Everyday Life
by Coldplay
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 22, 2019
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 260 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 224 out of 260
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 260
  3. Negative: 16 out of 260
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  1. Morio
    Dec 17, 2019
    10
    The best album since Viva La Vida or Death and all his friends! I can't believe critics give it just 73 to this album!This deserve 78-80 from critics.Is one of their best Album.I love "old friends,daddy,Eko,trouble in town,Church,champion of the world!Great music!
  2. sambuu
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Hands down, Best Coldplay album in last 10 years. Arabesque and Trouble in Town are highlight tracks of the album.
  3. ftomaz
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Viajar o mundo em busca de si e de suas melodias, fez o Coldplay materializar a sensação de ser tudo em busca do concreto e do belo. Do desconhecido trouxe a verdade em notas e acordes.
  4. caioreidenikiti
    Dec 3, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um álbum intimista repleto de críticas sociais pertinentes no dia a dia da nossa sociedade atual.… Expand
  5. rickyasfos20
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Uno de sus mejores álbumes desde el VLV. Un puñado de canciones que prevalecen dentro de un ciclo de más de 20 años de carrera, sumado a un nivel de experimentación que no muchos se atreven. Si buscas algo delX&Y hacia atrás o algo del Mylo hacia adelante, no lo busques, porque no lo encontrarás. Bienvenidos a la nueva era del Everyday Life, que de por cierto, será breve como el GS.
  6. lHarryl
    Nov 27, 2019
    10
    It's probably Coldplay's most consistent work this decade, it shows how brave and determinate they are, after 20 years of a solid career, they do not want to slow down, they keep pushing and trying new things. Everyday Life opens up to be their own point of view of the world and what it needs to change.
  7. elison
    Nov 25, 2019
    10
    A incredible and differently experience listening this new album of Coldplay. Everybody should listen and enjoy this album. My favorite one is Arabesque. An amazing work of Coldplay, given us the album so creative, humanity and beautiful.
  8. alejoarenas15
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Their ability to reinvent themselves amazes me. This experimental album reminds me of Viva la Vida (which is their best for me), the cohesion between songs makes such a great experience to utterly listening to them and proves they're not trying to like anybody but themselves.
  9. RafaeIVebtura
    Nov 27, 2019
    10
    Everyday Life is an amazing album! This is Coldplay's best work in this decade!
  10. musicreviews7
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    I wouldn't be surprised if this album, in years to come, will be regarded as Coldplay's finest work.

    Yes I am a fan of the band and yes there's just been one day since the release of this album. But before writing this review, I've tried my best to look upon the worst sides of this 16-track double album. Maybe it's a bit unfinished? No, it's a very deep and urgent album dealing with    I wouldn't be surprised if this album, in years to come, will be regarded as Coldplay's finest work.

    Yes I am a fan of the band and yes there's just been one day since the release of this album. But before writing this review, I've tried my best to look upon the worst sides of this 16-track double album.
    Maybe it's a bit unfinished? No, it's a very deep and urgent album dealing with heavy issues in a very elegant way.
    Maybe Chris shouldn't sing doo-wop? Well, no. Cry Cry Cry is great tune.
    Maybe it's a bit uneven? No, this is the first time I'd listen to Coldplay-album and felt that no track was dull.

    This album offers a contemplative and thoughtful yet still very focused and intelligent view at the state of the world. It holds different genres, styles and ways to speak. It's grand, but not over ambitious. It's as dynamic as organic.

    In a four star review of A rush of blood tho the head The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis once wrote "it's an album ready to take on the world – and win". I think he's right – if only he'd written it about this album.

    It's a ten.

    Best tracks: Trouble in town (one of their career highlights), Church, Daddy, Broken, Arabesque, Cry Cry Cry and Champion of the world.    … Expand
  11. freeKade1ka
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    Masterpiece. Their best album after A Rush Of Blood To The Head. This atmosphere, this sound, this voice are incredible!
  12. marianodealba
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    After A Head Full of Dreams, Coldplay delivers a stunning stripped-back double album about the current state of the world. Partly evoking their first album Parachutes on some tracks, the band demonstrates an underrated ability to reinvent themselves with gorgeous music. It is already one of Coldplay's best albums. Just listen to Trouble in Town, Daddy, Arabesque, Eko, and Champion of the World.
  13. Alex_Nevermind
    Nov 28, 2019
    10
    Coldplay's "Everyday Life" is easily one of the greatest musical triumphs of 2019. It is a flawless project from beginning to end. For me, THE track of choice is "Daddy"; a boy's earnest plea to his father to return to his life.

