Coldplay

Artist:  Coldplay
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Britpop

Original line-up:

Chris Martin: Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards
Jonny Buckland:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica
Guy Berryman:  Bass, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion
Will Champion:  Drums, Backing Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar

Coldplay are a British Alternative Rock Band from London, formed in 1996 by Chris Martin (Lead Vocals), Jonny Buckland (Guitar), Guy Berryman (Bass) and Will Champion (Drums).  The band have won a number of Music Awards, including eight Brit Awards-Winning Best British Group three times, five MTV Video Music Awards and seven Grammy Awards from 25 nominations.  Coldplay have sold more than 80 million records worldwide.  In 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the fourth-Best Artist of the 2000s.

Title:  A Head Full Of Dreams  (2015)
Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Britpop
Label:  Parlophone, Atlantic
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  A Head Full Of Dreams  (3:44)
 2.  Birds  (3:49) 
 3.  Hymn For The Weekend  (4:19)
 4.  Everglow  (4:43)
 5.  Adventure Of A Lifetime  (4:24)
 6.  Fun  (4:28)
 7.  Kaleidoscope  (1:52)
 8.  Army Of One  (6:17)
 9.  Amazing Day  (4:31)
10. Colour Spectrum  (1:00)
11. Up & Up  (6:45)

Personnel:

Chris Martin:  Lead Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar
Guy Berryman:  Bass
Johnny Buckland:  Electric Guitar
Will Champion:  Drums, Drum Pad, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Davide Rossi:  Strings on Tracks:  2, 9
Regiment Horns:  Brass on Track 3
Beyonce:  Vocals on Tracks:  3, 11
Gwyneth Paltrow:  Vocals on Track 4
Merry Clayton:  Vocals on Tracks:  5, 11
Tove Lo:  Vocals on Track 6
Khatia Buniatishvili:  Piano on Track 7
Coleman Barks:  Narration on Track 7
Barack Obama:  Vocals on Track 7
Annabelle Wallis:  Vocals on Track 7
Noel Gallagher:  Guitar on Track 11
Moses Martin:  Tambourine on Track 11
Rik Simpson:  Vocals, Additional Instruments
Mikkel S. Erisen:  Additional Instruments
Tor Erik Hermansen:  Additional Instruments

A Head Full Of Dreams is the seventh studio album by Coldplay, was released on December 4, 2015  by Parlophone and Atlantic Records, featuring Beyonce, Noel Gallagher, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the U.S. President Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace" at Clementa C. Pinskney's funeral on the track "Kaleidoscope".