 0:05
8)    A Sky Full of Stars More Info... 0:04
9)    O More Info... 0:07
 
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  • Around the time Coldplay's sixth album, Ghost Stories, was scheduled for release, lead singer Chris Martin announced he was divorcing his wife, the actress Gwyneth Paltrow. In light of this news, it's hard not to see Ghost Stories as a breakup record, a romantic confessional written in the wake of a painful separation. Certainly, the album bristles with references to broken hearts and regrets, ruminations on how the past informs the present, its every song infused with an inescapable melancholy, but the album doesn't play like a deep wallow in sorrow. It is soft, even alluring, a soundtrack to a seduction, not a separation. Much of that feel comes from the record's smooth crawl forward, how it's never hurried and always accentuating its good side, but there's also a sense that Martin, or the band in general, is anxious to a hit a reset button, to slowly recede from the artiness of the Eno-encouraged excursions of the late 2000s and reconnect with the sweet, simple band responsible for Parachutes. Like any attempt to revive the past, it's hard to reconcile that those were indeed different times. As majestic as they sounded in 2000, there was no denying Coldplay were a basic rock band, anchored on six strings and rarely finding textures outside of the confines of an amplifier. Fourteen years later, keyboards are at the group's foundation, a significant shift accentuated by their succumbing to a hallmark of modern production: they have a producer for every track. Coldplay may not be forceful, but within their incessant politeness they do have a distinctive personality, one that shines through whatever tricks individual producers bring to the table. Stars that they are, they can afford to enlist EDM sensation Avicii and R&B stalwart Timbaland to color individual tracks (they're responsible for "A Sky Full of Stars" and "True Love," respectively), giving Ghost Stories a fleet electronic facility that undercuts Coldplay's reputation as a dogmatic rock band without ever suggesting the group is adventurous. It's a nifty trick, a record that skirts any accusation of stodginess yet still feels as comforting as a warm bath, which is why Ghost Stories never feels heartbroken. Often, it feels like the lament of the sensitive soul who just had his heart broken but won't let his pain detract him from picking up that pretty girl at the end of the bar. This may seem a contradiction but it also suits a band like Coldplay, who at this stage of their career quite clearly want to be everything to everybody. If your heart is shattered and you want to slide into self-pity, turn here. If you are feeling free and want to woo a new love, turn here. If you want to just enjoy every soft, supple turn a rock band could do, turn here. Coldplay are here for comfort, as Ghost Stories proves time and time again. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Many multitracked Martins mournfully harmonize on "Midnight," the album'ssprawling linchpin, as sputtering synths mimic the disorientation he sings about."

Entertainment Weekly - "The moodier numbers, especially 'Midnight' and 'Ink,' masterfully subvert Martin's haunting voice in the mix..."

Paste (magazine) - "GHOST STORIES only really has one blow-the-roof-off-the-big-arena song and is otherwise populated by the kind of inviting, comforting quietness Coldplay got its start with."
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