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Pleasant album full of lucky singles, I also agree that the second "deluxe" CD is not to be dismissed, indeed it has some gems to rediscover.

The first two albums by Coldplay are unbeatable, but Ghost Stories still pleasantly surprised me: a return to more intimate and melancholic atmospheres where even the "big single" with Avicii surprisingly found its place. This A Head Full Of Dreams, on the other hand, brings Chris Martin's band back to the familiar territory already explored by Mylo Xyloto, leaning towards an easily accessible pop filled with stadium choruses like "oh oh ooohhh," a few riffs borrowed from U2 (as in the title track), and yet another duet, this time with Beyoncé. It's an enjoyable but rather harmless album where, apart from "Adventures..," "Amazing Day," and "Up&Up," everything just slips away, leaving me indifferent.

Great album from the first to the last song. And she still has a captivating charm :)

Great review, a bit "sentimental" but that's okay too, we are men, not robots...
A big comeback for the PJ with freshness and greater immediacy.
Not on the level of the first three albums but certainly the best of the last three.

Great reception, great album! It must be included in the collection of anyone who loves quality pop.
I’ll place it on the shelf next to "The Nightfly" by Donald Fagen!

I recently discovered this album... better late than never!
Anyone who loves quality pop can't let this gem slip away, refined and elegant, sunny and nocturnal. I place it alongside "Night and Day" by Joe Jackson, another pearl released in the same year.

A highly underrated album. It is a fundamental work to understand the origins and development of Blasco's style, which manages to convey emotions through a dry and bare language. Although the themes are slightly different, the album contains all the anger and naivety that will continually resurface as strengths in subsequent works. Great review, I fully agree!

Oh yes, we are in 1980 and the keyboards of Duran Duran and Sandy Marton are about to knock knock at the doors...
Irony and sarcasm aside, good job Precog! I agree with the review.
And hats off to Gentle Giant who have managed to keep up with the times while maintaining their musical credibility intact (who knows what would have happened if they had continued...)
Of course, there's not even a hint of the quirkiness of the golden days here, but it’s wrong to define Civilian as an album of old age and creative drought, as it seemed to me to infer from other sources.

Oh my, what discussions! I tiptoe in...
Unfortunately, we are all human beings and not robots, so inevitably we fall into the diabolical mechanism of "feeling emotions" while listening to an album, when instead we would like to perform a mathematical calculation with algebraic solutions that could determine the specific weight of the disc (as if we were talking about chemical substances rather than music). However, the irrationality of gut feelings and the moods stirred by listening is always lurking, ready to erase, obscure, and throw invisible ink on our undeniable musical accounting project.
The album reveals all the class and maturity of Sting and his companions in writing perfect pop songs that do not betray the group's origins; however, one can sense a split within the band motivated by the differences between Sting's compositions and those of the other two members. Less freshness and more complexity in the arrangements compared to their early days, but still great class.

Great review, great album perfectly balanced in every aspect both musically and graphically, as Alan and the guys have always known how to do at least up to Eye in the Sky.