''Kaleidoscope EP'' is the thirteenth extended play by British

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. It was released worldwide on 14 July 2017 and serves as a companion piece to Coldplay's seventh studio album, ''

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'' (2015). The EP was nominated for the

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Background

On 21 November 2016,

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announced the EP title on the band's official

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account, it is the same as an interlude track from ''

'' (2015). The release was originally due to 2 June, but it was delayed to 30 June and then 14 July without any previous announcement from the band.

Singles

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collaborated on the first single "

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", which was released on 22 February 2017. For the EP, a previously unreleased version, titled "Tokyo Remix" was recorded live in

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in April and released on June 23. The full extended play was released on the same day as the second single "

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" on 14 July 2017.

Promotional singles

On 22 February 2017,

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prematurely posted a banner ad at the top of the site’s home page featuring the graphic of "

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" with a Listen Now button. The track listing of the album and " Hypnotised" were released on 2 March 2017. "

All I Can Think About Is You "All I Can Think About Is You" is a song by British rock band Coldplay from ''Kaleidoscope EP'' (2017). It was released ahead of the extended play on 15 June 2017, following " Hypnotised" and preceding "Aliens". The track was composed by all four ...

" was released on 15 June 2017 as the second excerpt from the EP with an accompanying lyric video, which was directed by I Saw John First. On 7 July 2017, after the band's performance in Global Citizen Festival Germany, "

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" (stylised as "A L I E N S") was released as a charity single. The animated lyric video was directed by

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and Ben Jones and came out on the same day. All profits earned from it were donated to

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Critical reception

Upon release, ''Kaleidoscope'' received mixed to positive reaction from critics. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 63 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Reviewing for

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comments "Coldplay haven’t entirely been sucked into the machinery while trying to subvert pop music from within", giving the EP three and a half stars. Harriet Gibson of ''

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'' gave the EP three stars, writing "This EP is nothing but on-brand, however; euphoric emotion, an earnest, universal message and a coating of tacky charm". Mark Beaumont of the ''

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'' wrote "Coldplay don’t just churn out anthems. On their surprise-filled new EP, they test the waters and see what floats", and gave the EP four stars. ''

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'''s Jamieson Fox gave the EP 5.8 out of 10, writing "Kaleidoscope isn’t going to kickstart Coldplay’s critical reappraisal, nor does it deserve to. But it rewards those of us who’ve stuck around with a few songs that capture the band at its best". Writing for ''

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'', Mike Schiller comments "There’s no story to be told, just a small collection of tunes, some of which work beautifully, some of which fall utterly flat", giving the EP five stars out of ten, and Jon Dolan, reviewing for ''

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'' wrote "Titled after a soothing interlude from the band's 2015 LP, A Head Full of Dreams, this five-song EP continues that album's mood of tranquil satisfaction" giving it three and a half stars.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Coldplay (

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, and

) except where noted. Notes * "Hypnotised" is 6:31 long on digital releases, but 5:55 on CD and vinyl, same as the promotional single version. *"Miracles (Someone Special)" features

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. *"Something Just Like This" (Tokyo Remix) features

Personnel

;Coldplay *

–

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, keyboard,

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on "Miracles (Someone Special)", "Aliens" and "Hypnotised" *

– guitars *

–

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, keyboards *

–

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, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *

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(on "Miracles (Someone Special)") *

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- additional guitar, and vocals (on "Aliens") *

- additional

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(on "Something Just Like This")

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes : B. As per UK Official Chart Rules the EP was not qualified to chart on the UK Albums Chart.

Certifications

References

External links

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"All I Can Think About Is You" Official lyric video
on

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