A year and a half later, the frown has been turned upside down. A Head Full of Dreams, produced by Norwegian hitmakers Stargate, might be Coldplay’s brightest album ever – an eagle’s-wings ...

The band’s latest album, “A Head Full of Dreams,” which was released Dec. 4, is a further demonstration of its adaptability, this time to a more pop-music sound. The album is a “poptimistic” rebound ...

stretched out in his bed with a pen and paper and a head full of swirling dreams.

But on the band’s seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, the band’s relentless campaign to raise our spirits is liable to induce altitude sickness. Even when A Head Full of Dreams hints at ...