Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

Track Listing:

1. Life in Technicolor
2. Cemeteries of London
3. Lost!
4. 42
5. Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love
6. Yes (includes hidden song “Chinese Sleep Chant”)
7. Viva la Vida
8. Violet Hill
9. Strawberry Swing
10. Death and All His Friends (includes hidden song “The Escapist”)

Bonus Tracks:

11. Lost? (Japan and iTunes)
12. Lovers in Japan Acoustic Version (iTunes pre-order)
13. Death Will Never Conquer (Japanese version of Prospekt’s March edition)

Did you know… Viva la Vida is the most paid-for downloaded album with over 702,000 downloads. It also won the Best Rock Album award at the 2009 Grammys.

It’s an album meant to appeal to the masses and it definitely succeeded. However, some might say it’s too formulaic.

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