A Rush Of Blood To The Head

There were songs I liked, but also a lot that was just boring.

The best Coldplay album. I’ve owned it since it came out.

Green Eyes was a pleasant surprise. Nostalgia record but still just kind of meh

Used to enjoy some of this album a lot as a teen. I still like the same songs but not the others. No self development over here then

mind numbingly boring but i liked it for that

I remember hearing Coldplay for the first time, around the time of this album, and thinking that they just sounded a bit different than many artists who were releasing music in this space around the same time. My assessment of that today is that they were among alternative rock artists who were taking that Verve and Oasis, softer-sounding English alt rock sound and bringing it into the new millennium. They weren't as edgy as other alt rock bands that dominated the 90s. And like Oasis and The Verve, they were bringing more ambient, orchestral, and dreamy sounds to alt rock. Chris Martin's hauntingly mysterious delivery of the vocals is at its peak here. Overall, this was a formula that seemed to work well for them, as they are still using it today plus and minus some other musical trends that have come and gone throughout the years. Not many artists since this time have done this sound and maintained their prominence, let alone find a constant spot as one of the most popular bands in the world. All that said, Coldplay is often kind of hit or miss for me. I tend to like a few songs off of each of their albums and end up being bored by other parts of the albums. That was more or less the case with this album, too, though I do feel like a certain amount of ambient flow keeps this one feeling cohesive and nice. A decent listen nonetheless, and a good example of how this band carried a sound beyond its "heyday", made it their own, and launched themselves into superstardom.

Good

Old Bay

Coldplay levert een sterk uitgedacht album met een constante kwaliteit, maar ppfff...wat...een...gezemel. Als ik de hit Clocks opzet en wellicht het volgende nummer Daylight laat staan is het meer dan genoeg van dit album voor mij.

Better than the debut IMO. Solid album

My 500th album and it’s bloody Coldplay… All things aside this is actually a good album, early Coldplay is actually really good, i would say this album is their peak. The problem being more recently they have released absolute gash music , and Chris Martin is one of the most annoying people on the planet, plus they have become one of the biggest bands in the world makes them very easy to hate. But ignoring the Coldplay hate, this album alone deserves to be on the list. But it would never make my regular rotation so 3 stars it is.

Better than I thought. Normally not much of a Coldplay fan

3.5/5

Cool radiohead-like, a bit commerciallised and a little weak b-side (70%)

didn't excite me, blended into the background after a while

Fina album, nothing stood out however.

Very nice background music, but nothing that stood out as very engaging.

Decent, wasn't in the right mood though

The back half of this album is fantastic! Things took off with "Clocks" and kept going from there.

Precise and predictable, but pleasant enough. Standout Tracks: In My Place, Clocks, Green Eyes

Not really my jam, but has 2-3 songs that I enjoy.

Ok early 2000's rock. Not too interesting, not too boring. Clocks is recognizable, and was nice when it came up. That and final song seemed to work well. Coldplay of albums. What makes a man's heart turn neutral?

I've just had a few terrible albums in a row, so I'm pleased to get this on the list, even though it's just Coldplay. It's not going to hurt at all, but like a lukewarm bath cold day, it's not going to make the world a much better place. Musically there's a lot going on, it's all polished and ... nice. I quite liked the first two Coldplay albums when they came out, but I would have rather see their contemporaries such as Elbow or Doves make it big. Coldplay have taken the U2 path and best of luck to 'em, I'm just not on the journey with them. I don't hate them, but I'll stick to the Parachutes and this and leave the rest to stadium rock.

Shockingly, Coldplay actually doesn’t suck that much. I actually enjoyed both Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head.

First thought: “Ugh, Coldplay? Really?” Second thought: “Well I guess Yellow is a pretty good song.” Third thought: “Yellow isn’t even on this album.” Songs I already knew: In My Place, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, The Scientist, Clocks Favourites: Clocks I was surprised by how many songs I recognised from this album. Despite my own feelings about the music, it’s certainly remarkable how somebody that wouldn’t even consider themself to be a fan still has a level of familiarly with a good chunk of the album. As much as this album may not have converted me, I can still recognise how people do enjoy this. However, I still can’t understand how anybody can love it. It’s hard to imagine people getting excited about a new Coldplay album - I’ve no doubt that they do, but it’s hard to see why. The music is decent, but I truly don’t think it is anything special. Each to their own, I guess.

