Coldplay Timeline :: MyColdplay.com

This is the album I always dreamed Coldplay would make. It’s the sound of a band realising their own strength. The sound of four men with total confidence in themselves and one another. It’s the sound of a songwriter at the peak of his ability. Lyrically, and melodically. Chris seems to have broken through past constraints.

There’s a new confidence to venture beyond the limits of the known and confortable. An urge to explore and discover. His energy is electrifying - sometimes intimidating. A manic bundle of love, passion and rage. A voracious appetite for life, eagerly devouring every minute of every day. He knows that time is short.

Jonny too, has explored a whole new universe of sounds, magicking up a new world for each song. His guitars are all over this album.

Will has manipulated, mashed and spliced beats and time signatures to produce rhythms that lead rather than follow the song.

Guy - always the tastemaker and musical authority of the band - has guided and shaped the whole process, always pushing, but unafraid to rein things in when necessary.

The four of them together make up a formidable unit, and this is the album people will remember them by.

Prospekt/Coldplay.com

We will miss Luciano Pavarotti a lot. Listen to him sing “Caruso”. It’s unbelievable.

Chris Martin/Coldplay.com

All back in the same room after a month off. I’ve missed the buzz. We’re still a few months from finishing, but already the arguments about tracklisting have begun. The plan has always been to make a short record. No more than 42 minutes, 9 songs [give or take] selected from the following:

Lost!
Cemetries of London
Violet Hill
Poppy Fields
42
Yes!
Leftrightleftrightleft
Rainy Day

To use a tired analogy, it’s like picking a football team. It’s not simply about individual talents, but overall cohesion and combined effectiveness.
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