Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Studio album by Coldplay
Released 11 June 2008
Recorded June 2007–April 2008
The Bakery, London;
The Magic Shop, NYC;
The Nunnery, Barcelona;
A Church, Barcelona
Genre Alternative rock, art rock
Length 45:53
73:18 (Prospekt's March edition)
Label Parlophone
Producer Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson
Coldplay chronology
X&Y
(2005)		 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
(2008)		 Coldplay's fifth studio album
(2010)
Alternate covers
Prospekt's March edition
Asian Tour edition
Singles from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
  1. "Violet Hill"
    Released: 29 April 2008
  2. "Viva la Vida"
    Released: 7 May 2008
  3. "Lovers in Japan"
    Released: 4 November 2008
  4. "Lost!"
    Released: 10 November 2008
  5. "Strawberry Swing"
    Released: 14 September 2009

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Coldplay, released on 11 June 2008 on Parlophone. The album was named after a Spanish phrase that translates in English as "long live life". Lyrically, the album contains references to life, death and war.

Recording sessions for the album took place during June 2007 to April 2008 and featured production by Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson, Markus Dravs and Brian Eno. The album was the first to be produced by the latter. The band forced themselves to explore experimental styles, as Eno required every song on the album to sound different, and expanded their musical interests while recording Viva la Vida. The band were wanting to make the album shorter than 42 minutes. As a result, the album is longer than the length they intended. Development of the album delayed the release date several times.

Viva la Vida was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Five singles have been released in promotion of the album; "Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida" in May 2008, "Lovers in Japan" and "Lost!" in November 2008, and "Strawberry Swing" in September 2009. "Viva la Vida" became the band's first song to reach number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72% from Metacritic.[1] It won Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards and was the best selling album of 2008.[2] Viva la Vida was re-released on 25 November 2008 in a deluxe edition containing the original album and the Prospekt's March EP. The album and the ep sold 9 million copies altogether worldwide, and Viva la Vida has become the most paid-for downloaded album of all time.[3]

Contents

Background

In October 2006, two weeks after bassist Guy Berryman welcomed his first daughter, which makes him the third Coldplay member to have a child, reports circulated that the band were taking a five-year hiatus. The new baby, and the fact that Coldplay had no touring or recording schedule at the time, had fans wondering if the band's new album would not be released until 2010. Dispelling such reports, Ambrosia Healy, spokesperson to Capitol Records, sent an e-mail message to MTV that there was no self-imposed hiatus. However, Healy clarified that Coldplay was indeed "enjoying a much-deserved break", and there was no timetable for the follow-up to the band's third studio album, X&Y.[4]

Three months later, Billboard magazine reported that Coldplay's next album was scheduled for release in late 2007. The band subsequently postponed this date to 2008 after announcing a then-new South American tour for the beginning of 2007. During this tour, the band began writing new material for their fourth studio album, but no new material was played, due to the band's concerns that their performances would leak onto the Internet.

Recording

In January 2007, during an interview on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, musician and English record producer Brian Eno revealed that he would be producing the album.[5] During recording, Coldplay's website included notes on sessions with Eno and Markus Dravs, stating that the lyrics are "much more abstract, much more visual than before", and that the music is "less straight-forward, more oblique".[6] Additionally, Martin would be making a vocal transition from his trademark falsetto to a lower register.[7] This is explored in "Yes", where the main characteristic of the song, originally inspired by The Velvet Underground, is the lowest vocals Chris Martin ever recorded that was suggested by the producer Brian Eno to make every single song sound different in the album. The band's drummer Will Champion said in a interview for MTV: "One of the main things we tried to focus on with this record is changing vocal identities, because Chris has a very recognizable voice."[8]

Later, in July, Coldplay revealed that the album was shaping up with Hispanic influences after having recorded in churches and in Spanish-speaking countries such as in Mexico in America and Spain in Europe,[9] such as Barcelona.[10] However, it was stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole. On their website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars and basic recording equipment to churches and experimenting with particular sounds.

