Kaleidoscope EP

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Kaleidoscope EP
EP fromColdplay Logo.svg

Publication
(s)

July 14, 2017

Label (s) Parlophone , Atlantic

Genre (s)

Alternative rock

Title (number)

5

running time

24:57

occupation
  • Jonny Buckland - guitar
  • Guy Berryman - bass , keyboards

production

Rik Simpson, Bill Rahko, Markus Dravs, Brian Eno , Daniel Green, Martin Terefe

Studio (s)

Woodshed ( Malibu , California ) •  AIR Studios ( London , England ) • Studios 301 (London, England)

chronology
Live from Spotify London
(2016) 		Kaleidoscope EP Global Citizen - EP1
(2018)
Single releases
22nd February 2017 Something Just Like This
July 14, 2017 Miracles (Someone Special)

Kaleidoscope EP is the thirteenth EP of the British pop-rock - band Coldplay . It was released digitally on July 14, 2017.

background

On November 21, 2016, Chris Martin reported on the official Twitter account that the band was working on new songs.

The EP was originally supposed to be released on June 2nd, but that was delayed until June 30th, which the band announced beforehand. There was then another delay until July 14th. It was the group's 13th EP.

In terms of content, it was based on the last studio album A Head Full of Dreams . There was an Interlude Kaleidoscope called. Two features are represented on the EP: Something Just Lke This , which was created together with The Chainsmokers and is included on the EP as a live version, and Miracles (Someone Special) with Big Sean . Aliens, on the other hand, marked a collaboration with Brian Eno , who produced the song.

Track list

  1. All I Can Think About Is You (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) - 4:34
  2. Miracles (Someone Special) (with Big Sean ) (Berryman, Buckland, Champion, Martin, Sean Anderson) - 4:36
  3. Aliens (Berryman, Buckland, Champion, Martin, Brian Eno ) - 4:42
  4. Something Just Like This (with The Chainsmokers ) (Andrew Taggart, Berryman, Buckland, Champion, Martin) - 4:54
  5. Hypnotized (Berryman, Buckland, Champion, Martin) - 6:31

Music genre

Stylistically, the EP moves in different ways with all five songs. So of course the live version of Something Just Like This is an EDM track like the original , while All I Can Think About Is You is somewhere between Shoegaze and Radiohead . Miracles (Someone Special), on the other hand, can be assigned to pop music and contains rap passages by Big Sean, while the collaboration with Brian Eno is reminiscent of older songs and remains the only explicitly political statement of the EP.

Reception and awards

The EP was nominated for Best Singing Album - Pop at the 2018 Grammy Awards, while the single Something Just Like This was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo / Group .

Sven Kabelitz from Laut.de wasn't very convinced of the EP. He saw the EP as the sad climax of a steady downward spiral, a "level limbo", the once hopeful band Coldplay, which has been setting a new record for years. In the end, the EP leaves you "truly overwhelmed."

Alina saw it more positively on minute music, which came to the conclusion: “ (...) Kaleidoscope will probably be a nice addition to the last studio album for all Coldplay fans and casual listeners, which is after all two years old. Maybe Coldplay will sweeten the waiting time for the next album for one or the other. "

In the New Musical Express , Mark Beaumont hoped that Coldplay would have abandoned their Avicii phase with Kaleidoscope and would now try again to pick up on their 2000 beginnings. The music express saw it the same way.

Even the Rolling Stone rated the EP rather positive, the only drawback would be the live song with The Chainsmokers.

Jan Ulrich Wenke wrote in the Stuttgarter Zeitung : "As expected, everything is produced squeaky clean, everything of course of the corresponding basic quality - and yet you just can't put aside the thought that there was no compelling artistic necessity for this mini album release by Coldplay."

Chart placements

album

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2017 Kaleidoscope DE9 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (11 weeks)
CH 		- US15 (14 weeks)
US
First published: July 14, 2017

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2017 Something Just Like This
Kaleidoscope 		DE4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(52 weeks)DE 		AT2
platinum
platinum

(44 weeks)AT 		CH3
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(58 weeks)CH 		UK2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(45 weeks)UK 		US3
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(39 weeks)US
First published: February 22nd, 2017
Sales: + 21,500,000; with The Chainsmokers
Hypnotized
Kaleidoscope 		- - CH45 (1 week)
CH 		UK70 (1 week)
UK 		-
Promotion release: March 3rd, 2017
Miracles (Someone Special)
Kaleidoscope 		- - CH45 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK54 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 14, 2017
with Big Sean

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hear 'All I Can Think About You' + Kaleidoscope EP release details. In: Coldplay website. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Coldplay to release new EP in 2017. Billboard , November 21, 2016, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Coldplay: The EP "Kaleidoscope" comes out on July 14th, here is the lyric video for "All I Think About Is You". June 16, 2017, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Jon Dolan, Jon Dolan: Review: Coldplay Continue Mood of Tranquil Satisfaction on Latest EP. In: Rolling Stone. July 26, 2017, Retrieved May 28, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ a b c Mark Beaumont: Coldplay - 'Kaleidoscope EP' Review - NME. In: NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. July 12, 2017, accessed May 28, 2020 (UK English).
  6. ↑ Coldplay - Kaleidoscope EP. In: HeavyPop.at. July 21, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ Harriet Gibsone: Coldplay: Kaleidoscope review - latest EP piles on euphoria, oiled with tacky charm . In: The Guardian . August 3, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed May 28, 2020]).
  8. ↑ Daniel Kreps: Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars Lead 2018 Grammy Nominees. Rolling Stone , November 28, 2017, accessed November 28, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Sven Kabelitz: laut.de review: Confetti Pop for the Beer King. Laut.de , accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Coldplay - Kaleidoscope. In: minute music. August 8, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2020 (German).
  11. ^ Rescue of honor: Coldplay are doing themselves a favor with "All I Can Think About Is You". June 16, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2020 (German).
  12. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: The new Coldplay mini album: "Kaleidoscope" provides a little break from the broadcast break. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  14. ↑ Sales of Something Just Like This