A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Not my cup of tea

I guess it's decent musically. Coldplay, though. "People? "People" Jeremy, are idiots. "People" voted for Hitler and listen to Coldplay."

I was honestly expecting this to also be a dud considering how Coldplay's singles are just ok, especially because they are very boring, but this album has more going on, at least the ones that focus on the more rockier/pop rock aspects than the piano stuff. It's not my favorite (I prefer listening to Snow Patrol or something) but it's not bad!

While i have heard a bunch of Coldplay songs before this album started of with some songs I hadn't heard before and they weren't bad by any means. But then The scientist and Clocks started playing and it became clear why some of their songs have more than 20 times as many listens on Spotify as others. Coldplay is still a great band and they have many great songs. So while I wont be listening through the entire album again I did go on a binge of their best songs according to me.

Bar the hits, this album is pretty boring. The scientist and Clocks are undeniably great, but there are only 2 other songs really worth mentioning.

Honestly better then I thought it would be

Better than I was expecting. Very listenable.

-idk what i was expecting going into this, but i think i might actually prefer this album to parachutes. the piano and drum stuff is a niiice touch -i think i actually preferred some of the deep cuts on here to the big hits. there were undoubtedly a couple boring tracks but overall, really pretty and captivating. nice -Favorites are God Put a Smile upon Your Face, Daylight, and A Whisper

Well produced and easy to listen to, but not especially compelling.

Not as bad as I thought it was gonna be, a few good tracks - the first track was rockier than I expected. Overall pretty bland.

6/10. Easy listening record with a couple of great hits (Scientist, clocks) but lots of forgettable tracks. Strong opener and title track. Idk how anyone likes In My Place. Found a lot of songs had elements and moments I enjoyed, but struggled to build to convincing hooks. Didn’t have the payoffs I was looking for, but still a perfectly fine album.

The hits on this one are actually quite good, even of they’re really overplayed and slightly boring. The deep cuts are just boring.

What can I say? It’s Coldplay. It’s fine.

Okay, but the falloff from their debut is noticeable. Still, there are a few good songs in here, the hits. ⭐⭐⭐

Not the best Coldplay album but a lot better than yesterdays

A timeless classic

Inoffensive easy listening fav track: rush of blood to the head

It was way better than I expected, few of the songs were actually really good comparing to what I expected and the rest was okay - but the album became very repetetive over some time.

1. Politik - 7.5/10 2. In My Place - 7/10 3. God Put a Smile upon Your Face - 7/10 4. The Scientist - 7/10 5. Clocks - 7.4/10 6. Daylight - 8/10 7. Green Eyes - 6.5/10 8. Warning Sign - 7.5/10 9. A Whisper - 8/10 10. A Rush of Blood to the Head - 7.8/10 11. Amsterdam - 7.5/10 7.5/10

Good

Good calm

ok randomly ive been listening to so much coldplay lately and Yellow has like been the soundtrack to my grandfather's death (no idea why) i remember begging my piano teacher to let me learn Clocks on the piano and she wouldnt let me because it wasn't royal conservatory ... anyways it was cool to listen to and i kinda wanna listen to their 2024 album ...

Clocks is awesome, but besides that it’s alright

Not a bad album, it had the typical Coldplay sound and some of the songs were even familiar. Overall, their songs are mainly just for a background listen because sometimes nothing really happens, whereas if you just leave it playing in the background, it's a nice little jam.

i mean its fine but why is everything so slowww?

Some underrated Coldplay songs. Bit slow dancey though.

Best Song: Clocks Worst Song: God Put a Smile upon Your Face

I wanted to knock this entirely but it's quite good in songwriting. A bit whiney still

Good record, liked Parachutes better.

- Ich bin absolut kein Coldplay Fan, nein die Band ist eher sogar negativ behaftet.. bin einfach kein großer Fan von seiner Stimme - trotzdem ist das Album insgesamt ganz gut und man kann es sich gut Mal anhören

Good album overall, not a huge fan of Coldplay though, but all the pieces come together and this album I felt illustrates what they do really well, with the lyrics and vocals.

In My Place; The Scientist; y Clocks; son canciones que trascendieron en la historia de Coldplay. Siendo, hasta ahora, himnos de esta banda y el pop/rock británico.

75% Best: God Put a Smile upon Your Face; The Scientist; A Whisper Must-Hear? Not quite

Hating Coldplay is a meme. They’re fine and these are some iconic bangers

Chill et coherent

I think this album is good overall. Not my favorite Coldplay album, but I think it has some of their best songs on here.

Better than I remember, but still a bit generic to my ears. I find it easily confused with a number of other artists.

Förstår varför de blev stora, men inte min typ av musik

I appreciate this album being on here because I think that it represents a time in culture. That culture happens to be minimalist, ultra safe, ultra boring bullshit. But you can't tell the story of music over the past 100 years without talking about this absolutely dreadful period of pop rock.

Big nostalgia factor with this album. Favorite Song: "Clocks"

It is a solid album, it kinda reminds me of Radiohead.

I was in high school when this came out, so the singles were everpresent. As an album I enjoyed myself! It's a bit hard to untangle the nostalgia from the real quality of this, but I ultimately think it's good!

I have never really listened to Coldplay, and if I have, they clearly did not leave an impression! Listening to this album, I feel (for a lack of a better word) - underwhelmed. I must have heard hundreds of songs that sound like these. They sound simple, but not in a way that truly hits with its simplicity! Paradoxically, I think this is exactly what the appeal is- The familiarity of it! It's something I would put on when I want to listen to music without actually wanting to engage with music. When I want to zone out sitting in a semi-crowded bus at the end of a tiring day! That being said, there are a couple of songs I would definitely return to: Politik, and The Scientist! Album rating: ⭐⭐1/2

I tried to give this an unbiased review because I have some preconceived notions about Coldplay. I will admit I enjoyed it for the first half and was considering a 4, but it just got too repetitive for me, so it lands at a 3.

always thought this album cover was Bill the Cat

"A Rush of Blood to the Head" stands out as arguably Coldplay's best album. At this point in their career, they had not fully transitioned to a full pop sound; instead, some tracks, such as "Politik," retain a certain rawness, and the album overall is full of memorable hooks and lively rhythms. The track "Clocks" is not only the highlight of the album, but is also my favourite song they ever recorded. Other solid tracks include "God Put A Smile On Your Face," "Green Eyes," and "Amsterdam." I understand the criticism directed at Coldplay given their subsequent albums have struggled to reach the quality of this one, as they moved closer toward a more manufactured pop sound. Nevertheless, this album is objectively good, brimming with vibrant musical energy. Is this music revolutionary? Certainly not. Should it be included on this list? Perhaps not. However, that does not make it a bad an album, either.

