Kategorie: CD-Reviews | Genre: Artpop/Pop, Rock | Heft: Jahrgang 2014, eclipsed Nr. 161 / 6-2014 | VÖ-Jahr: 2014 | Wertung: 6/10 | Label: Parlophone | Autor: WS
It is well known that great art often grows out of great suffering. Thus Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins once relentlessly revealed the pain of separation and the often bitter interplay of the sexes on "Us" and "Face Value", respectively, and transformed them into magical music. Chris Martin could have done the same. The naked wings depicted on the cover, on which the emotional, spiritual carousel of a relationship is depicted, suggest how much he wants to address the loss of Gwyneth Paltrow, packaged in large images. Musically, he succeeds in this only to a limited extent. This time Coldplay have shied away from all too formulaic rock anthems, but worked minimalistically and electronically like in the vocoder-charged "Midnight". The single "Magic" also bites its way into the ear canals with its withdrawn charm at some point. Music as therapy against a broken heart is by no means a bad medicine, but many songs get stuck too much in harmless arbitrariness. The elegiac qualities have increased Coldplay, not so much the emotional depth of her music.
Top Track: Always In My Head