Short: ResidentSleeper Long: Not just gonna blanket say this was bad as thats not true, but felt a lot of the songs kinda just blurred into one. Whereas with other albums, after one listen I can normally put name to song, but would fail to do so here.

If I was encountering this album for the first time, I reckon it'd be an easy 4. Thing is, though, the singles were fecking inescapable in 2002, and I got sick to death of most of them. ("Clocks" I can still just about stand, I guess.) Fave track - "Daylight", let's say.

I remembered this album being better for some reason

Världens kanske mest överskattade band. Inte dåligt men ganska trist. Mycket gnöl och gnäll.

5/10. I was expecting this to be worse than the other Coldplay album, but it wasn't awful

Pretty much on par with their first album. 6/10

Some really good songs was really tempted to skip singles like clocks and in my place.

Solid, but drags on in parts, very poppy

Ok.

Fine warmed over early Radiohead

Coldplay is hard to hate but i definitely don’t think they’re easy to love. I’ll give it a nice 3.5

Coldplay is one of those bands that I always wonder where it went wrong. This is their latest good work, but it can't compare to the excellent Parachutes...

Knew the 1st half pretty well - sturm&strang of the 7th-heavy harmony v.enjoyable initially, wore thin as per Kundera's accordance-with-being/even more cringe w/clean guitars. A few extremely Kid A soundalike moments; bass sound tasteful and understated. 2nd half all fine/less memorable, totally competent overall. 'A Whisper' a late highlight and its 6/8 a bit of a break.

I bought Parachutes when it first came out. Liked it but never thought they would become the current colossus now 9 albums in. Can't say why i lost interest. They are very NICE and have a bit of a cutesy U2 feel about them. This (the 2nd album) is frontloaded with big hits. They have a winning formula. It's fine. (shhhhhh.....it's a bit bland) 3

Coldplay when they were just ok rather than offensively bad. I think this very slightly worse than their debut as well.

Torn between 3 and 4 stars. It’s a very good album but I have to really be in the right mood for it.

The hits were good but everything else sucked

Surprisingly better than i thought but it just makes me mad there aren’t more 2000+ albums on here

A very pretty album.

Meh, niet mijn ding. Kwalitatief niks op aan te merken.

Whenever I see this album cover it looks like a high heel shoe, and even looking closer today I now know it’s not, but this shoe of an album has the classic Clocks and not much else. The songs felt very disjointed but that might just be a coldplay thing.

Alternative classic

I've never been a Coldplay hater, but also never a big fan. This was okay, not bad, very listenable, but also not that exciting for me. 3 stars.

Cargados de una sentimentalidad muy marcada, el segundo álbum de la banda británica de pop/rock hace de su escucha una experiencia relajada, pero que toca muy bien esa fibra de emoción. Siendo en ocasiones muy redundantes, hace que las canciones de vez en cuando entren en bucles de bajón y poca creatividad musical. Pero que no quita para nada lo bien ejecutado del producto, ya que la banda supo llegar a todas las listas de popularidad, así como a su vez, recolectar seguidores alrededor de todo el mundo. Rondando los 5 minutos, la mayoría de canciones se tornan largas, y hacen que la escucha no sea tan dinámica como se esperaría. Es a destacar como cada instrumento aporta con intensidad en la mayoría de canciones, y supieron darse su lugar dentro de la producción. Los integrantes del grupo cuentan que esa impronta cargada de sentimiento al momento de plasmar las instrumentaciones y componer las letras, fue fuertemente influida por la tragedia del 11S.

I’ve got history with this album. The Scientist is my breakup song and a lot of the rest of the album has personal resonance. That said, objectively? Solid songwriting, unobtrusive musicality, 4 decently interesting drum beats, and pre-indie dancefloor pursuit.

I think Coldplay gets a bad rap and it's become a meme to hate them without even listening to their music, like Nickelback. The Scientist, Clocks, and In My Place are undeniable jams to me. The rest of the album is alright. I'm not familiar with their discography besides their big hits. I'd give this album and theirs others a listen. But I don't think they would get a play in my normal rotation.

Liked it a lot when it came out. Doesn't really hold up.