I dont get all the hype

Très bel album avec Parachutes. J'ai en revanche vraiment pas aimé tout ce qui a suivi.

Coldplay is like comfort food. Solid album.

Coldplay’s radical shift towards dance-pop is shit, but it literally highlights their two first albums. These were highly accessible yet imbued with an alternative sensibility and a dark, ethereal quality. Among others songs, “A rush of blood to the head“ ‘s fierce intensity and introspective spirit struck a deep chord with me back then. Clearly not a revolution in music, it has been overplayed and it sometimes also carries an annoying, whiny dimension, but it remains a good album that I enjoyed revisiting.

3.0 - Ok

way better than I was expecting, still not my thing

Some bangers. I see why it was such a big hit when it came out

The Scientisssssssstttttt. CLoooooccccckkkkssss. Honestly, two great songs. but I have heard them so much in my lifetime that I just don't need to hear them anymore for the rest of my life. Like why did Daylight get the shaft? Its got something more interesting sonically than either of the 2 smash hits.

I like cold play and I know this was a popular album for them but this one didn’t seem as good as some of the others.

Some of the old Coldplay still present, but the stadium rock ideals were showing. A good album, but too commercial.

This was fine. Nothing grabbed my attention except the two songs I already knew (The Scientist and Clocks). I think Coldplay is good but kind of overdone for me at this point. It doesn't really have staying power

Hard to give this an objective review with the songs being so overplayed since its release. Feel like this is so often the soundtrack of a supermarket trip. While it's bland, I also didn't mind listening to it

Coldplay get a lot of hate for being boring, and fair play they are a bit boring. This album has some decent songs, albeit the whole thing now sounds v dated. It's okay, not anything particularly special in my opinion, it's one of those albums that is very of it's time. Green Eyes is actually a really sweet song though, enjoyed hearing that again.

Shockingly good. It’s still too long, dreary and his voice is annoying throughout; but there is defo something here at least. The mixture of extreme blandness and bombast is a somewhat interesting combination, and is at its most compelling whenever the two are actively pushing against one another.

I'm excited for this one! I know that Coldplay is often thought of as being cheesy or lame arena rock music these days. But when the first two Coldplay albums came out, none of that had happened yet. I was like 14, into indie music, and liked being a music snob more than my other friends. Coldplay gave me the chance to do all three. ha. It actually brings me back to this time I was on a road trip on Vancouver Island, where I had a burned cd that sort of combined the first two albums. I listened to it on my walkman and now the memories of these songs brings me back there. Even though it was summertime, it was perfect for the sort of grey and hazy weather that was there at the time. The first few tracks are so good. No skips at all. The remaining half of the record is good, but doesn't have that same no skip quality. I really enjoyed listening to this while I read and I'm glad to have run into this album here.

3/11, 27%

Mostly just stuff to hear but not stuff to listen to. I read that Chris Martin wrote about 30 songs for the album - it's a pity that he didn't write just 10 really good ones.

AKA when a pop band is inspired by Kid A

“Ain't nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day. Fifty, bring a smile to your face. Sixty, shit…damn near barbecuing on that motherfucker. Go down to 20…get their blood complaining. But forty? Nobody give a fuck about 40.”

7/10

I won't lie, my heart sunk when I saw this one. I was expecting the worst and honestly it was a reasonably decent album with a handful of good tunes. Delightfully surprised and somewhat glad to have this one in the rearview. Highlight(s): the Scientist/Green Eyes/Warning Sign Lowlight(s): God Put a Smile Upon Your Face/A Rush of Blood to the Head

Not these guys again. Another hour of music so unremarkable that I already forgot about it an hour later.

I like it. I'd like a little more variety, which I think they do well on Viva La Vida, but this is solid work.

"The Scientist" and "Clocks" are definitely the stars of the show here. I was actually pretty underwhelmed by the rest of the album.

I was ready for some fight. To hate it or love it, to pick a side in everlasting war between good and overrated. It is fine. If you are in right mood it will fit perfectly and you can enjoy some melancholy.

hello me from 2015 3/5 sorry Coldplay

Rock para comercial de IPhone. O mais inofensivo de todos os tempos

elst frekar vel. er svona poppaðri útvarpshaus. hefur samt aldrei heillað mig. 3.

This is a beautiful, well-engineered album that didn't appeal to me personally on the first listen. I'm still going to add it to the collection. Maybe repeated listens will help me connect to the music.

This Coldplay album sounds a lot like the one before it. It’s not bad, but not particularly great either—just very middle of the road and inoffensive. It has a bit of nostalgia as a product of its time, but it’s not something I would go back to.

Nice album, always

I read they started out as ‘Samey Same and the Same Things”, then Gwenyth said “I’m cold, play that song you play so well” and they did, over and over again and again…

Not a bad album- I prefer their debut and found that they were already a bit samey by this album. A few good songs that I enjoy when they come on but can’t imagine I’ll listen to this as an entire album again.

Actually pretty good, I could listen to that some times. Coldplay deserves the Nickleback renaissance.

Coldplay is like the high you get from smoking a cigarette for the first time. It's fun in the moment, not too dangerous, you know that there are better, more interesting highs to be had, but this one was easy to achieve because you just stole one from your grandmother's purse without her knowing and the plus side is it won't last too long that your parents will find out what you did. But seriously, if Chris Martin were not Chris Paltrow, the pseudo-christian rock, overly-earnest-yet-annoying-as-fuck celebrity we know him today, and if you ignored the fact that he exploits collabs with black youth culture in order to stay relevant, imagine hearing the first half of this album at an open mic night -- it would kill. Politic, In my place, the Scientist, Clocks. Those are great pop songs. I don't care that a crescendo culminating with a single chord strum was done better by Radiohead. Fine. The Scientist still slaps. Come at me!

The first half of this album is incredibly solid, the second half doesn't quite meet the same standards and you'd be forgiven for checking out early. Sadly, a sign of things to come, I fear, for Coldplay after this.

