- alternative rock, pop rock, rock, acoustic
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- Parlophone
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, often referred to as simply Viva la Vida, is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Coldplay, released on 12 June 2008 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom. "Viva la vida" is a Spanish phrase, translated to English as "long live life" or simply "live life". Lyrically, the album contains references to love, life, death and war.
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 72/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Life in Technicolor2:29
- 2Cemeteries of London3:21
- 3Lost!3:56
- 4423:57
- 5Lovers in Japan6:51
- 6Yes7:07
- 7Viva la Vida4:02
- 8Violet Hill3:43
- 9Strawberry Swing4:10
- 10Death and All His Friends6:19
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Coldplay
- Label
- Parlophone
- Released
- May 26, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CW
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