I made a mistake on my last blog entry when I said, “I think you know where I will be Tuesday morning”. I was of course referring to the day that I thought Coldplay’s album was actually meant to come out. My mistake was that I had assumed that May 19th was a Tuesday. I made this assumption because it use to be that new music always came out on Tuesdays along with many other types of media. These days with downloading music instantly in so many fast and easy ways there is no need to make releasing something on a specific day of the week. That is just another example of how old I am because my mind is stuck in the old ways.
I have mentioned already that I wanted to try to stay away from picking the same artist on back to back weeks here on my blog, but I’m sorry Coldplay’s album hit me too hard to not say anything. The difference for me this week is I’m not picking a specific track from the album instead I’m picking the album as a whole. That is right I said it. In life there are very few albums that come along an impact you from the very first song on the CD to the very last song on the album. This album Ghost stories is one of those albums.
Before I went on my Monday run that I do every week I made sure to add this album to my phones playlist. See one of the things that I always do with new albums is I have to listen to it one time through uninterrupted. What better way to do this than when I’m running up a hill in the sunshine. That is exactly what I did and boy was it amazing.
*breath in through the nose and then exhale out through the mouth*
I feel like this album is already a piece of my soul. More than that I think that this album is a tool the will help me to expanding my soul even further. Putting this album on and hearing it for the first time was like dropping in a puzzle piece that fit right into my soul.
*one stride with the right leg and then one stride with the left leg*
The music gave me a lift and a new perspective on many things. On my run it had me smiling so much more and looking at things much differently than I had before. Even the things that I have seen many times before on the path that I run on seemed so different to me. The trees were greener and brighter than before. The clouds look so much more magnificent than they ever had to me. I felt lighter and freer than I have ever felt in my entire life. Each step forward on my run seemed easier and easier. At times I felt as though at any minute I could lift off the ground and leave the planet. Sounds crazy I’m sure and really it’s hard to put what happened into words.
*breath in through the nose and then exhale out through the mouth*
I didn’t manage to leave the planet though, but the impact of even the first play through of this album Ghost Stories was amazing. Sonically this album for me was an eargasm. The sound is so large and powerful on my different levels. Coldplay has never let me down on this part of their music. Whether you like it or not for us sound snobs this album is amazing.
*one stride with the right leg and then one stride with the left leg*
So, the only gripe I have with the album is that it is too short, but at the same time it’s just the right length. Part of me wonders and thinks that they have purposely held back half of the music they made lately to release the other half later this year. Similar to what Justin Timberlake did with his last two albums. I say this because for me I feel this album only tells half of the story. I might be wrong and maybe their next album down the line will be the next chapter in the story. Regardless I’m enjoying this body of work from them immensely.
*breath in through the nose and then exhale out through the mouth*
*one stride with the right leg and then one stride with the left leg*
As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-lite. = )
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