#COLDPLAY KALEIDOSCOPE SONG FULL#

#COLDPLAY KALEIDOSCOPE SONG FULL#

The album was promoted by the successful A Head Full of Dreams Tour, that lasted nearly two years. A 5.1 Surround Blu-ray Audio version of the album was released via the band's website on 23 September 2016. It was supported by five singles: ' Adventure of a Lifetime', ' Hymn for the Weekend', ' Up&Up', the title track, and ' Everglow'. As of November 2017, the album has sold over 4,5 million copies worldwide. It was the ninth-best-selling album of 2016, with 1.4 million copies sold worldwide, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. It was the eighth-best-selling album of 2015 with 1.9 million copies sold worldwide, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. At the 2016 Brit Awards the album was nominated for British Album of the Year. Nevertheless, it was a commercial success as it topped the UK Albums Chart, and peaked at number two in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Italy, where it was held off the top spot by Adele's 25. The album received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Pinckney's funeral on the song 'Kaleidoscope'. The album also features a sample of President Barack Obama singing ' Amazing Grace' at Clementa C. The album was produced by Rik Simpson and Stargate. For various songs, Coldplay collaborated with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton. Coldplay recorded the album from early to mid 2015, right after the completion of their previous album Ghost Stories, with a markedly different style and sound from its predecessors. The song title was used to name the band's next EP after the album release, Kaleidoscope EP.A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 4 December 2015, by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and by Atlantic Records in the United States.The one played live in particular is an extended version of the song, with additional verses of the poem being read, and was played while the band switched from stage A to C. During the A Head Full of Dreams Tour, the poem was fully incorporated on also album track ' Colour Spectrum', which already have a brief sample of the song, originally.They added: 'Lullaby piano chords swirl around the spoken words – it's much more special than a purely transitional piece.' Trivia It doesn't really need the sample of Barack Obama singing 'Amazing Grace' in the fading background, although it's worth it for bragging rights alone.' In a ranking of the band's entire discography, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of Parachutes, NME praised the track's tranquility, crediting it for Barks reading. He wrote, 'It's an encouraging message of optimism in the face of the darkest of powers. Lyrics Īdam Silverstein from Digital Spy praised the song's message, however, with the exception of the Obama's clip. The regular and the classical piano throughout the song are both played by Georgian concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili. About Obama's involvement, Chris said, 'We have a tiny clip of the President singing 'Amazing Grace' at that church, because of the historical significance of what he did and also that song being about, 'I'm lost but now I'm found.'' Coldplay asked for permission and both the White House and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church conceded for the recording's use. Pinckney's funeral, an American politician and pastor who was one of the victims in the South Carolina church terrorist shooting in June of 2015. 'Kaleidoscope' also contains elements of the Christian hymn 'Amazing Grace', originally written by John Newton, and sung by former president of the United States Barack Obama at Clementa C. It contain parts of the poem The Guest House written by Rumi and recited by American poet Coleman Barks, a popular interpreter of Rumi and translater of his works.

The song was described as 'a psychedelic spoken-word' accompanied by a 'tranquil atmospheric' lofty piano-led instrumental. The idea is to accept what happens to you and not run away from anything - and trust that things will blossom and become colorful.' Rumi's poem was then incorporated on the album track, 'Kaleidoscope'. It says that everything that happens to you is OK. In an interview for Rolling Stone, he stated: 'It kind of changed my life. One of his poems, called The Guest House, helped Chris to get through the tough period around his divorce. At some point, a friend gave him some books, including a volume by the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi.

During the final stages of his 10-year marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin revealed he was feeling depressed and overwhelmed, along with an increasing insecurity about the music he was making at the time.

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