• Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Oct 15, 2021
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 221 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 62 out of 221
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  1. Oct 16, 2021
    0
    I like it but sounds flopped, so, idk why this group always gets bad score haja
  2. Oct 15, 2021
    0
    This is exactly what I thought they would drop after AHFOD and that's not a good thing at all
  3. Oct 30, 2021
    0
    The legacy of Lady Gaga's Chromatica has lead some bizarre (boring) stuff right here.
  4. Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Not very good imo, too poppy, to bad lyrics, boooooooooooo you turned sucky
  5. Oct 15, 2021
    0
    For fear of being forgotten, coldplay decided to go all out for 1, even if it means releasing empty songs with generic beats. Extremely confusing concept and participations that only serves one purpose, getting #1. To think that the same band has released 4 albums and 2 wonderful Eps in the past, would end up in decline.
  6. Oct 15, 2021
    0
    im a big coldplay fan from the begining and unfortunately i have to say that this album is more than a piece of **** ... what happend to coldplay . this album is not even a good pop album man... if you dont wanna do rock album its ok an least release good pop album!!!!!!!!!!!!
  7. Oct 16, 2021
    0
    What happened to Coldplay?!?! Awful synth pop at its absolute worst. Avoid!!
  8. Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This cold, dead, sell-out, shell of an album, makes me happy i don't have a son that i can take my anger out on.
  9. Oct 18, 2022
    0
    Embarrassingly bad. Pop tunes with the exception of coloratura. To the dismay of their pears and fans they still sold out.
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Oct 29, 2021
    30
    It’s a concept album that fundamentally refuses to engage with its own premise. Instead, the band doubles down on lyrical clichés about love and arena-friendly electropop. ... Frontman Chris Martin was never known as a brilliant songwriter, but his lyrics were never this vapid either.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 21, 2021
    60
    Despite Chris Martin's underdeveloped lyrics – "Be an anthem for your times" at least explains his motivation – there's something reassuring in their ham-fisted urge to bring people together. ... Glam-stomper "People Of The Pride" or well-meaning power ballad "Let Somebody Go," and instrumentals harking back to earlier Eno adventures offer pleasant reprieves. [Dec 2021, p.25]
  3. Oct 20, 2021
    40
    The significant flaw of Music of the Spheres is that it spends a lot of effort telling us that humans have this capacity for love and goodness, sometimes in overly saccharine terms, without getting us to feel it.