Coldplay's second album, 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' is meticulously produced and clean with some instantly recognisable and cleverly made hit songs. 'The Scientist' or 'Clocks' are among the most played rock songs from the early 2000s and the whole decade. The problem is that I find the album instrumentally not really creative and interesting, and all the songs follow the same formula stylistically which makes it a bit dull and boring after about half of the album. They elevated their sound and progressed from their debut album - they weren't too commercial with this album either, and this album is definitely their best in their catalogue but overall it is not to my liking. I realised this band will remain a singles band to me as I don't enjoy very much their studio albums as a whole. 6/10.

Argh more boreplay.

This album was everywhere when I growing up, especially the popular songs which actually made me loathe them a bit. As an adult they are like sound to me like Radiohead but Christian. Excellent production quality to music that kind of bores me a bit. His voice sounds like he is chewing every word and whining. I don’t loathe them anymore but they still aren’t my favorite. 6/10

15/02/25

It doesn't do anything, for me. The only song that barely stuck in my head was The Scientist. Aside from that one, I didn't felt anything with this album. Just a neutral impresion overall. A 5.

The album was an easy listen with what felt like sonically simple instrumentals. I believe that is by design because the lyrics are quite deep. I think I would like this album more if I took the time to understand and relate to the content of the album.

It was okay. Not something I’ll listen to in full again, but better than yesterday’s.

I cant give this anything above a very average middle of the road rating

Never thought I'd like Coldplay, but the only song I knew for sure that I didn't like was that yellow song (not on this album). After listening to an entire album, this was really enjoyable and a relaxing listen. Wouldn't mind listening to again

A few really good songs (The Scientist, God Put a Smile on your Face, Clocks), but also a fair bit of filler. Struggled to make it to the end! Their earlier work, such as this album, is better before they fell into even more repetitive song structures and whiny, earnest lyrics. 3⭐️

3 stars

I mean, I can easily see how this spawned a couple of respectable Radio-2 playlist hits. Milquetoast with your milquetea. And there is some merit in that. What I can't get my head around is Coldplay's emergent status as U2-style biggest-band-in-the-world by default. Truly baffling.

I actually saw Coldplay on this tour, and it was excellent. Really enjoy this album, although this is where my Coldplay listening pretty much stopped. I've certainly heard some of their more recent things, but between this album and Parachutes, I'm good. Highlights are obvious: Politic, Clocks, The Scientist

loved it in my youth. now it's a tad bit too sleazy for me to fully enjoy. still, solid.

Not bad. I rather enjoyed this one this morning. I've heard it before and it didn't make any memories for me so I enjoyed the chance to give it a closer listen today.

I think this album is 2-3 songs too long.

Pretty solid, to me Coldplay has like one sound but it's a sound they do well so! Can't complain

honestly great but chris martins voice has the effect of going in one of my ears and out the other

It's fine, but nothing really grabbed my attention—good or bad.

Sorprendentemente me gustaron las canciones que no había escuchado. Me siento muy white girl escuchando Coldplay pero bien

Just fine

Radiohead but meant for the radio

Well, I wasn't an adolescent in 2002 when this album was released, so maybe I just don't get the draw. I dig the sound of Chris Martin's voice, but honestly the music feels adolescent and repetitive to me in a way that I don't love. And I'd be happy if I never heard "Clocks" again for the rest of time. This is fine, but just fine. It's more like a 2.5 than a 3, honestly, but not bad in a sense that it needs a 2.

I liked this a lot more than the other Coldplay album we've heard here, and i clearly spent a lot of time with some of these songs in the early 2000s. The back half of the album dragged like crazy.

this was so overexposed in the early aughts that it sounds like stale chips taste now. we really were starving for good pop back then. the hits are the hits and the stuff in between is hmmmmm more resilient than i expected it to be. making a willful effort to ignore how insincere everything about chris martin always seemed (to musical fucking brats who came of age in the early aughts), this is good.

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It was a pretty solid album. I would like to go back and give it a second listen to see if there are any songs that really jump out to me. On first listen it was good, just not my favorite or one that I would listen to regularly.

All logical reasoning says that I should like Coldplay. They write beautiful melodies which are well-performed and well-produced. However, I feel kind of meh. For the longest time I thought I just disliked Chris Martins voice but he proves me wrong whenever I hear him outside of Coldplay. The reason I don't like them, are because they usually lack a sense of drama. I am not talking about drama as in stage presence — I don't care for gimmicks and acting. I talk about musical moments that awaken you and force you to pay attention. This is something they have become increasingly better at. However, there are also moments here where they succeed. God Put a Smile on My face is brilliant piece of dynamic rock music that reeks of a band that dares to explore what they can do with their sound. The intro of Clocks is beautifully atmospheric. Sadly, these all drown out in the dull mediocrity of The Scientist, or the almost interesting In My Place.

I've always associated Coldplay with more or less boring pop. Now I've listened to the album. I wasn't entirely wrong in my opinion. There are a few nice tracks on the album, but it's not really thrilling. There are more interesting pop albums out there. 3/5

Ok listen

Genuinely not as bad as I thought it would be. Politik the standout track. Probably won't listen again though.

That's not my taste in music - But ok

>like it except the bridge part >rraahh >nirvana vibes >meh piano >clocks is clocks >yes brotha >chill, like it >chill but okay >cool vibee >sympathisch >yes

It’s Coldplay. Moody enough to keep my attention. Though I might never put this album on, I also wouldn’t turn it off. Green eyes is a pretty sweet song. There are also a few other songs here that I think have worked their way into ubiquity for better or worse, verylikely from grocery stores. Saw them live in the early 2000’s. That I can’t remember if it was the tour for this album is an indication of their position in my catalog.

Listenable. I don't have much else to say about this one.

Politik 3.2 In My Place 3.4 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 3 The Scientist 3.1 Clocks 3.3 Daylight 3.1 Green Eyes 3 Warning Sign 3.2 A Whisper 3.2 A Rush of Blood to the Head 3.3 Amsterdam 3 Score: 3.163636364

Fine. Atmospheric music that panders to your emotions, you'll have to try harder then that Chris.

Idk man kinda made me wanna kiss boys

I am generally not a big fan of Coldplay, and particularly dislike their music of the latest years, but I guess this album is okay. Still I found it quite boring and wondered 2 times during listening it whether it was close to ending already.

OK, not as good as I expected

Having only heard Coldplay hits before and never a whole album, this started off well but then tailed off for me and became a bit ploddy.

