pitchfork gibt eine 4,4/10
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19344-coldplay-ghost-stories/
„Got a tattoo/ And the pain’s alright,“ Martin cries while running through a series of love-as-permanence metaphors, over rippling guitar and burbling atmospherics ripped from Phil Collins‘ Tarzan soundtrack.
They’re a band that’s withstood enough comparisons to U2 over the years, and the warmed-over leftovers that have marked Bono and Co.’s last decade as a creative entity are enough to suggest that, if Coldplay continue to head down the path of addressing their own legacy, their best moments are truly behind them.
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