Throughout the recording of the album, Coldplay communicated to fans through their website, and in late October 2007, a message on Coldplay.com suggested that two new songs, "Famous Old Painters" and "Glass of Water", had been written and were being considered for the album. While this announcement hinted at further delays, in early December another post suggested that recording was nearly finished, saying that "the creative momentum keeps on gathering". The article was signed "Prospekt", strengthening rumours that this would be the album's title. In January, while Coldplay announced two more songs, "Lovers in Japan" and "Strawberry Swing", they denied that the album was called "Prospekt".

Martin revealed he had been reading many Charles Dickens novels during the recording process which may have contributed to the strong visual imagery on such tracks as "Violet Hill" and "Cemeteries of London".

When asked about why "Lovers in Japan" had an additional track, bassist Guy Berryman explained that the band could not make up their minds, because they had discussed that they did not want an extra song on the album, and instead they wanted to keep the album concise with a total of ten tracks and a intended length of under 42 minutes.[11] Champion followed with, "We just preferred to have less titles and more stuff. The album as a whole has got the most on it, but it’s the shortest. We wanted to make it almost impossible for you to not listen to it all in one go."[11] In addition, vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the band had always wanted a song title which was two in one. He added that the reason for having two titles in the track listing of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was due to American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake doing it for his last album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006).[12]

On 18 July 2009, two early demos from the Viva la Vida recording sessions leaked onto the Internet: the previously unheard "Bloodless Revolution" and a very early version of Viva la Vida single "Lovers in Japan". A day later another demo, called "St. Stephen" appeared online. On 20 July 2009, six more demos were leaked: "The Fall of Man", "The Man Who Swears", "The Man Who Swears II" (actually just the second half of "The Man Who Swears"), "First Steps", "Loveless" and "Goodbye and Goodnight".[13]

Themes

Coldplay used French revolutionary costumes during theire Viva La Vida Tour as a refference to the album's revolutionary themes

The album contains a big number of different themes like love, war and revolutions. Unlike theyre previous releseas it has a more universal aproach, it deals less with personal problems and more with humanity problems. Songs like Life in Technicolor ii(that was writen for the album but didn't make it to the final tracklist), Violet Hill and Death and All His Friends talk about war, battles and policts, for exemple the lines from Violet Hill: "I don't want to be a soldier/Who the captain of some sinking ship/Would Stow, far below". Also on that song Martin told to Rolling Stone magazine that the lyrics "a carnival of idiots on show" and how a "fox became God" were a commentary on Fox News.[14][15]. Violet Hill aso is considered the first anti-war protest song from the band,[16][17] Other songs, such as the doble track "Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love" and "Yes" are abou love and desire. Beign "Yes" considered the sexiest song released by the band.

Revolutionary themes are also an important part of the album and it's promotion. Coldplay used customised French revolutionary costumes through the Viva La Vida Tour and on the videos produced for the album's singles.[18] Chris Martin said on an interview for The Sun "some say this album is brave - I just see us as being very lucky".[19] The song Viva la Vida is the best exemple of the presence of rebelion themes on the album, lines like "the old king is dead, long live the king" and "revolutionaries wait, for my head on a silver plate" shows very clearly the revolutionary feeling of the album.

Graphic design

Some of the paintings produced during the creation of the album's artwork were later used on the Viva la Vida Tour screens.

The artwork for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was designed by Coldplay and Tappin Gofton; the latter designed the X&Y cover three years earlier. The album's visual design was deemed to be somewhat complex for the band. The design style for the album took months to be completed; it was initially developed from a set of large-scale sketches and paintings of expressive typo. Lyrics and song titles were boldly painted across old maps, books, copies of old paintings, newspapers and various sorts of second-hand things. The final work was photographed and later some additional typography was added by computer.[20]

Almost all tracks from the album and the Prospekt's March EP have one or more graphic images. On the album's booklet there are nine paintings made by the band. The first is a blue map of Brazil that includes part of the lyrics from "Glass of Water" painted in white. However, the image was later reworked and used as the artwork for the "Lost!" single cover. The second painting on the booklet illustrates the song "42". The image consists of part of the song's composition written in a red background, with a black stripe covering the center. The design for "Cemeteries of London" contains an illustration of London, the song's title and a messy violet background. A portion of the lyrics is used on the top of it. The visual design for "Reign of Love" has its lyrics drawn on a green background. In the middle of the booklet, most of the lyrics of the album are shown amidst an unrecognizable object. The artwork for "Yes" consists of a ripped heart, and a line from the song, "Lord lead me not into temptation". The painting next to the song's artwork contains lyrics from "Viva la Vida", the band's most well-known song. The artwork for "Death and All His Friends" was made with scissors and paper. Lyrics for the song appear in the design. The last page in the booklet is simple: a roman numeral of the number 7 painted in red and green on a yellow background.[21] Some of the paintings were shown on a screen during the Viva La Vida world tour, or used on big balloons inside of the venues.

