Beats, Grimes and basslines: Ed Power's top 10 albums of 2015
No — what was significant was that Martin had chosen to express his life after Gwynnie through the medium of uptempo pop. With production from Rihanna collaborators Stargate and a palette that had more in common with Katy Perry than The Clash, A Head Full Of Dreams seemed to ring a gentle death knell. When not even Coldplay can bother to sound anthemic and heartfelt, you know rock is in a dark place.
However, what of Adele, perhaps the last remaining artist on the planet capable of cajoling the public into paying for music? With over six million copies of her third album, 25, sold in just over a month, there’s no arguing with her box office.
