Adventure of a Lifetime - Coldplay

Adventure Through Similar Joys

Returning again for another album, Coldplay puts out A Head Full of Dreams, and this is one of their flagship songs (for now). Coldplay delves back to the sounds of albums Viva La Vida and even more Mylo Xyloto for this song and the other pieces of A Head Full of Dreams. This song has a great sound and is light and playful guitars with a simple drum set are the quiet and subtle base for the song. The song really builds though in its various sampling sounds/voices, chimes, calls, claps and bouncy bass line. Chris Martin sings like he always does, which is a welcome thing, but it takes no real leaps in growth on his part. With that said the song is a fun listen, but it is not really revolutionary at all, and even falls a little to current pop/alternative/rock tropes and patterns. With no real risk, the reward isn’t strong. Adventure of a Lifetime, however, does do those tropes a lot better than other people and succeed where others sound like vague repeats. Just like a lot of Coldplay hits, it will sound amazing for the next couple of months and last a year, but isn’t revolutionary like the songs Viva la Vida, The Scientist, and Clocks. The sounds and format of the song may draw a little much from past victories of the band (that’s not really a bad thing), but this song is still far better than 85% of what is on the radio, so enjoy it, I do.

Originality:6
Instruments:7

Vocals:8

Longevity:6

Red Score:6.75