Everyday Life

by Coldplay

Overview

Capping their record-breaking A Head Full of Dreams era in 2018, Coldplay cemented themselves as one of the biggest international acts of the decade. Traversing the globe and selling out stadiums, they absorbed plenty of sounds and stories from fans around the world, which helped inform their experimental Global Citizen EP. That spirit continued to course through the studio, yielding their ambitious 2019 double album, Everyday Life. As traveling troubadours hopping across continents and seas, Coldplay captured some of that sonically revolutionary spirit found on Viva La Vida while pushing the pop-sense positivity a la A Head Full of Dreams. However, Everyday Life exists in its own strange, unpolished world, which frontman Chris Martin described as "totally raw" and pure. Their least immediate or mainstream-friendly effort thus far, the unconventional set veers into multiple genres and various directions, which requires listeners to surrender to the experience. Breaking further away from their standard output, Everyday Life also takes a stance as their most political statement to date, decrying police brutality on the infuriating "Trouble in Town," addressing firearm control on the sardonic "Guns" (which also has the honor of being the first Coldplay studio track to feature swearing), and putting a relatable, human face on the global refugee crisis with the otherwise joyful "Orphans." While these moments are intense (for Coldplay), they don't completely overwhelm the album. Rather, in typical band fashion, rays of hope, perseverance, and life shine through the darkness. Interpolating Pakistani and Iranian poets, the voices of Femi Kuti, Tiwa Savage, and Alice Coltrane, and Nigerian church choirs, Everyday Life lifts spirits on a rhythmic, worldly scale, just as church bells and gospel singers elevate intimate moments like "BrokEn" and "When I Need a Friend." While every track offers its own special moments, absolute standouts include the devastating "Daddy," a stirring piano-based weeper that sounds like early Keane; the bright "Champion of the World," which interpolates Scott Hutchison's "Los Angeles, Be Kind"; and epic showstopper "Arabesque," a horn-drenched peak in their catalog that showcases Femi Kuti and his band and Belgian rapper Stromae. If this all sounds like a lot, it is, making this effort a scattered but fascinating anomaly in their discography that requires a few spins to truly take hold. Closing a decade defined by stadium-sized hits of optimism, Coldplay manages to grow even bigger with Everyday Life, absorbing flavors from across the globe with their most indulgent and, perhaps, poignant album yet. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