Chilled vibes. Coffee shop listening. Stand out song, In My Place.

Well. I rather dislike Coldplay, but the point of this exercise is to try and keep an open mind... and... the first half of this album is actually a lesson in great pop songwriting - every song up until "Daylight" is an incredibly written, well-crafted pop song. With the benefit of time and distance from the overplaying of the noughties, they are actually objectively good. Sadly, either because the first half is such masterly written, that the rest of the album is a sharp drop in quality - the band is not interesting enough to survive filler tracks - their own strengths contrast their weaknesses. Moreover, the tracklist could have benefitted with spacing out the singles across the rest of the album, to keep some interest going throughout - like this it sticks out like a sore thumb as a collection of songs, whose cohesion runs out of steam mid way, and with it, the whole record. Given the star quality of the singles, this album gets a 4, but it gets a Coldplay penalty point of 1 - so the final score is 3.

It's fine.

Before this album, I had heard of Coldplay, and was familiar with their hits (of which, it turned out, there were 3 of on this album). I wasn't familiar with any of their other stuff, so I was happy to get to listen to a whole album so I could get a better feel for the band as a whole. Coldplay's hits grace the playlists of soft rock/pop rock lovers worldwide, and Chris Martin has a very unique voice, and delivery. I was hoping to find a new song of theirs that I hadn't heard but really enjoyed, and I found a few on this album (A Rush of Blood to the Head, Green Eyes). I also find that the addition of piano throughout their music catalog is beautiful, and adds to the emotional feel of most of their songs. Favourite songs: The Scientist, Clocks, In My Place, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Green Eyes Least favourite songs : Politik, Amsterdam, A Whisper Overall, I'm glad I listened to this album. Not something I would gravitate to over and over, but excellent nonetheless 3/5

Coldplay are underrated honestly. This album is really great. Beats britpop for sure.

This is the most Coldplay you could Coldplay. In My Place may be my favorite song by them. 7/10

Coldplay isn't anywhere near a daily driver for me but I certainly knew a lot of these songs

It's just a really good pop album. With the exception of clocks, the album flows great and it just really makes me wonder whatever happened to this band.

It was fine. Not a huge fan, but entertaining nonetheless.

Fav song: Daylight Rating 5/10

Overall, very hit or miss, but I do enjoy the overall atmosphere it gives off, and the actual hits are truly good classic Coldplay.

Nooit gedacht dat ik Coldplay meer dan 1 ster zou geven. Maar dit album heeft oprecht wat goede(maar ook saaie) nummers. Ik denk dat ik ze nooit een kans heb gegeven door hun latere werk.

Meets expectations for Coldplay, very melodic, nothing crazy

Average. Won't remember it for long

Pop tranquilo y elegante, bien construido. Alguna canción buena. Le falta algo más de intensidad

Coldplay always delivers good pop music. However, in the grand scheme of things, the album is good but thats it, no real highlights except for "Clocks" which is a nice throwback to my youth.

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

Ok but other than a couple stand out songs, kinda samey

Some good tracks, but the rest of the album didn't stand out to me.

I own the first three albums on vinyl. I kinda lost interest after that, as I do with a pretty much most bands, although have dipped in a few times over the years since and sometimes they've sounded ok, other times less so. Haven't listened to this in a long time but I still like most of it (I never really liked 'Clocks' and it then got overplayed on every other TV sync). A really good live band, one of the very few I've every seen that can play massive shows so effortlessly. I saw them headline Glastonbury circa this album and it's one of the most accomplished festival headline sets I've ever seen. Also local boy done good. My sister was at 6th form college at the same time as CM (knew who he was but didn't know him)

As a follow-up, pretty good.

Raavaalle kaljaa juovalle heteromiähelle turhan vaisua. Jone Nikulan sanoin "miehille jotka itkevät runkatessa". Ei vaan, tunnelmallista ja ajoittain kaunista, mutta vaatii ajan ja paikan sekä oikean mielentilan toimiakseen kunnolla.

Tuttu levy, mut edellisestä kerrasta oli aikaa. Muistelin sen olevan parempi, mut vaan pari hyvää biisiä muistoa vissiin kantanu

Ovo je isto dobar album njihov, ali ne toliko sada kao Parachute, ali ima dosta hitova - što znači dosta sam ih prije i čuo.