Some big hitters on this, Clocks & the scientist amongst others. I've always assumed that Coldplay songs were written by someone with not much to write about. And now after listening to this, from what I can can gather, this is mostly about a needy bloke who, quite rightly in my mind, is being constantly spurned by his lover/partner. And I can fully understand why! Who'd want a needy Chris Martin lallopping around you like a dejected slavering oversize puppy. But with all that said and done, I listened to this whilst on an early morning winter walk, and despite the vapid introspection and needy whining, it made for an interesting companion for on the way. And for that reason will give it 3 stars.

Not particularly unique. I like The Scientist, but overall, the album was kind of boring.

As someone whose only exposure to Coldplay are their singles, this is a really nice-sounding album indicative of the 2000s. Not really a fan of the vocal delivery and lyricism.

It was alright

I used to love this album, but this was the first time I'd listened to it in probably fifteen years besides the singles. The back half of the album was a bit of a bore until "A Rush of Blood to the Head".

Meh

Interesting themes potentially, at first the instrumentals were refreshing but after all the songs the sound is kind of repetitive. Mellow sounding

No soy nada fan de Coldplay, pero con este disco descubrí que los temas que me chocan son los súper hits. Las menos conocidas me gustaron considerablemente más.

Coldplay doing Coldplay things. Better than their debut album though. At least initially before it went a bit downhill. The Scientist is still probably the best Coldplay song.

It’s just ‘OK’ isn’t it, and dragged a bit towards the end. A couple of the singles are decent, but others are just soppy bollox crowd pleasers. More generally speaking though I just don’t understand how they’ve achieved such global status. He’s an average singer (with some questionable falsetto), and musically it’s very limited. They make U2 seem like musical visionaries. So 5 stars to their marketing department, or perhaps just marrying a Hollywood A lister does the job alone.

My first introduction to Coldplay. I hated "Clocks" as a kid, but as an adult, I kind of looked forward to revisiting older Coldplay. I've always kind of brushed them off as a Starbucks band, and to some degree, I was right, but they've since long outgrown my original critique. Though they're primarily known as a pop group, I forget that they were just a soft alternative rock band at one point. "In My Place" is kind of what I expected from Coldplay. "The Scientist" is the song that originally brought me back to Coldplay. The simple arrangement and the wistful vocals truly ground this song in lived experience. and who could forget "Clocks", though I will admit I can enjoy this song for what it is. Something Coldplay excels at is building and holding tension. Songs like "Daylight", "God put a Smile upon Your Face" and "A Whisper" were welcome surprises. The instrumentation and general brooding mood feels like something from Radiohead. Especially the extended instrumental on "A Whisper". The song, "A Rush of Blood to the Head" was the only real low point. All said, this was a solid second effort and they deserved the attention they received, though I could've done without their "pop band arch". This album absolutely deserves to be here.

A couple songs I enjoyed, the rest were pleasant but not memorable.

This is actually my least favorite Coldplay era. I do like some of their songs, but 'Clocks' especially is so samey and boring. The tempo is just too sloooow (making the name apropos). I guess it's a little bit nostalgic now, but c'mon, 'Yellow' and 'Fix You' and 'Something Like This' are all better Coldplays than anything on this album. Almost Highlights: 'God Put a Smile on Your Face' started very slow, but it picked up a bit. 'The Scientist' is my favorite of the singles. I like when they say the name of the album in the album.

Pretty solid album. Nothing too exceptional for me, Clocks is one of their biggest songs and it’s the highlight of the album for me

I was never happy with the way 'alternative' rock evolved in the coldplay/radiohead/muse way - yes I associate the 3 bands very much with each other. And judging from the state of alternative rock and rock in general I think my feeling must be widely shared.

A band people seem to love to hate.... but I do like the fresh sound of Politik and I imagine there are some other songs of theirs that are pretty good. Still, nothing that interests me too much here, but could be worse.

Not a big Coldplay fan but this album was better than I thought it would be. There were a couple of songs I recognised but most were new to me. None saved to listen to again.

Decent

I liked this a lot more than their first album. This album is more dynamic and energetic. In general, I just found it more interesting and thus, I enjoyed it a fair bit. Politik hit for me, especially.

I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would. definitely feels bloated in the second half and clocks and warning sign kinda suck. giving it a 3 because I probably won't ever listen to it again in full but I enjoyed my time with it, a whisper and god put a smile upon your face both rock.

wasn't really paying attention because of homework and shit but this was the first Coldplay album I listened to and it was pretty cool. I enjoyed some of the softer stuff, and the composition of some of the songs subverted any expectations I had going in. I might give it a listen at some point in the future to try and really hear what they're saying. Adding to the liked songs for future shuffle.

Meh

I already have The Scientist and Clocks on my Liked Songs list but nothing else really stood out. Good for background music

I always wrote off Coldplay but they're actually pretty good.

Coldplay feels like the British Nickelback. People hate on them for no real reason other than it's the fun/funny thing to do. I enjoyed most of this album, the singles are undeniably catchy.

It's perfectly fine. Some good songs but I don't think I'll ever seek out listening to it as an album

A 3, but a solid 3

3 boring

It was pretty good. TBH a little boring but I respect its brilliance and the scientist and amsterdam are all timers

I fear this album gets a tad boring, and maybe i'm just in a bad mood with these albums idk... but it's giving a 2. but amsterdam is goated so i'll give it a 3

This is a very safe, very middle-of-the-road album—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s mellow without being dreary, offering a soothing listening experience that’s pleasant and relaxing. While I personally prefer modern Coldplay, where they’ve leaned into dancier elements, this album still holds up as a strong example of their early work. The songs are polished and radio-friendly, with Chris Martin’s vocals bringing a gentle warmth throughout. The album may not be groundbreaking, but it’s consistent and enjoyable, even if it doesn’t reach any dazzling highs. Completely unrelated to the music, but I have to say—Chris Martin’s guest appearance on Modern Family was genuinely hilarious. That has nothing to do with the album, but it’s stuck with me! Standout Song: Amsterdam Score: 3/5

This started out really good, but then got boring about 2/3 of the way through. I actually couldn't wait for it to end so I could listen to something different.

3.5 a solid, enjoyable thing. The last of the listenable Coldplay....

I liked this album more when I was younger, but there's some decent stuff on here.

Very meh

It's a Coldplay record. They pretty much define the middle-of-the-road, three-star album, don't they?

Some solid songs and some less memorable ones.

