Coldplay Drafts Eno To Produce Fourth Album

January 26, 2007, 6:05 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Coldplay has drafted Brian Eno to produce its fourth album, Eno revealed today (Jan. 26) in an interview on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row." A Coldplay spokesperson was unavailable for comment at deadline.

Eno didn't discuss the pairing in detail, but said he expected the as-yet-untitled album "will be very original and very different from what they've done before." He also joked with host Kristy Lang about the pervasiveness of rock music that resembles former Eno client the Talking Heads.

"Funnily enough, I mentioned to David Byrne the other day that we are trying very hard to stay clear of Talking Heads," he said. Eno's most recent pop production project was Paul Simon's "Surprise," released last year via Warner Bros.

As previously reported, Coldplay will debut new material during a run of dates in Latin America, beginning with a Feb. 14-16 stand in Santiago, Chile. Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin also appears on "Homecoming, the intended first single from Kanye West's next album, "Graduation."

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Coldplay Names Eight Songs Pegged For New Album
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September 10, 2007, 11:00 AM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Coldplay has named eight songs in contention for its fourth album, due sometime next year. According to a post on the band's Web site, the tracks are "Lost," "Cemeteries of London," "Violet Hill," "Poppy Fields," "42," "Yes!," "Leftrightleftrightleft" and "Rainy Day."

"Expect a short, concise record with no fat and at least two top-division songs released independently," the post says, adding, "We're still a few months from finishing but already the arguments about track listing have begun."

The band previously said the as-yet-untitled new album is "infused" with "the sights, sounds and flavors of Latin America and Spain." It is being recorded in Barcelona and was inspired by Coldplay's visits to South America earlier this year.

"The music and lyrics have begun to reflect the strengthening Hispanic theme," the band told fans. However, don't expect any exotic instrumentation to get in the way of Coldplay's signature power ballads: "No maracas or castanets, but a vibrancy and colorfulness that owes much to the atmosphere of Buenos Aires and Barcelona."
 
As previously reported, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin guests on Kanye West's new album, "Graduation," due tomorrow (Sept. 11) via Def Jam.

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