Good not great

Trying not to be bias about the albums I loved as a teen. This has some solid but very overplayed songs. Tough to beat the catchiness of the first five. It’s lackluster in the back half.

I thought it started out pretty well. But it quickly got boring. It felt like the same melodies or something. I couldn't remember much at all except for Clocks. I was hopeful throughout the first 5 songs, but it completely fell by the second half. Perhaps I need to hear it more. It's not something I associate with being horrible, it's just incredibly bland to my ears. Highlights: Politik, In My Place, Clocks

There are some good moments but it is the beginning of evil

It was ok

This is fine. I feel like the majority of the songs are similar. It’s not bad, it’s just a little boring.

Meh Coldplay

The record is just fine. Lots of stuff built for the radio – tons of hits. Much less emotion than the previous record – almost the canary in the coal mine for the future of their music. Chris needs to emote more, monotony in vocal performance gets boring. Standout tracks are ones I haven't really heard before and are on the back end of the album – A Rush of Blood to the Head, Warning Sign, Amsterdam.

It's obviously very good but you have to like the genre. I don't really

Eh. I had a hard time getting into this. The instrumentation is fine but the lyrics seemed a bit needlessly pretentious

I like Parachutes quite a bit, but I never took the time to listen to their followup outside of its singles. One could argue that it's just as good as their first album and I wouldn't say a thing, but I personally prefer the more stripped back version of the band. Not to mention that I am absolutely sick of hearing Clocks, so that doesn't help. I know it's cool to hate on them but this is pretty good for what it is.

Not as bad as I would've wanted it to be. I can begin to understand their popularity now.

I use to be a huge fan of Coldplay, now I think they sound a bit catchy and are a bit too intense. But I would still be willing to see them in a arena show. Couple hits, the emotion arent there for me anymore...I'm getting old.

Some very strong songs that became timeless hits and some weaker and boring ones. It's kind of "half'n'half" so I'll go with 3 stars.

Wanted to like it more but find 75% of it a bit boring.

pretty solid overall but I don't really love any particular song. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" is probably my favorite.

Highlights: Politik God Put A Smile Upon Your Face The Scientist Daylight Artwork: 6 / 10 Rating: 6,5 / 10

The melodies were even more mediocre, but what mattered is the way the song was structured and orchestrated. Anyhow I like it ^^ (6/10) FT: Scientist, Clocks, In My Place

Le Radiohead du pauvre, c'est pas si horrible mais ça reste Coldplay. Prefs: Politik, The Scientist, A Rush of Blood to the Head Moins pref: Green Eyes

Pretty meh, liked it for background for my thoughts.

6th May 2022 Listened in the morning while working from home. Went to the gym and watching Liverpool Villa in the evening then did house buying emails :( The middle few of God Put A Smile On Your Face, The Scientist and Clocks is strong. The rest of the album feels a bit meandering. But it’s Coldplay so…

A Rush of Blood to the Cock. By Ballplay. Feeling pretty ambivalent about this one. It’s full of soporific anthems and the most rousing dross you could hope to hear. The songs are beautiful in their sparse composition and excruciating in their childish simplicity. The lyrics are poetic cliché. I woke up singing these forgettable earworms. Clocks is a brilliant song, but I do kind of wish they would all fuck off and die. Tricky one - could go 1 star, could go 5. Call it a 3 I guess.

Never was a Coldplay fan but the popularity of this album still hold all these years later. It's a solid album.

I’m not sure if you need to listen t to this whole album- it’s still played on the radio all the time

Eh. I don't think it was all that interesting? Not a coldplay fan though.

Average pop

I was ready to hate this because I'm sick to death of their singles...but some of these songs I really enjoyed. So, pleasantly surprised.

Pretty good album. I actually liked a lot of the songs I hadn't heard before. Sorta sounded like Radiohead-lite. Enjoyable. 3.5/5

didnt know bout this one

Coldplay's usual piano driven pop/rock formula. Best (and most well known) track is Clocks, most of the other tracks are good, but not great. 3/5

Good album, but the songs sound a bit alike, it is hard to listen to the entire album from start to finish.

Ihan positiivinen yllätys kyllä

Outstanding. Love their sound. Need to hear more of this. 3/5.