En ehkä edes haluaisi myöntää, että tää oli kivaa kuultavaa. Kosiskelevaa popia mutta omalla tatsilla tehtynä, läsnä surumielisyys joka sopii hyvin tämänhetkiseen marraskuun maisemaan. Coldplay ei vielä kuulosta kyllästyttävältä tässä, siis liian stadionsuureelliselta (vaikka ei nää pienimmän klubin biisejä ole). Vahva 3 puol, vois olla jopa neljä toisella kuuntelulla.

How are they so massive. I'll tell you, keep it safe, appeal to the masses. There's some singles on here you'll know if you spent anytime in the last 20 years listening to Radio 2. It's OK, but is any of it exciting? Not really, Melancholy is the word, very twee. It just isn't for me. It's a 2.5 really just because I can see the appeal but essentially it's mainly dross.

Some good songs, overall a bit boring

I'm slightly on the fence with this one TBH

It had a couple of songs that I enjoyed. It's not my favorite genre, honestly. I do think that if it was 2009, I would have been more open to it.

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Thank god Yellow isn't on here though.

Never listened to Coldplay, so I was excited to check this out to hear the hype around the group I’ve always seen. But it's middling... Neither good or bad, just kind of inoffensive mainstream rock music.

Half good. Half really meh

Not a bad album, plenty of recognisable songs so gets a higher rating just on familiarity alone, still not a fan of Chris Martin’s voice though and you should never trust a man who’s full name is just two first names. Musically they are very solid. However, I’m hoping this is the only Coldplay album that made it into the 1001. 3.5/5 ideally but I’m going to round down because of some PTSD I’ve experienced with ‘Yellow’, even though it doesn’t feature on the album. ‘Warning Sign’ was also a good song, I’ve not heard it before.

60% of it was the same song over and over again, enjoyed the less miserable stuff

Nice to listen to but lyrics all just sound like vague nonsense. Musically very cool though. Did enjoy, never in a rush to listen to again though.

Pretty good album. I think the first half is loaded with better songs, and the ones that are good are exceptional. Nice vocals, guitar, piano. Some great songwriting.

Ok.

Two famous and boring songs surrounded by not at all famous and boring songs.

I had a copy of this when it first came out and still only remember the first few songs, the end really drags.

Pleasant enough. I lost interest a couple of times. Few stand-out moments. 3/5.

Undeniably a great album and musically amazing, especially for 2002. I just hate Coldplay 😂

Ja leuk, maar ook Coldplay. Goed dat het veel bangers zijn, beetje saai wel

Nostalgia, mostly.

Not my thing at all but I can see why it is so popular

Comforting and pretty; but not very interesting.

Better than I thought but I still don’t get the hype on these guys.

7/10 I’m in the camp that Coldplay are actually good, and not due a lot of the negative attention that they get Having said that, I do prefer the albums immediately after this one, where they expand the sound both in terms of experiments and pop sensibility This one is extremely well crafted indie rock, but very much stays in that lane But there are a lot of very good songs on here - several could be considered greatest hits Best: God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

Better than the other one!

It's alright. Nothing particularly stood out.

'Clocks' still makes me want to spin around and jump up and down but most of the rest of it blurred into an often whiney quiet-loud-quiet mush.

Coldplay.

Very few Coldplay songs make me feel anything. This album had a couple rise above meh level.

A few good ones.

Better than I expected. Not quite my taste, but good music and I feel more respect for Coldplay listeners now. Id only heard Clocks before, I like it and the rest were pretty good. Just a bit too… pop for me.

Pretty much as expected. Standout songs: Politik Clocks

Not a big fan of cold play

You gotta be in the right mood for sure but you have to admit Coldplay can write some ballads. Clocks is an all timer

eh, its not too bad

Music is much better than I gave it credit for when you separate and listen. Shame Chris Martin is so fucking wet.

Not a hater. This was ok.

Respekti kolmosta aika mullistavaa musiikkia avantgarde....

Much better than I anticipated. Sounds quite a lot like a more melodic Radiohead. Some really strong tracks on here like the title track and Clocks. Doubt I'll listen to it much more though.

Never heard the album before. I'm not a big fan of Coldplay, but I didn't hate this album. At the same time there's nothing noteworthy here. a soft 3 stars.

Very good, well made but unspectacular pop. I like their first albums better.

Yeah it’s fine. Like I’m not a big Coldplay guy but the songs are catchy enough, just don’t really linger.

good album.

I discounted this album when it came out because of the constant radio play the hits got, but there's other good songs on this album besides what made the radio. Politik is a great opener to the album and a better song than the hits Clocks and The Scientist. A Whisper gives some early Radiohead vibes that I dig.

Meh, never been a fan of CP, seems pretty pedestrian

It's not something I'd choose to listen to, but I also wouldn't mind if somebody else put it on. Favorites: "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", "The Scientist", "A Rush of Blood to the Head"

Full of many bangers, if you’re not a loathsome Coldplay hater. The last 3 songs can get a little boring, but even they can be sweet little ditties if you’re in the right mood for them. Green Eyes had me tearing up thinking about how much I love my lady, who of course has green eyes. This is one I’ve heard before, but am always happy to hear again! A worthy follow-up to their incredible debut album, Parachutes.

Good background noise but didn’t grab me for more than the occasional line

Good variance in album, a classic by Coldplay

I do own this album picked it up for a couple dollars second-hand because I liked 'The Scientist' and 'Clocks'. 'Politik' always surprises me as a good opener, but there's nothing particularly special about this album.

I don't hate this music. I don't even really actively dislike it. It's just so bland. So clearly designed to be palatable to the masses. I want to hate it but it's so uninspired I can't even work up the energy to have such strong emotions about this band. 2.5

A solid album. A peak of some very good songs in the middle. A mostly chilled vibe.

I enjoy Coldplay. Saw them in concert years ago with my mother, though for a different album than this. Despite my enjoyment, I find it very easy to drift off and loose focus. I'll go several songs and realize that I can't remember anything about them. The melodies are calming in a way that's hard to describe, might be the soft spoken lyrics. I had to listen to this album several different times, and while many of the songs felt familiar, I would have sworn I didn't know anything about them. This album feels full of themes of loss, love, and time passing. It's a very enjoyable listen and full of that classic Coldplay sound. Interestingly, none of my favs are the breakout singles, though those are good too Favs: A Rush of Blood Too The Head, Warning Sign, A Whisper

The singles from the album make it tempting to rate it a little higher. Clocks might just be their best work to date. I couldn’t help but feel a stiffness to the production. When the backround ooos come in on the track The Scientist is a prime example. The filler tracks feel really filler. Especially compared to some of their biggest hits.

despite being the most praised Coldplay album, i’ve never been a super big fan of this one. it’s got some great songs, but overall it doesn’t really hit for me. it’s always nice to go back to bands i listened to as a teen though :) 3.5

Very consistent and very boring in a very Coldplay way. 3/5

Alright, bit overdone

This one is okay. Not the typical kind of music I’d listen to, but certainly not boring. Turns out I actually knew a lot of the songs already. I saved The Scientist to my favorites.

