They are learning to steal from the best. Viva is a far improvement from the overproduced hooks from X & Y. ![]() If you’re expecting an In Rainbows-like leap from Berryman, Buckland, Champion and Martin, you’ve come to the wrong album. Viva La Vida is an uplifting trip by a band who, to quote Bono, went away trying make it up all over again. Lately I judge albums on how the emotions they inspire. You can hear the creative touches inspired by producer Brian Eno throughout, starting with a dreamlike electronic coda on “Life in Technicolor” that leads us into this new journey which promised us a new and improved Coldplay sound. ![]() That little classic rhyme comes to mind when I listen to Coldplay’s flawed tour de force, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.
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