A Head Full of Dreams
| Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams
A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 4 December 2015, by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and by Atlantic Records in the United States. - WIKIPEDIA
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Pitchfork
Even when A Head Full of Dreams hints at experimentation, it inevitably drifts back onto predictable paths.
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billboard
We are diamonds taking shape.
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RollingStone
The frown has been turned upside down.
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The Guardian
A failure to commit to pop.
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CoS
It’s a hypnotic, coke-dusted dance party.
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SPILL
They are going to dance into the sunset.
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NME
If ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ really is to be Coldplay’s last hurrah, then they’ve gone out with a flashbang of colour and catharsis.
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SPIN
Proves the band is maybe a little bit too OK with quitting while they’re ahead.
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HUFFPOST
Packs a punch.
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DROWNED IN SOUND
A Head Full of Dreams is not only totally, definitely the album the band most enjoyed making.
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The New York Times
Blissful and Bittersweet.
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The Verge
Coldplay's new album is better than your dad-rock jokes.
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The Atlantic
Found a New Way to Be Boring.
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INDEPENDENT
Too much emotional laundry but it’s a step in the right direction.
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CLASH
Polite noises, sadly without bite..
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The Telegraph
Coldplay get their groove back with Beyoncé.
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MUSIC EXISTENCE
Brings a positive and uplifting vibe.
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Digital Spy
Have gone from the saddest album of their career with Ghost Stories to the happiest.
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ATL
They won’t be completely swallowed up by the pop world.
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the bubble
If this is their last album, they’ve ended on a high note.
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Uinterview
A Familiar Palette of Sounds.
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COOG RADIO
In contrast to the melancholy of the previous record, this one is more upbeat and happy.
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ALL MUSIC
Coldplay cheerfully embrace the cheese, ratcheting up both the sparkle and the sentiment so the album feels genuine in its embrace of eternal middle-aged clichés.
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Under the Radar
A Head Full of Dreams is insufferably bland at best and downright offensive at worst.
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IDOLATOR
On the bright side, the under-appreciated X&Y is no longer the band’s worst album.
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The Way that He Sings
Coldplay simply makes albums they wish everyone would want.
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The 405
I cannot help but feel like Coldplay have exercised their entire book of tricks.
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neon tommy
More optimistic and positive.
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musicOHM
A Head Full Of Dreams is their ‘I’m completely over her and isn’t being single great, eh lads’ album.
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Daily Review
The band’s most pop album to date – but it’s also their least interesting.
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DIY
For a record about breaking ground and finding a new, happier place, where’s the catharsis?
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Irish Examiner
A Head Full Of Dreams’ deluge of pop nuggets may feel like a kind of victory.
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Cultured Vultures
Remains uplifting and inspirational through it’s lyrics.
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We Plug Good Music
It’s very much what you would expect from a modern Coldplay record.
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EXEPOSE
Most bland album to date, filled with a tepid and uninspiring collection of songs that lack any form of imagination and depth.
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XSnoize
It’s just a shame that the supposed final installment is lacking the excitement that their début brought to the fray 15 years ago.
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Cyrptic Rock
A music box of happy and sad songs that are meant to make the listener either rush exuberantly to the dancefloor or weep miserably in a corner.
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the collegian
Each track provides a colorful theme to make the listener feel as if they are living a dream.
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Geeks Under Grace
Coldplay delivered an album that is upbeat and fun, both in its sound and message.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Sounds enough like vintage Coldplay to satisfy both diehards and casual listeners.
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FORGE PRESS
The album is a welcome change from last year’s break-up record.
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ALTWIRE
A Head Full of Dreams not only carries the artistic legacy of Coldplay, it elevates them to an entirely different level.
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Redbrick
Great listen and a fun album.
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The National
New album falls short of the mark.
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Evening Standard
Uplifting, preppy pop with a pristine finish.
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The Upcoming
Diverse, kaleidoscopic and a slap in the face for the adulators of their early records.
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SYFFAL
It makes me feel good. It makes me happy.
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the current
A Head Full of Dreams would be a good exit for the band as a final body of work.
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Nouse
Coldplay freshen things with high profile collaborations and some funky, energetic tunes.
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SBNATION
This is not a very good record.
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THE PARTHENON
It’s an album about love, respect, dreams and love again.
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DESTINATION
The Feel Good Album of the Year.
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Drew's Reviews
Head Full of Dreams arrives with potential but the end product lacks the depth of all of their past albums.
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SPECTRUM PULSE
If it was designed to produce any sort of uplifting feeling in me, it falls completely flat on its face.
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NOW
A Head Full Of Dreams comes off like that one friend of yours who's so positive you want to punch him.
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Empty Lighthouse Magazine
Uplifting songs of hope.
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entertainment.ie
It is comparatively bustling with energy and life, there are not a whole lot of risks amidst its ballad/singalong anthem-heavy tracklisting.
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MTSU SIDELINES
To quote Coldplay themselves, “Oh, they say people come; they say people go.” Perhaps it’s time for Coldplay to make their exit.
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ROCKED
Brings Coldplay back to the lighter and brighter style they have been known to pepper throughout their previous albums.
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Ultimate Guitar
Achieves varying levels of successful and less-than-memorable moments throughout.
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Her Campus
Happiest album yet.
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Belwood Music
With each new album Coldplay become more and more bland and uninteresting.
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The Jakarta Post
Dreams takes that production trick to its extreme minus the songs to back it up.
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BLENDED OPINION
It’s clear that they’re not even trying anymore.
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RTE
An explosion of Technicolor-drenched fantasy.
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BIT OF POP MUSIC
Is a lot livelier and instantly catchy.
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The Daily Free Press
Takes listeners on uplifting journey.
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The Sudney Morning Herald
an eclectic and mostly effective dive into the emotional rebirth.
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Newsday
Even Coldplay wants to dance away the blues sometimes.
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cliche
A triumphant combination of pop and alternative rock, and of bittersweet, rapturous melodies and lyrics.
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any louder
Failed to capture the glory the band once had.
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KROAGNON
On A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay actually end up saying less than ever.
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The Galleon
A head full of half-baked, uncertain ideas.
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SPIN OR BIN
This record revolves around the idea of letting go, followed by an inspirational renewal.
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POP CULTURE DAILY
Their most “pop-friendly” record to date.
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star2
Decidedly bright and chirpy.
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FULCRUM
Coldplay is back, and better than ever.
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