Detroit Concerts

Posts Tagged ‘Clocks’

This was the third album which was released by Coldplay in 2005. Now the band spent a lot of time when it came to composing this album. They wanted this album to be “the best thing anyone has ever heard”. Now eighteen months went into making this album. They wrote 60 songs and discarded 52 of them.

Now the lead single of this album has to be “Speed of Sound” which is a lot like “Clocks” but is more of a more mature and well tuned version. Now the next song called “Square one” is also like a bold step for the band. Now you can see bits and parts of musicality coming from U2 in this album. This song, the main rhythm sounds a lot like Unforgettable Fire, by U2.

Now this album is a notch higher than the rest. The song of this album has actually turned out really beautiful. But then although this was the case, the band also received a lot of criticism. They were criticized since the “Speed of Sound” sounded a lot like clocks and due to a lot of U2’s essence in the album, some people said it wasn’t original enough.

Some magazines even called it “something less exciting” when compared to its previous album, “A Rush of Blood to the Head”. Also some also said that the songs didn’t “Take flight”. But then at the end of the day, the album is filled with the Coldplayish ballads.

Never the less, this album still got the band quite a few awards. They won the Best British Album in 2006 at the BRIT award ceremony. It even landed them up with a JUNO award for the Best Album of the year. It had even gotten nominated for a Mercury Award. The bigger nomination was for the Best Rock Album which was at the Grammys but then ironically it lost to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb which was by U2.

But overall, if you’re a hardcore fan of this band then you’re bound to love this album. You see a lot of different styles used in this album and a bit more experimentation. Songs like “Fix you”, “A message” and “The hardest part” will keep you glued to this album forever. The band didn’t also deviate a lot from its usual genre and style so this is just like any other brilliant Coldplay album.

Technorati Tags: Clocks, Coldplay, Speed of Sound, X & Y