L'album ha segnato un punto di svolta nella carriera dei Coldplay: l'album precedente, Ghost Stories, era caratterizzato da melodie malinconiche e minimaliste ed era basato sul ritorno ricorrente dei «fantasmi» dal passato, mentre la tematica dominante in A Head Full of Dreams è la rinascita dopo la caduta:[33] questo tema è riscontrabile nel ritornello del singolo Adventure of a Lifetime, che recita «You make me feel like I'm alive again»; altresì sono presenti forti sonorità pop, funk e dance, riscontrabili, seppur con minore intensità, anche nell'album Mylo Xyloto. Commercially, it topped the UK Albums Chart, and peaked at number two in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Italy where it was held off the top spot by Adele's 25. In its second week, the album fell to number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 61,000 copies. A Head Full of Dreams è il settimo album in studio del gruppo musicale britannico Coldplay, pubblicato il 4 dicembre 2015 dalla Parlophone. A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Coldplay. [33] A esso ha fatto seguito il relativo videoclip, diretto da Mat Whitecross,[35] e l'audio del brano Everglow, trasmesso in anteprima da Zane Lowe il 26 novembre attraverso il programma Beats 1 di Apple Music. Coldplay, il nuovo album 'A Head Full Of Dreams' uscirà il 4 dicembre? Tuttavia, non sono mancate critiche al gruppo,[23] accusato di snaturarsi, di cercare di spaziare in un genere musicale non di loro competenza[23] e di scrivere testi non all'altezza dei precedenti.[34]. All tracks are written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin; composed by Coldplay and Stargate. [64] On 4 March 2016, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined album sales, streaming-equivalent and track-equivalent of half-million units. In the story, birds go on a quest to seek out a phoenix--a wonderful, mystical bird that could symbolize the dreams that are going through Martin's head. ", "Schweizer Jahreshitparade Alben 2016 – hitparade.ch", "The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2016", "Alternative Albums: 2016 Year-End Charts", "Top Digital Albums: 2016 Year-End Charts", "Top Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2016", "2016 Year End Charts - Top Billboard Rock Albums", "Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venduti e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2017", "Najlepiej sprzedającym się albumem ubiegłego roku była płyta rapera Quebonafide "Egzotyka, "2017 Year End Charts - Top Billboard Rock Albums", "The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade", "CONGRATS!! 1, Coldplay Debuts at No. "[52], Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 3.5/5 stars and acknowledged that "[the] message [that there's a big, bright, beautiful world just waiting to be discovered if you just open your heart and live a little] is unabashedly corny", but ultimately concluded that "under the stewardship of Chris Martin, Coldplay cheerfully embrace the cheese, ratcheting up both the sparkle and the sentiment so the album feels genuine in its embrace of eternal middle-aged clichés. On 7 October 2016, the band announced eighteen more shows in North America beginning in Aug 2017 and finishing in October. The first single to promote the album, "Adventure of a Lifetime", was released on 6 November 2015. When a band's good enough that it can make people want to dance while also making them think, you know you've got something special.