Pathos Stories

Who seriously still expects a Coldplay album again sounds like "A Rush of Blood to the Head" dürte certainly deemed incorrigible optimist since "Mylo Xyloto". Because of this, Coldplay have now is miles away. That would in itself not so bad - rehash old albums was also never very successful - would not this unbearable pathos pop direction. War was on "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" still pulled through relatively modest and, after all characterized by beautiful melodies "Mylo Xyloto" already greasy at many ends and artificial. "Ghost Stories" but goes one better. Although the first preliminary release "Midnight" had hope for an interesting and multifaceted album, the complete works has however to unfortunately do very little. The single "Magic" is terribly barren and shallow Radiopop which is nowhere offend and go anywhere. "Another's Arms" and "Oceans" connect directly to it. Properly cruel it is with "A Sky Full of Stars". As a serious band like Coldplay could ever come up with the idea to let a song by Avicii co-produce remains a mystery to me. Its contribution to this song could not be inappropriate. While mixing shallow pathos pop mainstream with Electro is not a new idea, so brutally sounded gimmicky but so far rare. Who has something necessary should wonder whether he can actually be understood as musicians or even as a producer promotional commoditized.
Apart from these completely unnecessary mainstream Electro precipitation is in some places actually trying not to sound completely monotonous. A guitar that does not hit the clock, as in "True Love" and but the chorales backing vocals in "Another's Arms" also seem rather out of place and constructed.
Also lyrically this album is unfortunately still very shallow. All songs are invariably the subject of love and separation. Not that Coldplay have treated lately too great a range of topics, but there is the feeling that Chris Martin would want to tell the same in every song and just change the metaphors. This has severely constrained and placed.
Remains positive that the album in some places, although unfortunately very brief, reveals its strengths. Intro and Bridge in the opener "Always In My Head" make the ear quite fun, in the last third breaks "Another's Arms" from the boring monotony of the album, and "Midnight" is itself a beautiful song. Also "O" is a thoroughly successful ballad that reduced on piano and singing the pathos of the previous songs can be and actually convey emotions white.
Nevertheless, this album is not much, if you take out the sticky pathos and Pop Radio shallow kitsch. 4/10