    The musical stylings of the album range for U2-influenced rock, gospel, r&b, and pop. This album has been so infectious that I haven't been able to stop    Coldplay's "Everyday Life" is easily one of the greatest musical triumphs of 2019. It is a flawless project from beginning to end. For me, THE track of choice is "Daddy"; a boy's earnest plea to his father to return to his life.

    The musical stylings of the album range for U2-influenced rock, gospel, r&b, and pop. This album has been so infectious that I haven't been able to stop listening to it. Coldplay hasn't sounded this great in years. "Everyday Life" is one tour de force of a musical masterpiece. An instant classic.

    My rating: 10+ out of 10 stars.    … Expand
  14. laurosouza11
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Everyday Life exceeded all of my expectations for Coldplay boldness. A visionary album that got it right in experimentalism, easily becoming Coldplay's best album of the decade (in my opinion). I wouldn't be surprised if he was nominated (or winner) of any Grammy. Highlight for the songs "Cry Cry Cry", "Everyday Life", "Broken", "Old Friends", "Daddy" and "Champion of the World".
  15. 29082002
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    Beautiful like all Coldplay's albums. Songs that surround you and stay in your head!
  16. Jeffwith2fs
    Nov 24, 2019
    10
    Kings of music
  17. kennethkarthik
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    It’s really hard being popular and trying to capture the magic of your indie roots. Coldplay’s 4 year hiatus shows just how much they’ve evolved from the pop giants they were after their last album and the Chainsmokers collaboration. It takes guts to refrain from falling into the trap of making popular generic music especially when you’re at the verge of it. And this very choice ofIt’s really hard being popular and trying to capture the magic of your indie roots. Coldplay’s 4 year hiatus shows just how much they’ve evolved from the pop giants they were after their last album and the Chainsmokers collaboration. It takes guts to refrain from falling into the trap of making popular generic music especially when you’re at the verge of it. And this very choice of Coldplay’s is complemented with their choice of subject matter for this record. War, crime, racism, police brutality, parental issues, religion, language, love and living itself. This really is Everyday Life. The record has a universal sound, a little taste of everything, a 2.5 minute violin piece, a Mozart like piano melody, the longest saxophone solo I’ve heard on a song in a while, a couple iPhone recordings, samples of violence, ambient city sounds, rain, church choirs, Arabic, Persian, French, you name it. To do all of this and yet still sound like Coldplay is truly something to appreciate. This could be their best since Viva La Vida, they seem to have identified how to bring experimentation to their sound again.… Expand
  18. ColdplayerGabo
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Uno de los mejores albums de Coldplay, esas partes experimentales las sacan perfectamente bien. COTW, TIT y Daddy son Joyas.
  19. Amrsalah
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Coldplay are back and ambitious as ever... One of their best albums in years..
  20. skypala
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    A cohesive yet widely varied collection of stories drawing from humanity and all the hardship and beauty that comes with it.

    The album starts calm and almost melancholy, in the opener Sunrise, which in it's own somber way perfectly encapsulates all the emotion that is to follow. Within the instrumental string track, all of the problems and beauty of yesterday and tomorrow are felt in    A cohesive yet widely varied collection of stories drawing from humanity and all the hardship and beauty that comes with it.

    The album starts calm and almost melancholy, in the opener Sunrise, which in it's own somber way perfectly encapsulates all the emotion that is to follow. Within the instrumental string track, all of the problems and beauty of yesterday and tomorrow are felt in just the span of 2 minutes. This transforms into a wave of euphoria in the dreamy and ambient track Church but turns into a sort of dread with the slow burning and socially charged Trouble in Town which explodes into a groggy climax filled with detuned strings and raging guitar. The mood then dissolves into further sorrow until building into explosive anger with the 6 minute grandiose arabesque, before simmering into solemn contemplation in the choral When I Need a Friend track to close off the Sunrise half of the LP.