Viva la Vida takes its artwork from Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People.

There were three covers for the album. The front cover for the standard edition is a painting by Eugène Delacroix, entitled Liberty Leading the People, which was slightly altered for the cover by using a white paint brush to draw "VIVA LA VIDA".[21] The Prospekt's March Edition cover uses the same words again, but painted in bronze and bigger, also the cover for theProspekt's March EP included another Eugène Delacroix painting (Battle of Poitiers).[22] The cover used for the Asian Tour edition, has the word "VIVA" painted in red and black stripes against a white background,[23] this same painting was used as the home page for the official Coldplay website during a period, it was created by the band and painted by the drummer Will Champion on a wall at the studio called The Bakery.[24]

Pressings of Viva la Vida were packaged unusually. The front and back of the album included two "pockets". The first contains the booklet, while the second contains the disk in a folded case. The front of the case shows a painting that includes the words "Coldplay" and "Viva la Vida" illustrated twice against a black background.

Release and promotion

New logo for the Viva La Vida era

In a Rolling Stone magazine interview, vocalist Chris Martin announced the album's release date and its title, Viva la Vida, which is a Spanish phrase that translates into English as "long live life".[25] It takes its name from a painting by Frida Kahlo, an acclaimed 20th century Mexican artist. The album cover art is an 1830 painting by Eugène Delacroix entitled Liberty Leading the People. On 10 April 2008, a new journal entry appeared on the band's website announcing the track list and release date, as well as hinting at new tracks to be issued before the album's release. "Violet Hill" was confirmed as the first single from Viva la Vida, with a release date of 5 May. In May 2008, Coldplay featured in an advertisement for Apple's iTunes with the song "Viva la Vida".

Coldplay.com was updated in late April to reveal the official Viva la Vida artwork as well as a free release of the single "Violet Hill", which became available for download for one week from 29 April 2008.[26] The album was leaked around 5 June and the band decided to make the album available to stream via their MySpace profile from 8:30 pm WEST on 6 June. On 25 June 2008, the band became the third band ever to perform on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, performing "42" and "Lost!".[27] On 27 June at 7:00 am EDT, Coldplay began a Today Show, outdoor, live performance on the streets outside of Rockefeller Plaza, New York.[28] The band performed on The Late Show with David Letterman on 30 June and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 17 July.

In August 2008, Coldplay announced they would be releasing an EP, Prospekt's March, consisting of unreleased material from the Viva la Vida recording sessions.[29] The album was re-released on 25 November 2008 in a deluxe edition, titled Viva la Vida - Prospekt's March Edition. It contains tracks off the original album and Prospekt's March.[30]

The stage setup for the Viva la Vida Tour consisted of a stripped down main stage and two catwalks; Coldplay also performed amongst audience members at the back of venues in a special acoustic set.[31] Instead of a giant video screen on-stage, the band opted for six hanging giant lightbulbs that displayed images and closeups.[31] The band started the tour playing a concert at the Brixton Academy and free shows at Madison Square Garden on 23 June, and ended the tour in Barcelona. The tour ended on March 2010 at Latin America and consisted of 172 concerts.

