I decided to spare some money to invest in my cultural life. Each week I try to buy a book, go to the cinema, buy a ticket to opera etc. This week I bought the new album of british rock band, Coldplay. I always liked this group, but after a slightly disappointing CD Mylo Xyloto I didn't know what to expect. Fortunately, Ghost Stories finds out to be really refreshing. The album has 9 songs which make a great combination together. Let me introduce them.
1. The opening song is Always In My Head (I just realised how funny that sounds). Begins with a choir part, then a light guitar solo, so typical for this group. The three-bar's rhythm is a background for the whole piece, which sometimes create a blurred feeling with the vocal part.
2. Magic - You can catch this beat just from the beginning and stay with it to the end. Nice and soft piano parts mixed with this stiff rhythm... Simple, but pleasurable. One of my favourites on this CD.
3. What can I say about Ink? The music makes you think about the summer, holidays... Sounds like a very positive song, even despite lyrics.
4. Next one among bests - True Love. Strings in background - this is just a little thing which make this song so magical. And the moment almost at the end - guitar solo missed the main rhythm... Just like I said - little things.
5. Mignight - starts like from outer space and keep going this way. Totally good song to read some science-fiction.
6. You can dive in first few notes of Another's Arms without a fear. Even though the song is sad, this sadness makes it beautiful.
7. Oceans - another enormous blue picture on our way. It reminds me the old, good one Coldplay, with this simple acoustic guitar. You can even hear waves spalshing on the stone beach and the burble mixed with ringing bells at the end.
8. Quick jump to A Sky Full Of Stars - the energetic one with dynamic piano part and typical dance beat. So different than previous song, but still with the same marvelous vocal of Chris Martin.
9. O - another on my personal list The Best of Coldplay with another great piano part. A song with a lot of o's in lyrics, which make a very nice linking between words.
In general, the whole album is quite calm, soft and very rhythmical. On the one hand it's like a journey back to the old style, but on the other hand it's new and fresh. I hope I encouraged you to listen and to chill out with the newest Coldplays masterpiece.
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