Instead, Chris Martin’s heart-rending falsetto floats along in a haze of synth-washed ambience (as on the entrancing Kid A–influenced “Midnight”) or sparely accompanied by acoustic instruments (“Oceans,” “O”). The band’s gift for soaring melodies is evident throughout Ghost Stories-particularly on the magnetic first single, “Magic.” But aside from the EDM-infused throb of “A Sky Full of Stars,” the album offers little of the triumphant grandeur that defines the band’s stadium-filling oeuvre. Total download size: 436MB Total play length: 42:42 Cover art included, liner notes not included Stepping back from the blazing energy of 2008’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and 2011’s Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay’s sixth album is an introspective, bittersweet meditation on love and loss that sounds every bit as spectral as its name suggests.
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