Reception

Commercial performance

Coldplay at the Viva la Vida Tour

The album was successful around the world. In its first week of release it debuted at number one in 36 countries.[32] In the United Kingdom, the album sold 125,000 copies in its first day of release and 302,074 in three days, debuting at number one.[33] In its second week it sold another 198,000, achieving a platinum certification.[34] The album sold over 500,000 copies in 10 days since its release, beating the first week UK sales of Coldplay's third album, X&Y.[35] The album debuted with sales of 41,041 copies in Australia[36] and has since been certified 4x platinum.[37]

In the United States, it sold 316,000 copies in its first day, and 720,000 in its first week of release,[38] nearly equalling X&Y's first week sales of 737,000.[39] Viva la Vida has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for a shipment of over two million copies.[40] Viva la Vida has become the most paid-for downloaded album of all time, with over 702,000 downloads.[41][42][43] By the end of the 2008, Viva la Vida had sold total of 2,144,000 copies, making it the second top-selling album in the United States.[44][45] By 8 July 2009, the album had sold 2,509,536 copies in the United States, according to SoundScan.

Globally, it was the best selling album of 2008,[46] and by September 2009 the album had sold over 8.1 million copies worldwide becoming the most paid-for downloaded album of all time.[3]

Critical response

 Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [47]
Entertainment Weekly (A-) [48]
The Guardian 3/5 stars [49]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars [50]
NME (8/10) [51]
Pitchfork Media (6.9/10) [52]
PopMatters (7/10) [53]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [54]
Spin 4.5/5 stars [55]
Village Voice (mixed) [56]

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends has received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album had a score of 72 out of 100, based on 32 reviews.[57] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated, "They demonstrate a focused concentration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 minutes yet covers more ground than X&Y and arguably A Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into something quietly satisfying."[58] Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly magazine rated the album "A-" and called it "their fourth and best album,"[59] while Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, however, wrote a mixed review explaining "Viva la Vida's mild tinkering with the formula represents a failure of imagination: perhaps it's hard to think outside the box when the box is the size of the Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena.[60] Equally, however, there's a genuine conviction about its contents, a huge advance both on its predecessor and their legion of imitators."[61] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone magazine wrote that "Coldplay's desire to unite fans around the world with an entertainment they can all relate to is the band's strength, and a worthy goal. But on Viva la Vida, a record that wants to make strong statements, it's also a weakness. Sometimes, to say what needs to be said, you need to risk pissing people off."[62] Spin magazine's critic Mikael Wood said in a positive review of the album "For all of Coldplay’s experimentation, though, there’s no doubting that Viva la Vida, with its sturdy melodies and universal themes -- think love, war and peace -- is an album meant to connect with the masses (arenas have been built for less than the climax of "Death and All His Friends"). The band’s triumph lies in how exciting they make that prospect seem".[63]

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[64] It appeared in several year end publications' Best Albums of 2008 list including New York Post (Number 1)[65] Rolling Stone (Number 7),[66] Q (Number 3),[67] Spin (Number 9),[68] Entertainment Weekly (Number 6), and Billboard (Number 6).[69][70][71] Despite all the positive support, NME nominated the album for Worst Album at the 2009 NME Awards,[72] despite having given the album 8/10 in their review. Viva la Vida was named the number seven album of 2008 by Rolling Stone.[73][74] Also despite giving the album three stars in The Times,[75] Pete Paphides admitted in December 2008 that he was wrong to give it this score and had in fact become his favourite album of the year.[76]

Rock guitarist Joe Satriani accused Coldplay of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles federal court on 4 December 2008. Satriani claims that the title track, "Viva la Vida", incorporates "substantial original portions" of an instrumental piece he released in 2004 called "If I Could Fly".[77] The band denied the allegation[78] and the lawsuit was ultimately dropped after being settled out of court.

Track listing

All tracks written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin, except where noted.[79][80] Tracks 5, 6, and 10 contain two separate songs each; the latter two are hidden and not listed on the album sleeve.[81]

No. Title Length
1. "Life in Technicolor" (Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin/Hopkins) 2:29
2. "Cemeteries of London"   3:21
3. "Lost!"   3:55
4. "42"   3:57
5. "Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love"   6:51
6. "Yes" (includes hidden song "Chinese Sleep Chant") 7:06
7. "Viva la Vida"   4:01
8. "Violet Hill"   3:42
9. "Strawberry Swing"   4:09
10. "Death and All His Friends" (includes hidden song "The Escapist": Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin/Hopkins) 6:18
Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Lost?" (Japan and iTunes) 3:40
12. "Lovers in Japan (Acoustic Version)" (iTunes pre-order) 3:49
13. "Death Will Never Conquer" (Japanese release of Prospekt's March edition) 1:16