    Then in sunset, each song is kind of like a different emotional release for everything we felt in sunrise. An angry satirical rant in guns, speaks to the frustrations of political deadlock in America. Joyous yearning in orphans of lost innocence in the shimmer Orphans. Nostalgic appreciation and genuine optimism in the soft yet touching eko. Cry Cry Cry takes a 50s Doo-Wop and turns it into warm embrace for someone who needs it. And finally, Martin reflects on the life of an old companion, speaking to platonic friendships that have the ability to outlast lifetimes in the bitter sweet finger-style guitar song Old Friends.

    It all culminates in a feeling of peace of assurance in the instrumental track Bani Adam, which begins as a classical piano solo before coming to life in a spacey arrangement in which a poem eloquently states "if you don't hurt when you see others hurting, you do not deserve to call yourself human". Then, with a seamless transition, the band explodes into optimistic euphoria in penultimate track Champion of the World, which tells a story of perseverance amongst adversity. The LP draws to an emotional close by recollecting the ups and downs of everyday life in the closing track, aptly named Everyday Life with the line "Got to keep dancing when the lights go out".    … Expand
  21. Chiago
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    The proof that Coldplay is still capable of doing amazing music. The songs are so different from each other, but all of them, amazing in their way.
  22. Juan42
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The lyrics, the message , the melodies, this album is their best one since Viva la Vida.
    Coldplay are brave and they have a huge message for the world in this album!    … Expand
  23. Solanin
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    Coldplay ha demostrado con este álbum que después de andar jugando 8 años, desde el lanzamiento de Mylo Xyloto hasta AHFOD, pueden seguir haciendo buena música
  24. BrennanH
    Nov 29, 2019
    10
    Beautiful imagery through excellent writing and almost storytelling, it’s a hell of a ride, a trip through everyday life. Coldplay shows they can still make masterpieces like it’s 2008 again. Their best release since then. Props to you Coldplay. This album proves once more that Anthony Fantano is crazy
  25. ISJ
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    In Everyday Life, Coldplay dares to venture into the concepts that made them great to begin with whilst still maintaining a unique sound. This makes the album perhaps their most interesting to date as they'll be facing the large mainstream pop-audiance head on with little production on most songs. This is an album that will come to embody Coldplay's impact on a music industry where mostIn Everyday Life, Coldplay dares to venture into the concepts that made them great to begin with whilst still maintaining a unique sound. This makes the album perhaps their most interesting to date as they'll be facing the large mainstream pop-audiance head on with little production on most songs. This is an album that will come to embody Coldplay's impact on a music industry where most artists stay within their comfort zone. Can a wholehearted fan have asked for more than what this album offers?… Expand
  26. lucaasm
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Grande álbum , que nos faz viajar pelas canções . Bastante diversificado e com a qualidade de sempre do Coldplay.
  27. Viniicius17
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Another perfect album by Coldplay. The best songs are Orphans, Church, Trouble and Cry Cry Cry.
  28. Emanuelcfc10
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Un que es un tobogán de principio a fin..es un cd que si eres fan o no tienes que escuchar. Sin duda de lo mejor e la drcada de la banda y sale fuera de todo parametro o norma en el ambito musical muy consagratorio
  29. Humanoid
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Amazing. 대단한 작품입니다. 상당히 실험적인 앨범임에도 음악성이 좋으며, 콜드플레이 만의 느낌이 살아있습니다. 콜드플레이 노래 중에는 처음으로 욕설이 들어가는데, 이러한 사회비판도 신선했습니다.
  30. camila_moon
    Nov 23, 2019
    10
    Everyday Life is easily their best work since Viva la Vida; absolutely stunning :)
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Dec 11, 2019
    60
    And musically, at least, that journey paid off. ... Martin can be awfully simplistic in these songs — a problem in any context but especially on an album otherwise marked by some of his most nuanced words.
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  2. Consequence
    Dec 11, 2019
    75
    Everyday Life mixes the magic of “old” Coldplay with their smash hits that have kept them at the top for so long. And it works.
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 10, 2019
    50
    There is the occasional flash of pop brilliance - notably desert-rock nugget Arabesque - but for non-fans Coldplay this dose of Everyday Life will be one they can easily do without. [Jan 2019, p.87]
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