Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsLife in Technicolor redirects here. For the single released from Prospekts March, see Life in Technicolor II. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, often referred to as simply Viva la Vida, is the fourth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 1. June 2. 00. 8 on Parlophone. The album was named after a Spanish phrase that translates in English as Live the life, although it can also be taken as Long live life. Lyrically, the album contains references to love, life, death, and war. GoodMusic. CCColdplay Viva La Vida. ColdplayViva La Vida. Coldplay Viva la Vida. Viva la vida Viva La Vida Darin. M, 20131108 191522, 1. T. The official Coldplay website. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends June 12, 2008. Death And All His Friends. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 2. April 2. 00. 8 and featured production by Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson, Markus Dravs, and Brian Eno. The album was their first to be produced by Eno, and also their first album to not be produced by long time Coldplay producer, Ken Nelson. The band forced themselves to explore experimental styles, as Eno required every song on the album to sound different, and expanded their musical interests while recording Viva la Vida. The band wanted to make the album shorter than 4. Despite this, the album is longer than the length they intended. Development of the album delayed the release date several times. Download ColdplayVivaLaVida for free Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. ColdplayViva La Vida. Coldplay Viva La Vida Mp3 Album. Cold Play Viva La Vida. Cold Play Viva La Vida. Kbps 321mp3EPLife in Technicolor II127mp3EP Prospekts March. Official site with news, journal, oracle, videos, ezine and exclusive content. Coldplay viva la vida. MBcoldplay viva la vida. Here you can download viva la vida album zip shared files Coldplay. 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November 2. 00. 8 in a deluxe edition containing the original album and the Prospekts March. EP. BackgroundeditIn October 2. Guy Berryman welcomed his first daughter, which makes him the third Coldplay member to have a child, reports circulated that the band were taking a five year hiatus. The new baby, and the fact that Coldplay had no touring or recording schedule at the time, had fans wondering if the bands new album would not be released until 2. Dispelling such reports, Ambrosia Healy, spokesperson to Capitol Records, sent an e mail message to MTV that there was no self imposed hiatus. However, Healy clarified that Coldplay was indeed enjoying a much deserved break, and there was no timetable for the follow up to the bands third studio album, X Y. Work on the album began in November 2. Latin America Tour in March 2. Recordingedit. Coldplay used French revolutionary costumes during their Viva La Vida Tour as a reference to the albums revolutionary themes. Ambient musician and English record producer Brian Eno produced the album. Coldplay moved to The Bakery, after finishing up their Latin American Tour, building a studio there. The songs written during their time at the studio are lyrically much more abstract, much more visual than before, and musically less straight forward, more oblique. Additionally, Martin wanted to make a vocal transition from his trademark falsetto to a lower register. This is explored in Yes, where the main characteristic of the Velvet Underground inspired song is the lowest vocals Chris Martin ever recorded this was suggested by the producer Brian Eno, to make every single song sound different. The bands drummer Will Champion said in an interview for MTV One of the main things we tried to focus on with this record is changing vocal identities, because Chris has a very recognizable voice. Coldplay sparked an interest at Hispanic influences after having recorded in churches and in Spanish speaking countries such as in Mexico in North America and Spain in Europe,1. Barcelona. 1. 1 However, it was stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole. On their website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars and basic recording equipment to churches and experimenting with particular sounds. Throughout the recording of the album, Coldplay communicated to fans through their website. Famous Old Painters and Glass of Water were written in late 2. Prospekts Marchextended play track listing instead. Company Of Heroes Activation. The album was delayed further, but a December 2. The article was signed Prospekt, strengthening rumours that this would be the albums title. While the band completed two more songs Lovers in Japan and Strawberry Swing, they denied that the album was called Prospekt. Martin revealed he had been reading many Charles Dickens novels during the recording process which may have contributed to the strong visual imagery on such tracks as Violet Hill and Cemeteries of London. In an interview for the Latin American TV channel Boomerang in 2. Chris said that a big inspiration for the record was the book Les Misrables, which can be noted by the French revolution themes on Viva La Vida for example. When asked about why Lovers in Japan had an additional track, bassist Guy Berryman explained that the band couldnt make up their minds, because they had discussed that they did not want an extra song on the album, and instead they wanted to keep the album concise with a total of ten tracks and an intended length of under 4. Champion followed with, We just preferred to have less titles and more stuff. The album as a whole has got the most on it, but its the shortest. We wanted to make it almost impossible for you to not listen to it all in one go. In addition, vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the band had always wanted a song title which was two in one. He added that the reason for having two titles in the track listing of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was due to American singer songwriter Justin Timberlake doing it for his last album, Future. SexLove. Sounds 2. The violinist Davide Rossi contributed with Coldplay to record strings on his acoustic and electric violin the latter being capable to reach notes as low as the upright bass, thus recreating a full orchestra throughout the album. His strings are featured in six songs Viva la Vida the song in which his strings are the most used, Violet Hill, Life In Technicolor, 4. Yes and Strawberry Swing. Some of the songs they recorded with Rossi didnt make the cut for the album but were released in the Prospekt March EP. Those songs were Life in Technicolor ii, Rainy Day and Prospekt March. On 1. July 2. 00. 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