Tour Edition DVD

In some Asian countries a special edition of the album was released with a DVD including the five official videos from Viva la Vida and the video for "Life in Technicolor II", from the Prospekt's March EP.[82]

DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Violet Hill"    
2. "Viva la Vida"    
3. "Lost!"    
4. "Lovers in Japan"    
5. "Life in Technicolor II"    
6. "Strawberry Swing"    

Personnel

  • Andy Rugg – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Andy Wallace – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brian Eno – producer, sonic landscapes
  • Brian Thorn – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Chris Martin – performer
  • Coldplay – artwork
  • Dan Green – assistant engineer, engineer, photography
  • Dave Holmes – management
  • Davide Rossi – strings
  • Dominic Monks – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Eugène Delacroix – cover painting
  • François Chevallier – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Guy Berryman – performer, photography
  • Jan Petrov – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Jason Lader – assistant engineer, engineer
  • John O'Mahoney – mixing
  • Jonny Buckland – performer
  • Jon Hopkins – colouring, producer
  • Markus Dravs – mixing, producer
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Michael Trepagnier – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Olga Fitzroy – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Phil Harvey – performer
  • Rik Simpson – mixing, producer
  • Tappin Gofton – art direction, design
  • Vanessa Parr – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Will Champion – performer
  • William Paden Hensley – assistant engineer, engineer

Chart history

Album
Chart Peak
position		 Certification
(sales thresholds)		 Sales/shipments
Argentine Albums Chart[83] 1 platinum 40,000[84]
Australian Albums Chart[85] 1 4x platinum 280,000[86]
Austrian Albums Chart[87] 1 2x platinum 40,000[88]
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[89] 1 3x platinum 90,000[90]
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[91] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[92] 1 6x platinum 480,000[93]
Colombia Albums Charts[94] 1 Platinum[94] 20,000[95]
Czech Republic Albums Chart[96] 2
Danish Albums Chart[97] 1 Platinum 30,000[98]
Dutch Albums Chart[99] 1 Platinum 60,000[100]
Estonian Albums Chart[101] 1
European Albums Chart[102] 1 3x platinum 3,000,000[103]
Finnish Albums Chart[104] 1 Platinum 20,000[105]
French Albums Chart[106] 1 Diamond 500,000[107]
German Albums Chart[108] 1 5x Gold 500,000[109]
Greek Albums Chart[110] 1 Platinum 15,000[111]
Hungarian Albums Chart[112] 4
Irish Albums Chart[113] 1 4x platinum 60,000[114]
Italian Albums Chart[115] 1 Diamond 310,000+[116]
Japanese Albums Chart[117] 3 Platinum 300,000[117]
Mexican Albums Chart[118] 2 Platinum 100,000[119][120]
New Zealand Albums Chart[121] 1 2x platinum 30,000[122]
Norwegian Albums Chart[123] 1
Polish Albums Chart[124] 2 Platinum 20,000[125]
Portuguese Albums Chart[126] 1 2x platinum 40,000[127]
Spanish Albums Chart[128] 1 2x platinum 160,000[129]
Swedish Albums Chart[130] 1 Platinum 40,000[131]
Swiss Albums Chart[132] 1 Platinum 30,000[133]
UK Albums Chart[134] 1 4x platinum 1,300,000[135]
U.S. Billboard 200[136] 1 2x platinum 2,600,000[137]

Year-End charts

Country Position
2008
Germany[106] 6 [138]
Greece[139] 2
2009
Germany 49 [140]

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan 11 June 2008[141] EMI Music Japan CD TOCP-66805 / 49880 068632 5 5
United Kingdom 12 June 2008 Parlophone CD 5 099921 211409
LP -
Brazil 12 June 2008 EMI CD
Europe 13 June 2008 Capitol CD
Australia and New Zealand 14 June 2008 EMI CD 2169640
Worldwide

(Unless specified otherwise)

 16 June 2008 EMI CD
Canada 17 June 2008 Capitol CD 509992 26126 0 1
United States CD 50999 2 16886 0 7
LP 50999 2 16965 1 0

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