I still think Coldplay is the equivalent of painting your entire house beige, but this was more palatable than their debut

3.5

Es un buen grupo pero que no me llena.

Not terrible, but still don’t get how they got as big as they are. Sings are decent though.

Rock, 2002 -> 3

Coldplay is solid. Somewhere between 3 and 4 for this album. Not bad but not jumping to listen on repeat either.

The album is fine and has good songs. It just has the most dull, monotonous, and uninteresting sound ever placed on wax. Nothing about these songs is exciting. It's like the band all had a head cold, took some nyquil, and made unusually boring music in that Nyquil-fueled haze like zombies. The lackluster vibe just drags on and on and never changes. I understand the draw of Coldplay for people, but I only really enjoy this era of their work when I am feeling down and need a soundtrack for that mood. Their more recent work has more life and energy and is way more enjoyable.

Certainly some great songs on this but Coldplay just never really did it for me. From personal taste, just can give them the 4 star love,

ganz cool aber mir bissle zu traurig und auch nicht 100% meine lieder

This was a hard one to rate. I *did* genuinely enjoy listening to this for the first time in 20 years, even though I've always found it vastly inferior to 'Parachutes'. God Put a Smile On Your Face, The Scientist and Warning Sign are all solid, and I've always particularly enjoyed the title track and Amsterdam, which close out the album beautifully. But then there's the truly execrable Clocks, the mere hint of that arpeggio triggering some sort of PTSD, and the other truly forgettable tracks. This is the ultimately album that killed any interest in Coldplay for me. Rather than building on a strong debut, it set them on their course for superstardom as a meandering, U2-like, inexplicably popular nothing-band. As an epitaph, I think a 3 is fair.

It's hard to objectively look at Coldplay from a 2002 perspective. They changed pop music for like a decade or longer with this album. So it sounds so plain and recycled at this point. But like... this was the first album to make this style. Melodies and harmonies are simple, clean and pleasing to hear. Everyone is playing their instruments exactly the right amount. Overall it is safe and these days feels sterile. But it's hard to argue it's an album that changed pop music. Green Eyes is a standout track to me and I enjoyed the back half of the album a lot.

I was biased against cold play going in but it was a good album

Strong opening to the album then it kinda dies on the back half

I liked this, but it wasn’t anything super special for me.

A Rush of Blood to the Head, is a perfectly fine, non-offensive contemporary rock album. There are fleeting moments I felt that they were going to push their boundaries even just a little but they never really did and I suppose that’s fine. I’ve always really enjoyed The Scientist, Daylight it a decent tracks as well. It’s all fine, there’s nothing necessarily bad here. 3 stars

It's Coldplay so I'm sure this will get a lot of hate and I don't disagree with most of it. They've become bland, lowest common denominator stadium pop for people who don't like music and the people reviewing these albums don't fit that brief. I remember when their first album came out and it seemed genuinely exciting and there is no denying that there are 3 or 4 quality pop songs on this album but the rest of it doesn't stand out for me

The ones I knew were good, the rest were forgettable

Already heard it!

Okay. Half of these songs are fine. Some are boring.

Fairly enjoyable 3.5

If you like Coldplay it's good

I was disappointed I got Coldplay as first listen. But actually... not bad. Just not my cup of tea!

A lot of the reviews point out that this is very generic and written to appeal to a wide range of people, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing!

I went in thinking I would immediately love this album, since i had listened to a lot of it before and remember liking it. And while I did still enjoy it, I felt that the album as a whole was long strong than its heavy hitters. The hits are definitely still powerhouses though

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Nothing really stood out other than the most famous song (Clocks). Not too bad.

Some huge arena hits for the time. Instrument, lyrics, whole vibe is on the nose mid-2000s. Not great interesting stuff in hindsight, but a scene-report nonetheless.

Preeeetty sleepy. That's normal. I find it interesting that Coldplay is as successful as they are, I mean there is clearly a market for calm, melancholic, beautiful music, but there's not much to get excited about on this album. Seems like the purpose is just the opposite, calming and soothing. I like Coldplay, personally, although this album was not my favourite iteration of their style.

Has some of the hits you think of when you think of Coldplay and was a cohesive album! I’m not sure that I would listen to it end to end again but it fit what I expected based on knowing a few of the songs ahead of time.

mid album, tracks that are good have been overplayed to the point I don't want to listen to it any more

This is an album I own and haven't listened to it for ages. Still a decent album after more than 20 years...

Ja ich mag halt Klavier und kitschigen Gesang nicht so gerne aber das Album geht voll klar, würde es mir aber selbst nicht nochmal anhören.

Better than expected. Not a huge fan of Coldplay but wasn’t disgusted by it.

Coldplay is best when you don't pay much attention to it. Nice background tunes while you focus on something else. Not the most ringing endorsement, but it is comfortable. Nothing deep, nothing difficult. Like a piece of gum.

I'm going through this list with an open mind and open heart and this was pretty flavourless for me but not bad. It sure did happen.

It’s strange how much of a difference there is between how much I liked it when it came out, and now. It aged like a cask of Fruity Lexia. 3 stars because I once got laid because I played the intro to clocks at a hotel lobby once.

Coldplay! Wow. Probably a good thing to realize that albums appearing on this list may be pop hits that have overstayed their welcome. I owned this album when it came out. "God Put a Smile on your face" was one of the first songs I downloaded on my PC (it was featured in an Alias episode). Remember when Clocks played nonstop on the radio for 10 years straight? Though I believe Warning Sign and Politik are the prettiest songs on this album.

This was good enough. Easy to listen to, but not to love

Surprisingly good. But sick of it by the end.

