This EP collects recordings from the sessions for Viva la Vida, Coldplay's most sonically tricked-out record, but the new songs feel too conservative after Viva's world-music-laden sprawl. Though "Rainy Day" finds Chris Martin crooning brightly over strings and swelling electronics, the swooning "Glass of Water" feels heavy-handed, and the atmospheric "Prospekt's March/Poppyfields" suffers from imagistic lyrics about "people talking without speaking." Fans should download "Lost+" — featuring a great Jay-Z cameo — and skip the rest.
(Posted: Dec 11, 2008)
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- Life In Technicolor ii
- Postcards From Far Away
- Glass Of Water
- Rainy Day
- Prospekt's March/Poppyfields
- Lost+ (with Jay-Z)
- Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)
- Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground
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