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8.5
65959
8.5 |
Beardfood
It's gut wrenchingly beautiful
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8.0
65783
8.0 |
Digital Spy
This one took some personal damage and it's not quite faultless, but Coldplay have once again assembled an album new and different to everything they've done
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8.0
65801
8.0 |
All Music
Bristles with references to broken hearts and regrets, ruminations on how the past informs the present, its every song infused with an inescapable melancholy, but the album doesn't play like a deep wallow in sorrow
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8.0
65814
8.0 |
FasterLouder
Ghost Stories is a proper journey, and certainly Coldplay’s most emotive and gripping work yet
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8.0
65653
8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
The most sonically experimental and lyrically insightful Coldplay album to date, both the lovers and haters are going to be surprised by this
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8.0
65700
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Such an odd album – tears on the tracks, and a broken heart on its sleeve
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8.0
65725
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Coldplay’s most affecting album since their debut
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7.5
65813
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Rousing, downtempo pop to soothe a troubled soul
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7.5
65856
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
Coldplay is never going to be cool. Don’t let that get in the way of realizing that Coldplay is always going to be warm, nostalgic, melancholy, pleasant, innocent and good
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7.0
65826
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
There are some excellent songs and Martin has bared his soul in a way you may not have thought possible. This is Coldplay at their rawest and most potent
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7.0
65847
7.0 |
Spin
While Martin and Co. still reach for the heavens here they do so more from an everyman's level
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7.0
65778
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
While Martin sprints all the way out to the precipice, Coldplay – still the same four guys who brought you "Yellow" in 2000 and share equal credit on every track – don't slip over the edge
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7.0
65652
7.0 |
NME
In its warm, delicate drift, this is a quiet success
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7.0
65774
7.0 |
No Ripcord
On Ghost Stories, despite a near derailment, they "fly on," moving in fresh directions while keep the catharsis that gave them their audience in the first place
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6.7
65816
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Though a couple of songs feel undercooked—specifically “Another’s Arms” and album closer “O”—Ghost Stories mostly works
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6.0
65788
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Rock stars have a way of seeming impregnable but Martin comes across bereft
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6.0
65792
6.0 |
Exclaim
It has brief sparks of a fresh creativity and has plenty of potential, but doesn't take steps bold enough to totally reinvent itself
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6.0
65849
6.0 |
State
Ghost Stories is far from perfect but out of adversity has emerged what may become the key record in the band’s history
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6.0
65693
6.0 |
The Music
As a Coldplay album Ghost Stories doesn’t quite match up to its predecessors, but as a break-up album it should soothe the sorrowful
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6.0
65772
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
As ever with this band, one foot is miles out of their comfort zone, one is firmly in it
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6.0
65730
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Coldplay has retooled their infrastructure, swapping the analog out for electronics that run deeper than the surface-level effects of Mylo Xyloto
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6.0
65733
6.0 |
The FT
The concise nine-track record brings dignity to the subject of separation
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6.0
65734
6.0 |
The Independent
Mostly this is music that keeps its head down. Martin accepts his loss too meekly to approach the anguish of a great break-up album. A step away from grand platitudes is still one in the right direction
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6.0
65654
6.0 |
DIY
The sound of Coldplay finally coming to terms with who they are - a universally loved, often loathed, slightly cheesy outfit. Charmingly cheesy, though
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6.0
65672
6.0 |
The Guardian
Pleasant but underwhelming. It begs indulgence, then doesn't do enough to repay it
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5.8
65689
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Even though it’s not Coldplay’s strongest, Ghost Stories should be applauded for scaling back the gaudy excesses of their previous albums
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5.6
65860
5.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Deprived of their usual energy or lyrical quotient, they are nothing more than a momentarily likable diversion
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4.4
65809
4.4 |
Pitchfork
A collection of unmemorable songs from a band that's made enough memories to last a lifetime
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4.0
65673
4.0 |
Clash
A depressingly lifeless record from musicians who have proven themselves so much better
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4.0
65665
4.0 |
Time Out
Forget the idea of Coldplay writing for stadiums – this is the sound of a band restraining themselves and desperately holding it in
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4.0
65742
4.0 |
The Observer
These ghost stories pack few chills
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3.0
65776
3.0 |
PopMatters
The tunes are too flat to hit home at their best and perilously teetering over the edge of plagiarism at their worst
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2.0
66176
2.0 |
God Is In The TV
This is a dull, lifeless record, its brevity (9 tracks) its only positive quality
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1.0
65727
1.0 |
The Quietus
Ghost Stories is from its arse to its f***ing elbow, one, long stagnant f***ing pool of premium grade f***ing cockwash!
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