I remember actually being *excited* about a 2nd Coldplay album after digesting the shit out of their debut. Then after a few plays of this back in the day my reaction was ... meh? It's fine. But was/is never nearly as emotional or impactful for me as their first album was - I missed that raw space and mystery in their first songs and will still defend their debut. What is it about this one though - there's nothing *bad* here and in fact most of the songs follow the 3 or 4 chord repetition similar in template to "Parachutes" so why does it feel different? Like ... 45 seconds in to most songs I'm like "yeah yeah ok i get it" and by the end of the song you can sit at the piano or pick up a guitar and already have it all figured out. Ok ok let's take "Daylight" as a great example: this track is *almost* there - that chorus (if it is even a chorus) is a nice ray of <ahem> light in an otherwise nicely dissonant song, but there's barely any variety so that's it. it doesn't go anywhere. Same guitar riff, drums that could almost be just a loop, the vocals are horribly repetitive (the end!?? come on) - anything at all new added would have been more than welcome so it just ends up dull. There's nothing *wrong* with this album, it's just not that inspiring nor interesting overall. Even if admittedly some of the singles bring a dash of nostalgia...which is pretty fleeting. Although I really don't like "Green Eyes" and that was a big red flag since the simple arrangement is the closest thing to "Parachutes" on the album but is so lightweight and un-mysterious that it's just a throwaway. The highlight for me is the final cut "Amsterdam" although it's a bit of a slog to get there and even when you do it's like "...how is this exciting?" but that payoff about 3/4 of the way through is worth it. I guess in the end this album was a signal that the band were in the process of turning into a bore which who tf am I to say as they became the biggest band in the world, so good on them. We amicably agreed to see other people at this point as I politely exited the Coldplay express. 5/10 3 stars

I was loving this album on the front half. It was moodier than I expected from the Coldplay singles I know. Then unfortunately after "Clocks" I slowly got bored. Maybe the second half will improve on the second listen but for now it felt kind of missable. Which is a little sad because the second half was more how I was expecting the whole album to sound. I do like some Coldplay but they can be very hit or miss for me.

Coldplay, das sind doch die aus dem Radio. Melodiöser Weltschmerz. Erinnert an REM und ist heute auf dem Weg zu U2. Keine Ahnung was ich davon halten soll. Wenn ich 16 Jahre alt gewesen wäre als diese Platte erschien, und hätte ich mich in Liebeskummer gewälzt, wäre das bestimmt meine Lieblingsplatte geworden. Und hätte ihr heute erinnerungsseelige 5 Stars gegeben.

overall I didn't really enjoy the album. Couple good songs on here though.

It's not bad? It's occasionally kind of compelling, but not as often as I'd like. It's a bit too long. I have a special place in my heart for "Clocks". Highlights: The Scientist, Clocks, A Rush of Blood to the Head

Ci sono delle hit e dei momenti musicali davvero incredibili e poi parte la canzone piu dimenticabile di sempre

Coldplay do make some undeniable bangers. Favourite track: The Scientist.

Haven't listened to this album for 15 years . It's held up surprisingly well considering the burning trash fire which is Coldplay's recent output.

3.5

never really listened to much Coldplay before besides Vive Le Vida. I found this album pleasant but kinda shallow. You can tell its made by a band who tops charts because while the songs where good they just werent great. Missing that unique or wow factor that really makes me love and artist/album

Parachutes is better, also this band is overhated

I enjoyed this album. It wasn't a standout to me and something I'm dying to listen to again, but I will definitely return to it in the future

It sounds nice but it kind of all blends as background music. I doubt I'll listen to much of it again

Boring, inoffensive

Moody and chiming, ambitious and intermittently operatic. But the record also gets to feeling calculated and overdetermined, I know it was all about the high drama of the early 2000s. “Clocks” is perfect, precision-engineered pop, an earworm for the ages. “Green Eyes” shows the merits of simplicity and shows where they might have gone. The big hooks and effects (strings and more strings, splashy cymbals, dreamy keys, clippy guitars), plus the over-solemn, borderline treacly slower cuts, reveal the perils of overstatement and excess ambition, a flaw that would soon prove to be more than fatal. Seems more calculated than naturally beautiful though editors are on track to call it "engrossing."

I like their music.

It's Coldplay. The album sounds like one 54 minute song. Not bad to work to or fall asleep to, but nothing I'm ever going to put on independently. I've never understood the hype, and I was 100% in the target audience at the time.

An easy listening soft rock pop album with a hint of nostalgia for me. Listening to it 20 years later makes me realize that it really isn't more than just easy listening soft rock pop with a few radio bangers. Also, is Coldplay just soft rock Imagine Dragons?

I got really excited when Amsterdam came on because I thought the album had ended and Spotify had started playing "Jesus Was Way Cool" because it knew I needed to hear something interesting.

"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" is a lot harder rock than more modern Coldplay is. It gives me big Radiohead vibes.

better than I expected !! 3.5 stars in my place, the scientist, clocks ofc, and the title track were my favs

Pales in comparison to Parachutes, but very middle of the road Coldplay

A Rush of Blood to the Head I remember liking this when it came out. I liked their first album a lot too, but at the time this felt like a much more confident and ‘big’ sounding record than Parachutes, still with some indieness to it, but adding some expansiveness, a kind of U2 arena type ambition. I didn’t have much interest in X and Y, in fact I only heard the singles, and whether that was because they weren’t cool anymore or I didn’t like the music I’m not sure. Possibly a bit of both. After that I only know a few singles and the general sense of them writing dull and uninspiring vaguely electro arena pop. So it’s interesting listening to this again, hopefully with an open mind, having not listened to it in at least 20 years, trying to separate it from what followed. You can see the roots of what they became here though, lyrically and thematically at least - a lot of what we would now recognise as empty instagram inspirational quotes, vague but also not open to personal interpretation, meaningless but not universal, a series of homilies that on the surface sound pleasing but are ultimately hollow. Musically however it holds up better. In My Place, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, The Scientist and Clocks are very good bits of arena pop rock, catchy and direct and very well constructed. GPASUYF and Clocks in particular I still like. Beyond that there are some decent tracks in that same vein, in keeping with the overall aim of the album, Politik, Daylight, A Whisper, Amsterdam. The remaining tracks don’t work as well, where the banality overexposes the thematic and emotional emptiness, Green Eyes, Warning Sign, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Even if the songs are patchy, there is no doubt about their skill in creating catchy hooks and melodies and building expansive, arena filling songs out of quite simple but effective instrumentation - very similar to U2 in that regard. There is a palpable feeling that they achieved what they set out to do, and in that sense it is a satisfying listen, even if ultimately the quality is inconsistent and the purposeful vapidity at the heart of it is revealed too frequently for comfort. It’s almost definitely a 2.5, a straight down the middle rating, but I’ll round up to three, on the basis of achieving what they set out to do and for the quality of GPASUYF and Clocks ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The McNugget Meal of an album - you know you shouldn't, but damn if it isn't good in the moment of consumption, followed by deep guilt and a promise to avoid doing that bad bad thing again Until...

