Coldplay – Miracles

“Wouldn’t mind a bit more on the vocal.”

Tom: I swear that every Coldplay single is also from a film soundtrack these days.

Tom: But then, when you’ve got a sound that can be summed up in the word “anthemic”… I guess that makes sense.

Tim: Yes, and in particular it’s anthemic in a way that’s considerably stronger in the instrumental sections.

Tom: The intro’s beautiful — in fact pretty much all the instrumentation is, particularly that build towards the chorus. The vocals, though? They don’t really add all that much.

Tim: No – I was very impressed by the introduction, as you were, but the vocal came in and not a lot happened then until we were done with the chorus.

Tom: This is a soundtrack for a film, and I’m not sure that actually makes it a good single. It deserves to roll over the ending credits of a movie: I’m just not sure it belongs in the charts.

Tim: I don’t know – the strong instrumental bits are very strong indeed, and that closing section is wonderful. Just…yeah, wouldn’t mind a bit more on the vocal.