Album Review: Coldplay - Ghost Stories

Crafted during the tail end of Chris Martin's ailing marriage, Ghost Stories is a deeply personal album. From the opening line, “I think of you/I haven't slept” from Always In My Head, Martin is exposed and vulnerable, and this fragility prevails throughout. Musically sparse and lyrically pensive, there's nary an upbeat stadium anthem to be found here (although the jarringly cheesy A Sky Full Of Stars has the goods to light up an Ibiza dancefloor). As a Coldplay album Ghost Stories doesn't quite match up to its predecessors, but as a break-up album it should soothe the sorrowful.