i prefer sparks over this. 3.5

Meh

Sweet album! TBH I always thought Coldplay was like a bit more pop-oriented, but this was a nice album of something I didn’t really expect. All of the songs were solid, none were bad but none really stood out. Overall it was pretty good

A couple memorable songs effectively lure a listener into hearing more Coldplay than whatever the radio decides to put on.

oke ich versuech böd hate ich wird nöd hate uch versuech nöd hate. politik foht geil ah schöni chords luute afang denn sehr ruhig. okay s isch e seeehr schöni melodie im refrain, chli pathetisch aber s het irgendwie tüüfo das ganze. in my place kenni jo, ha afoch nüm gwüsst dases so heisst und dass am afang s when the levee breaks intro chunt. finden etz nöd soo geil de song chli sehr seicht. god put a smile on your face sind seeeehr geili chords am afang. find de song immerno geil isch luuter alsi coldplay erwartet het. desch guet. ich bi nöd am hate. DIE WISSENSCHAFTLER:IN? seehr pop chords am afang aber klavier clickt schön. ui im refrain macheds de 4-3 resolution uf die cheesigsti art ever, nöd soo mega nice. aber mer mue sege so popsongs hets vorher glaub au nöd geh wo so perfekt gschliffe und abgrundet sind. CLÖCKERS jo scho 1000000 mol ghört scho okay de song. gad dra erinneret dass de bassist guy heisst. de groove bi daylight isch afoch genaau glich wie bi clocks, finds harmonisch intressanter, aber immerno chli seicht. glaub es zeichnet sich es 3 ab. green eyes isch etz chli ass gsi (ASS L L L ASS L) warning sign isch chli besser aber finds immerno #sadboy #piano. amsterdam isch au wieder sadboy piano musig aber seehr sehr schön. ha bitz vorbehalt gha woni coldplay gseh han aber da album isch sehr sehr schön wenn au oft chli seichte pop. de chris martin singt würkli huuuere guet und s macht interessanteri sache i sache harmonie als ich denkt hetti.

ja isch guet ich mach d auge uuf also politik hani nöd unglaublich gfunde aber jz de schluss findi mega schön god put a smile cool aber nöd meh SCIENTIST KENNTMER JA ja schono cute aber schlussendlich halt doch seicht CLOCKS KENNTMER AUUUUUU mega "omg mier sind so en inspirierende, greenwashing konzern, d welt gaht imfall nöd weg eus under"-werbemusig wenn ich die assoziation aber wegdenke, isches eiggg no es cools lied? so s klavier chunnt echli sehr hüfig vor aber d atmosphäre vom ganze lied isch eig na cool ja daylight isch jz für mich au wieder chli langwilig und inoffensive WER HET GFUNDE JA MACHEMER DAS LIED 5.5 MIN LANG green eyes absolut langwiligs liebeslied oder so ICH VERLÜR D GEDULD ich hasse warn8ng sign extrem, wrr schribt so lieder???? es sött öppis emotionals sii, debii hets öppe glich vill emotione wiene volvo werbig, rifach will das ganze sooooo weichgspüelt und inoffensive isch omg rush of blood to the head isch na cool aber ja amsterdam isch na e schöni schnulze so zum abschlüsse eig okays album, eifach ah gwüssr stelle so UNGLAUBLICH seicht dass es mich hässig macht

sono i Coldplay, cercherò di ascoltarli con meno pregiudizi possibili. Non malvagio, ma non mi fa impazzire

criticizing coldplay for being tame, derivative, and middle-of-the-road would be like criticizing starbucks for selling lattes

Chris Martin needs to get laid....and to stop listening to Radiohead....and needs to shorten most of these songs by two minutes.

Va litt spent på denna, siden eg e ganske drittlei av dei mest kjente sangane. Sett bort ifra dei va da et par gode sanga, men og et par kjedelige. Kunne kanskje gitt 4 om eg ikkje fikk fnatt av P1-sangane

Yasiin Bey once described Drake as "music you can shop to" and I think that's an apt description for Coldplay. There are a couple exceptional songs on here, but if you heard the singles... you're not missing anything. Everything else can be categorized as "songs to fall asleep to".

Drone

It's Coldplay. Pleasant on the ears but uneventful

It feels very much like the type of album you should listen to at night and it encapsulates very well that anxious feeling we all have when it's past 1 a.m. and you're overthinking your entire life. The musical arrangements are really fast paced and Chris Martin's soft voice feels almost like an inner voice inside your head whispering "things will be fine, this is just temporary" while you have a full on panic attack. It's an album you do have to actually listen to in order of being able to understand it, as some of the songs just kind of pass you by if you are not doing some active listening.

Love Coldplay! The three hits on this album, “the Scientist”, “Clocks” and “In my Place” were my favorites. The rest of the album’s tracks felt unremarkable in comparison.

Ah, Coldplay… So funny for this to pop after getting the Joshua Tree. To me, they’re U2 lite, but sanitized and missing U2’s punk aesthetic that U2 started out with in the late 70s early 80s. And Chris isn’t the songwriter Bono is. I’m not surprised Coldplay is popular yet polarizing at same time: to me they’re the modern version of 70s AOR rock that had a similar cultural, non-threatening impact on a lot of people: likeable but bland, like a Docker’s khaki commercial. Wifey says it’s one of her favorite bands to listen to while operating because they’re “easy on the ears and their music doesn’t change much so it relaxes me.” Yup, makes sense. Ultimately for me they have a couple of good songs but overall they don’t move me much.

Good album. I understand why people don't like Coldplay. The heartbreak seems pretty British. I miss you, you're so lovely, thought you should know...here's a musical interlude to punctuate my feelings. It's all lovely but no real feelings were involved. Lovely listen.

It's a bit hard to approach a Coldplay album purely objectively as it is difficult to separate their "casual" reputation from the music that I'm listening to. This is a decent album, they have a good, rich sound with the piano and Clocks is so unique. I think Coldplay have a bit of an unfair shake. I think I mainly prefer the smaller songs of theirs. Standout Track: Daylight

Solid

3/5