3/5

I don't mind the music, a bit middle of the road for me, definitely adult-oriented. The sort of thing the Grammy folks like. Coldplay probably has a handful of songs I like. Clocks has been one of them, so I'm happy it's on here. A few of the others work for me, it's just hard to figure out what all the fuss is about. I'm tempted to give a lower mark but I'd be penalizing them for their success.

There's a lot of hate for Coldplay and I can see why, to me they're U2 for the older crowd that likes mellow mainstream rock. If I close my eyes I can definitely see them playing to a huge stadium crowd that's holding up lighters. Clocks is a very good song with a great hook, but unfortunately the rest of the album is very plain oatmeal. But hey, it sells. If not for Clocks this would get 2 stars

Back when Coldplay was considered good and not a junk pop band. This album had several songs that were decent to good. The sound is pretty good and in 2002 was probably ahead of it’s time. 6.7/10

Meh

I have not listened to much Coldplay besides their biggest hits on the radio, etc. I know they are both extremely popular and extremely disliked. And perhaps the fact that they are extremely popular is a part of why they are extremely disliked... I don't really feel strongly about them either way. They sound like U2 trying to imitate Radiohead with a dash of Oasis thrown in here and there. They're very competent at crafting these dramatic dynamics but I'd rather just listen to their influences. They don't really seem to add much to the conversation. In fact, I'd have to say it comes across as a bit watered down. Like Radiohead for people who don't want to be challenged.

Paradão d+ Mas eu conheço grande parte das músicas

It's so weird to listen to an album I would have insisted I did NOT know and find I know almost every song. And as for this singer's voice... no idea of his name, yet it's so familiar, I'd know it anywhere. I don't know what the album is about; I feel no need to know. Faint echoes of Nick Drake? It's good music. Yep. They know their way round a song.

I really enjoy some Coldplay tracks but this album left me underwhelmed. It was listenable but not remarkable 3*

hasse hier nochmal die drei sterne zu vergeben. hier sind ein paar gute pop songs dabei, aber coldplay könnte mir echt kaum egaler sein... vielleicht kann ich diese band auch nicht mehr ernstnehmen nachdem mich und viele andere seit über einem jahrzehnt mit grausamen pop songs terrorisiert haben. der einzige name, der mich noch mehr vor einem album abschrecken würde wäre imagine dragons. dafür war das hier aber verhältnismäßig gut, nicht meisterhaft und auch nicht weltbewegend. warum sollte mir dieses album also nicht einfach egal sein?

Also hm ich hab früher viel Coldplay gehört war sogar mal auf Konzert *___* Extrem funny wie man auf der ersten Hälfte iwie alles kennt. Finde das sind legitime Hits. Der Radiohead Vergleich ist legitim zB bei God put a Smile upon your Face, das Riff klingt wie von OK Computer gerippt aber ohne ~edge~. Und genau das ist der Punkt, die Band ist was ganz anderes, ein Pop Versuch von Britrock oder wie man das nennen will. Viel Nostalgie schwingt da mit aber das ist O.K. Es ist Pop-Musik und hat ja Leute von Mainstream bis Indie erreicht und damals vermutlich oft auch auf einen Nenner gebracht und das ist ja schon mal viel wert. Jetzt aber zum Negativen: Die 2. Hälfte des Albums ist aber einfach nur noch Genudel. Das gibt mir nix mehr und ist arsch langweilig find ich. Ich bleib mal bei der Mitte mit ner guten 3!

Irgendwie weder gut noch schlecht und relativ egal. Die Experimente mit Akustikgitarren-Sound wirken nicht richtig schlüssig. An diesem Album wieder bemerkt, dass eine ~ richtige ~ Band ja ein Klavier haben muss, aber nicht immer unbedingt zum besseren hin. Der politische Track beschreibt Coldplay inhaltlich ganz gut: Komplett abstrakte Plattitüden, irgendwas mit zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen Besten Tracks: A Whisper, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Clocks

OK - recognised some of the tunes, but it didn't make much of an impact

some classic hits that have become cliché + a lot of vaguely tinny beige filler

I was expecting this to be bad but I didn't really mind it too much. Only a couple of good songs ("Clocks" is really good... heard it a million times but had no idea that's what it was called. "The Scientist" is pretty good too). Everything else kind of blended together a little too much for me.

