Ghost Stories Tracklist
Inspired by lead singer Chris Martin’s troubled relationship with then-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, Ghost Stories is an enigmatic, somber reflection on hope and loss, produced by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The band’s third concept album after X&Y and Mylo Xyloto, it follows a narrative centered around a dramatic breakup painted through a mostly ambient soundscape and often depressing lyricism culminating in an upbeat and celebratory finale.
“Ghost Stories” Q&A
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What has the band said about the album?
According to Songfacts, Chris Martin explained to BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe:
The idea of Ghost Stories, for me, was ‘how do you let the things that happen to you in the past – your ghosts – how do you let them affect your present and your future?’ Because there was a time when I was feeling like they were going to drag me down and ruin my life, and the lives of those around me. I was very lucky to meet a very good sufi teacher who started to introduce the idea of ‘if you sit with your experiences and the things you’ve been through, they alchemize. At the time he said that, I didn’t really know what that meant, but I trusted that it would work, and the more that I was learning about that, the more music just started flowing through.
