一年前の夏から「CLOCKS」のイントロのピアノが頭に焼き付いて離れない。 You areと連呼するサビも一見安直に聞こえるがものすごく胸にぐっとくるものがある。 この曲を聴くと夏の夜を思い出さずにはいられないのです。 ビデオクリップも曲が醸し出す世界観を上手に表現していて良い。 さらには名曲「IN MY PLACE」と「YELLOW」のライブバージョンも。 これは反則です。
CD singles with non album tracks are often a disappointment - you're getting the bits that didn't make the cut. On this occasion, however, you're left wondering why these tracks were hidden away as B sides. In particular, Crests of Waves deserves to be heard much more widely: it might well have made a single in its own right. Animals is regular Coldplay fare but both the vocal and the arrangement are well worth a listen. If you seek out the Japanese edition, there's a further studio track - Murder - and two live cuts followed by two videos. Value indeed!
Huge fan of Clocks, and the B-sides are pretty good too! (I'd say I prefer Animals to Crests of Waves) If you're a fan of A Rush Of Blood To The Head, you'll enjoy all the B-sides the album has to offer.