Coldplay - Prospekt's March
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Free Music Review: Wow
Hit: 5 Stars
Suprised how good this is for an EP. Can't wait for the next album in 2020!Free Music Review: A fine prospekt
Hit: 4 Stars
With highly hit successful album `Viva la Vida or Death and all his friends' still on heavy rotation on my iPod. I, along with many other Coldplay fans must have wondered how long they would have to go without new material. Well the answer was within the same year! The album is clearly from the `Viva la Vida' sessions and is also shown through the similar cover art as well as the music. The question is, is it just the leftovers from `Viva la Vida' or have these songs narrowly missed out or just didn't fit.
Well the album can be split into two halves; you have the remixes then you have the new stuff. First of all I'll take you through the remixes. The album kicks off with `Life in Technicolor II' and it is exactly what it says on the tin. What I thought was great about `Life in Technicolor' off `Viva' was that it was an instrumental. Clearly though Martin couldn't keep quiet, making this basically `Life in Technicolor 1 plus vocals. While the instrumental works from the album. This opener works for this EP. It is clear during the `Viva' sessions Martin has changed his vocal style and it fits well with the songs especially laid on top of this track. Meanwhile `Lost +' sees Jay Z rap over the bridge section of the song. It is a small change to the song which works extremely well. Finally `Lovers in Japan (Osaka sun remix) is like playing a game of spot the difference with the original. It must be a really subtle change because it is very difficult to spot any sort of a difference with the original.
Now for the new stuff; you can see from `LIT2', Martin has a tough time staying quiet. So what was the compromise with this EP? That's right a 48 second instrumental, named `Postcards from far away'. When instrumentals are this short they act more as interludes rather than count as a song. It is a nice piano piece but it is far too short. After this comes `Glasses of Water' which in my opinion fit right into `Viva la Vida' and is by far the strongest track on the EP. It is Martin's singing with `Sun' in the chorus which is just fantastic.
The other tracks; `Rainy day', `Prospekt's March' and `Now my feet won't touch the ground' are your lower tempo Coldplay songs. They are good but the standards set through `Viva' were so high it is not quite the same level. In particular `Now my feet won't touch the ground' is an excellent closer to the album.
Overall this is a good solid EP. The remixes are often subtle but on the whole well executed while the new tracks are worth a listen and almost up to the standard of `Viva'. Of course exclude `Glasses of Water' from that list because it is definitely up there with the best of any Coldplay material. On the whole the Ep was more than worthwhile and acts as a bridge between `Viva' and the new album which is set for release late in 2009.
Free Music Review: Viva La Remixes
Hit: 4 Stars
I loved Coldplay's newest album "Viva La Vida." To me the music was more polished and mature than their last two releases put together. Strong musicianship, dark progressive overtones, and sweeping soundscapes made that album powerful and majestic, something the music world desperately needed in these times of manufactured garbage the RIAA seems to throw at us daily.
The songs on "Prospekt's March" were remixes, extras, and other bits and pieces from the "Viva" sessions. Most of what's here resembles what was on "Viva", and is just as powerful and exciting to listen to. "Life in Technicolour II" is an expanded version of what we heard on "Viva", and was actually slated to be the first single (with the lyrics) before Chris Martin axed it and the band decided to do something different with it. "Lovers in Japan" also appeared on "Viva" and appears here as well, in more of a remixed form (Osaka Mix, as it's called). The beautiful "Glass of Water" is majestic, and "Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground" could've easily been a single on its own.
Unfortunately, the awesome song "Lost" is marred by the rapping of Jay-Z. I'm not sure what that was all about, and I suppose I should applaud Coldplay for their creativeness, but it just doesn't work. "Lost" is an epic piece that fit snugly into the "Viva" story and this version here pays horrible tribute to that song. This is not to disrespect Jay-Z, it's just that "Lost" is a masterpiece on its own, and interspersing rap bits over it just doesn't work.
All in all, though, it's nice to have an EP release like this. Bands don't do this much anymore, and it's nice to have the sophistication and musicianship of a band like Coldplay which allows us to hear the scrapped bits, if you will, in addition to the more polished material.
For those who are vinyl buffs, this is available on a limited edition LP as well. Amazon is stocking that as well.
Happy Listening!
Free Music Review: Nice companion EP to the "Viva La Vida" album
Hit: 4 Stars
It's been five months since the release of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" album, and while I was quite enthused when it came out, I must also admit this: I haven't played it nearly as often as I thought I would, and certainly a lot less as compared to their other albums. Now comes this release, a companion EP.
"Prospekt's March" (8 tracks; 28 min.) is billed as "8 new tracks" and in the technical sense that is certainly true, but a closer look reveals a slightly different picture. Two tracks are slightly redone from the album: "Lost", now with Jay-Z rapping for about 30 sec. midway through the song (for no rhyme or reason), and a remix of "Lovers In Japan", which really doesn't sound that different. Another track is the fleshed out opening of the short instrumental of the album, and I like "Life in TechniColor II" quite a lot actually. Then another track, "Postcards from Far Away" is a 45 sec. piano interlude.
So that leaves in reality 4 new tracks for us to sink our teeth in. "Glass of Water" is the very best of them, an epic piano-driven stomper that is among the very best, if not better than anything on the "Viva" album, just outstanding, and this EP worth is the admission price for this alone. "Rainy Day" is nice, but non-essential". "Prospeckt's March/Poppy Fields" is really 2 short songs stapled together, not unlike a number of the songs on "Viva", and quite nice. The other "must have" nugget on here, though, is the closer "Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground", a 2 min. introspective song with just Chris and his acoustic guitar, reminiscent of, say, "The Blue Room EP", just beautiful.
In all, this is a very welcome addition to the "Viva la Vida" album, and to the Coldplay catalog, period. At $5.99, this is a no-brainer. BUY IT.
Free Music Review: the missing piece of the puzzle has been found
Hit: 4 Stars
Finally! Fantastic collection of songs. How Life in Technicolor II (easily one of the best songs ever recorded by the band) was not included on the first album is a mystery to me. The original sneak peek LIT intro was far too brief and did'nt go anywhere.
Now I understand why Viva La Vida as an album came up short. Prospekts March and Viva La Vida should have really been one album with Prospekts March accounting for at least half if not the bulk of the songs. Lets ignore the jay-z version of Lost - a marketing gimmick trying to appeal to a hip hop audience.
I don't understand why the band could'nt delay the release of the one complete record till all the PM tracks were done. Perhaps some executives thought by splitting up the collection into two albums they were likely to extract more money from the fans - and maybe it will. Apparently, the EP version has already been discontinued, and only the Viva/Prospekt combo album will be sold - clever! Going forward, Coldplay would do well to deliver a product that does not compromise the quality of a single album for commercial gain.
As I see it, the single '5 star' album that could have been ideally put together:
1. Viva La Vida
2. Lost
3. Glass of Water
4. Life in Technicolor II
5. Prospekt's March
6. Rainy Day
7. Cemeteries of London
8. Postcards from Faraway
9. Lovers in Japan (Sun Osaka mix)
10.Now my feet wont touch the ground