Product Details

Release Date:	11/22/2019
Label:	Third Man Records
UPC:	0813547028167
Rank:	47239

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Coldplay   Primary Artist
Gbenga Ogundeji   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Adebanjo Ayodeji   Primary Artist,Horn,Sax (Tenor)
Ankra Babatunde   Primary Artist,Horn,Trombone
Magbagbeola Ayoola   Primary Artist,Sax (Baritone)
Omorinmade Anikulapo-Kuti   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Harcourt Whyte   Primary Artist
Davide Rossi   Cello,Viola,Violin,Strings
Stargate   Keyboards
Michael Dore   Baritone (Vocal)
Femi Kuti   Horn,Soloist
Jonny Buckland   Guitar,Keyboards,Guest Artist
Rik Simpson   Keyboards,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Max Martin   Keyboards
Guy Berryman   Bass,Percussion,Guest Artist,Handclapping
Mabvuto Carpenter   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Daniel Green   Keyboards,Vocals (Background),Keyboards,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Jo Marshall   Choir/Chorus
Nick Garrett   Choir/Chorus
Dorian Holley   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Geoffrey Williams   Choir/Chorus
Will Champion   Drums,Keyboards,Percussion,Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ben Parry   Conductor,Choir Director,Baritone (Vocal)
John Evanson   Choir/Chorus
Deryn Edwards   Choir/Chorus
Chris Martin   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Celeste,Keyboards,Guest Artist,Handclapping,Guitar (Acoustic)
Denise Green   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Clara Sanabras   Choir/Chorus
Angel Lopez   Guitar,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic)
Terry Edwards   Choir Director
Jonathan Stainsby   Choir/Chorus
Christopher Hann   Choir/Chorus
Julian Alexander Smith   Choir/Chorus
Julian Smith   Choir/Chorus
Nicholas Garrett   Choir/Chorus
Amy Carson   Choir/Chorus
Robin Bailey   Choir/Chorus
Le Trio Joubran   Oud
Richard Eteson   Choir/Chorus
Timothy Murphy   Choir/Chorus
Vanessa Heine   Choir/Chorus
Made Kuti   Horn
John Metcalfe   Strings
Peter Snipp   Baritone (Vocal)
Carys Lloyd Roberts   Choir/Chorus
Jimmy Holliday   Choir/Chorus
Tasmin Dalley   Choir/Chorus
Joanna Goldsmith   Choir/Chorus
Guy Cutting   Choir/Chorus
Peter Davoren   Choir/Chorus
Richard Edgar-Wilson   Choir/Chorus
Kirsty Hopkins   Choir/Chorus
Bill Rahko   Keyboards,Choir/Chorus,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Drew Goddard   Guitar
Stromae   Vocals
Mark Williams   Choir/Chorus,Choir/Chorus
Tiwa Savage   Vocals (Background)
Federico Vindver   Keyboards
Gareth Treseder   Choir/Chorus
Aluna Francis   Choir/Chorus
Clemmie Franks   Choir/Chorus
Stevie Mackey   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Lawrence White   Baritone (Vocal)
Edward Randell   Choir/Chorus
Oliver Griffiths   Choir/Chorus
Lamarcus Eldridge   Vocals
Amjad Sabri   Vocals
Edmund Saddington   Choir/Chorus
Apple Martin   Choir/Chorus
Moses Martin   Choir/Chorus
Marianna Champion   Vocals (Background)
Freya Jacklin   Choir/Chorus
Jacob Collier   Vocals (Background)
Bethany Partridge   Choir/Chorus
Jocelyn Donald   Choir/Chorus
Elizabeth Adams   Choir/Chorus
Norah Shaqur   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Daisy Walford   Choir/Chorus
Surrenity XYZ   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Bashar Murad   Choir/Chorus
Ben Oerlemans   Choir/Chorus
Garine Antreassian   Choir/Chorus
Marwa Kreitem   Choir/Chorus
Nadeen Fanous   Choir/Chorus
Neka Hamilton   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Le Trio Joubren   Oud
Lamorcus Eldridge   Choir/Chorus
Dr. Shahrzad Sherry Sami   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
African Children's Feeding Scheme   Vocals
Ben Bevan   Choir/Chorus
Christopher Huggon   Choir/Chorus
Clementine Franks   Choir/Chorus
Edward Ballard   Choir/Chorus,Baritone (Vocal)
Edwards Randell   Choir/Chorus
Sara Davey   Choir/Chorus
Aluna   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Alice Coltrane   Composer
Davide Rossi   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Studio Personnel
Femi Kuti   Composer
Jonny Buckland   Composer
Rik Simpson   Mixing,Producer,Programming,Studio Personnel
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing,Studio Personnel
Nick Davis   Studio Assistant
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Ralph Cacciurri   Engineer
Max Martin   Producer,Studio Personnel
Emily Lazar   Mastering,Studio Personnel
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen   Composer,Inspiration
Guy Berryman   Composer
Daniel Green   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming,Studio Personnel,Mixing,Producer,Programming
Adnan Joubran   Engineer,Studio Personnel
Angel Lopez   Additional Production,Producer,Studio Personnel
Bert Berns   Composer
Jon Hopkins   Inspiration
Will Champion   Composer
Michael Freeman   Mixing Assistant,Studio Personnel,Mixing Assistant,Assistant
Ben Parry   Studio Personnel
Tyler Gordon   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Beatriz Artola   Engineer,Assistant,Studio Personnel
Andy Monaghan   Composer
Fiona Cruickshank   Engineer,Studio Personnel
Chris Martin   Composer
The Dream Team   Engineer,Producer
Denise Green   Arranger,Studio Personnel,Choir Arrangement
Terry Edwards   Studio Personnel
Ikoli Harcourt-Whyte   Composer
Daniel Watson   Studio Assistant
Thomas Warren   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Timothy Saccenti   Photography
Miguel Lara   Engineer,Assistant,Studio Personnel
Made Kuti   Studio Personnel,Horn Arrangements
John Metcalfe   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Studio Personnel,Choir Arrangement
Tor Erik Hermansen   Composer,Inspiration
Scott Hutchison   Composer
Bill Rahko   Mixing,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Studio Personnel
Drew Goddard   Composer
Stromae   Composer
Tony Smith   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Federico Vindver   Engineer,Producer,Studio Personnel,Additional Production
Paul Van Haver   Composer
Sam Harper   Engineer,Studio Personnel
Pilar Zeta   Artwork
Laurence Anslow   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
James Marcus Haney   Photography
Lance Powell   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Stevie Mackey   Arranger,Studio Personnel,Choir Arrangement
Lional Capouillez   Engineer,Studio Personnel
Amjad Sabri   Composer
Moses Martin   Composer
Craig Hope   Studio Assistant
Aleks von Korff   Engineer,Assistant,Studio Personnel
Simon Liddell   Composer
Chris Allgood   Assistant,Mastering,Song Assistants,Studio Personnel,Mastering Assistant,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Zach Brown   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Gavin Flaks   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Jacques du Plessis   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Jacob Collier   Composer,Engineer,Studio Personnel
Matthew Glasbey   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Henri Davies   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Norah Shaqur   Composer
Anthony De Souza   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Luke Pickering   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Bastien Lozier   Assistant,Studio Personnel
Charley Pollard   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Mystic Davis   Assistant,Studio Personnel
Baptiste Leroy   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Matt Wolach   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Studio Personnel
Pierre Houle   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Crystal Mangano   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Tate McDowell   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Kaushlesh Garry Purohit   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Erwan Abbas   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Issam Murad   Assistant,Studio Personnel
Lance Robinson   Engineer,Studio Personnel
Matt Latham   Assistant,Studio Personnel,Studio Technician
Stephanie Streseman Wilkinson   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Chloe Kraemer   Assistant,Studio Assistant
Marenius Alvereng   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Natasahe Carter   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Masoud Aryanpour   Translation
Harcourt Whyte   Composer
George Tatham   Engineer
Dr. Shahrzad Sherry Sami   Composer
African Children's Feeding Scheme   Composer
Chenao Wang   Assistant,Studio Assistant,Studio Personnel
Bostien Lozier   Studio Assistant
Matt McGinn   Studio Assistant
M. Aryanpour   Translation