It became the band's first album not to debut at number one in the UK after being held off the top spot by Adele's 25, however it topped the chart on 12 February 2016 following exposure from the band's Super Bowl 50 appearance.Ĭoldplay began working on A Head Full of Dreams in the summer of 2014 while they were promoting their sixth album Ghost Stories. The album received generally positive reviews from critics. The album had less of the quiter, somber sound of Ghost Stories and more of the upbeat, uptempo, electropop sound of Mylo Xyloto. This is the band's thrid album in a row to experiment with electronic music. Pinckney's funeral on the track " Kaleidoscope". Coldplay have also revealed that the album features a sample of the Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace" at Clementa C. The album was produced by Rik Simpson and Stargate. For various songs on the album Coldplay collaborated with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton. It is the second album by the band in North America on Atlantic, after Coldplay were transferred from Capitol Records America in 2013. It was released on 4 December 2015 by Parlophone and Atlantic Records, with a markedly different style and sound from its predecessors. Released: JanuColdplay records chronology ← PreviousĪ Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by Coldplay.