History Music / GhostStoriesAlbum

* TextlessAlbumCover: There's no text on the album cover, just bird wings. This helps hammer in the darker and more melancholy feel of the songs.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The video for "Midnight", which uses both negative and thermal infrared imagery, is entirely in black-and-white (aside from some SplashOfColor-esque effects) except for the final shot.

* LonelyPianoPiece: "Fly On".

* MagiciansAreWizards: Invoked in "Magic."

* TextlessAlbumCover

In [[NewSoundAlbum another wholesale shift in sound for the band]], the introspective lyrics are accompanied by [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} soundscapes. The genres explored by the album range between full-on ambient music ("Midnight", "Oceans", "O"), alternative pop ("Magic", "Ink", "True Love"), and TripHop[=/=]downtempo ("Always in My Head", "Another's Arms"), making for a subdued, atmospheric listening experience. However, the album also builds to an emotional climax of sorts through an [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]] song co-produced by Music/{{Avicii}} ("A Sky Full of Stars"). It was reported that in working on the album, the band sought to return to a stripped-down acoustic sound following the electronic maximalism of their previous album, 2012's ''Music/MyloXyloto''.

->''So much that it hurts''

It is a ConceptAlbum from the perspective of a man undergoing the sudden end of a relationship, with the tracks representing his full reflection on the matter before coming to acceptance and moving on. This premise was [[CreatorBreakdown partially inspired]] by vocalist Chris Martin's breakup with Creator/GwynethPaltrow; among the main subjects of the album, Martin cited one's capacity for unconditional love and how one lets the events of their past (which he described as "ghosts") affect their present and future as major themes.

In [[NewSoundAlbum another wholesale shift in sound for the band]], the lyrics are accompanied by [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} soundscapes that are used to complement Martin's introspective lyrics. The genres explored by the album range between full-on ambient music ("Midnight", "Oceans", "O"), alternative pop ("Magic", "Ink", "True Love"), and TripHop[=/=]downtempo ("Always in My Head", "Another's Arms"), making for a subdued, atmospheric listening experience. However, the album also builds to an emotional climax of sorts through an [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]] song co-produced by Music/{{Avicii}} ("A Sky Full of Stars"). It was reported that in working on the album, the band sought to return to a stripped-down acoustic sound following the electronic-influenced maximalism of their previous album, 2012's ''Music/MyloXyloto''.

[[caption-width-right:500:''In the darkness before the dawn''\\
''Leave a light, a light on'']]

In [[NewSoundAlbum another wholesale shift in sound for the band]], the lyrics are accompanied by [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} soundscapes that are used to complement Martin's introspective lyrics. The genres explored by the album range between full-on ambient music ("Midnight", "O"), alternative pop ("Magic", "Ink", "True Love"), and TripHop[=/=]downtempo ("Another's Arms"), largely making for a subdued, atmospheric listening experience. However, the album also builds to an emotional climax of sorts through an [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]] song co-produced by Music/{{Avicii}} ("A Sky Full of Stars"). It was reported that in beginning work on the album, the band sought to return to a stripped-down acoustic sound following the electronic-influenced maximalism of their previous album, 2012's ''Music/MyloXyloto''.

It's a ConceptAlbum about a man's sudden end of a relationship and his full reflection of it before accepting that it is end. It is partially inspired by Chris Martin's break up with Creator/GwynethPaltrow. The lyrics are accompanied by [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} soundscapes that are used to complement Chris' introspective lyrics on the album.

The album spawned the hit "A Sky Full of Stars", which is brighter than the songs featured on it and it features Music/{{Avicii}} as a co-producer.

The album's concept is a reflection of a man's sudden end of a relationship and his full reflection of it before accepting that it is end. It is partially inspired by Chris Martin's break up with Creator/GwynethPaltrow. The lyrics are accompanied by [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} soundscapes that are used to complement Chris' introspective lyrics on the album.

The album spawned the hit "A Sky Full of Stars", which is brighter than the songs featured on the album and it features Music/{{Avicii}} as a co-producer.

The album spawned the hit "A Sky Full of Stars", which is more happier than the songs featured on the album and it features Music/{{Avicii}} as a co-producer.

* {{Sampling}}: Similarly, a sample of Jon Hopkins' "Amphora" is used prominently in "Midnight".

->"''All I know''"
->"''Is that I love you so''"
->"''So much that it hurts''"

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially compared to ''Mylo Xyloto'' before it and ''A Head Full of Dreams'' after, with the album tackling Chris Martin's break up head on, with a much more moody and introspective sound and having a BittersweetEnding in comparison to ''Mylo Xyloto''[='=]s HappyEnding.

# "O" (7:47)[[note]]The main track is "Fly On", with O playing afterwards.[[/note]]

# "O" (7:47)[[note]]The main track is "Fly On", with O playing afterwards.[[//note]]

# "O" ("Fly On") (7:47)

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially compared to ''Mylo Xyloto'' before it and ''A Head Full of Dreams'' after, with the album tackling Chris Martin's break up head on, with a much more moodier and introspective sound and having a BittersweetEnding in comparison to ''Mylo Xyloto''[='=]s HappyEnding.

The album's concept is a reflection of a man's sudden end of a relationship and his full reflection of it before accepting that it is end. It is partially inspired by Chris Martin's break up with Creator/GwynethPaltrow. The lyrics are accompained by an [[ElectronicMusic electronic]] and {{ambient}} sound, which are used to convey and reflect the Chris' introspective lyrics on the album.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially compared to ''Mylo Xyloto'' before it and ''A Head Full of Dreams'' after, with the album tackling Chris Martin's break up and having a BittersweetEnding in comparison to ''Mylo Xyloto''[='=]s HappyEnding.

[[caption-width-right:500:"''In the darkness before the dawn''" / "''Leave a light, a light on''"]]