I know Coldplay mostly as an object of fun. I'm sure I know lots of their songs that I don't realize, something about stars I think? Anyway, I don't really have an opinion and the album cover isn't illuminating anything. OK yeah I know some of these songs. The ones I know are fine, the other songs are mostly fine. I can't deny the quality and catchiness. But the sum of lots of fine doesn't really get to great for me. It's a straight up the middle 2.5 for me, rounding up to 3 for overall prettiness.

Solid

I’ve come around a bit in Coldplay after writing them off at the time this came out. Not something I ever seek out, but there’s decent stuff here.

I'm sure this album's inclusion is going to stimulate some good debate. As a card carrying member of the sad white boy club, I've enjoyed some singles from Coldplay (as members are required to do), but I've never sat down with one of their albums from front to back. It's subdued, and seems like it owes equal measures to U2 and dream pop. Has some ethereal qualities to it, as well as being a little simple. Did I enjoy it? Somewhat, the middle feels a little barren until it hits the last two songs. Does it deserve to be on this list? Possibly. Coldplay has been a cultural force for a quite a while, insomuch that their most recent record was still generating significant buzz. I've seen another reviewer call this "lowest common denomenator", which I agree with, but it's at least good enough to truly appeal to that wide a swath. It does feel genuine. I personally somewhat enjoyed it, but might just stick to the singles. Favorite tracks: "Amsterdam", "The Scientist", "Clocks"

I reviewed this album a few months back under a different user profile. My general feeling then was that "A Rush of Blood to the Head" was a 3* album, a bit overstuffed in pursuit of the perfect "anthem" but much better than Coldplay are given credit for. It's true the band seem to be an easy target for music lovers, and if you dig to the root of most criticism, it comes down to them being overplayed or ubiquitous for the better part of two decades. Hardly their fault- even if their stadium-filling success seems undeserved, it's worth listening to an album like this with fresh ears. Their approach is often heavy handed, unsubtle, over-simplistic. Sometimes this works beautifully: "The Scientist" still plays as a great song and Martin's falsetto isn't too grating. It's true that sometimes, songs are dragged down by facile piano refrains ("Clocks") or clunky riffs constantly hammering every quaver ("Politik"). On these occasions, it feels like being bludgeoned repeatedly with a sentimentality hammer. However, some of the more unassuming tracks here are winners. "Green Eyes" is a lovely diversion from the Coldplay "sound", and "Amsterdam" is intoxicating through its slow build and "fairly-standard-but-not-quite-insipid" chord progression. It's a gem tucked away at the end of this record, and worth getting through everything else for.

Already knew this album, very good but i’m not into this style anymore. Had a lot of nostalgia vibe while listening to it

Rhythmic structure of Daylight is identical to Clocks, and they follow one another on the album. /shrug Pretty enjoyable overall, especially nostalgiac for me, and very emotionally driven.

Oje. Obwohl - nach dem hören muss ich sagen: gar nicht so schlecht, obwohl gelegentlich an der Grenze zur Generizität. Für wenn Radiohead zu schwer oder unverständlich ist. Kopisten… schlechte 3.

Googlade chris martin… största misstaget jag nånsin gjort….

Just enough instances of beautiful musicality to keep it from being totally generic. Pretty much the exact middle point

3.75

Fine.

The Coldplay tracks I know and love best

in the middle of the road you see the darndest things

Fav songs: - Politik

This album is fine and perfectly listenable for the most part. I don't have strong feelings about it. Chris Martin's delivery feels emotionally flat, which makes it hard to care about these songs. The fairly plodding pace of the album doesn't help. Fave Songs: Clocks, The Scientist, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Amsterdam

Nooit helemaal goed geluisterd, maar prrrrrrima plaatje hoor.

I sometimes think (unfairly) that Coldplay was what pushed Radiohead firmly into the leftfield. The chronology doesn't quite work, obviously. But, nonetheless, it is interesting to note that after early material that tracked pre-Kid A Radiohead, A Rush of Blood went headlong after a stadium pleasing bombast that aligned more closely with another big album from the year 2000 – U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind. The best of this album are the songs that bookend it - the 9/11 influenced Politik, and the elegiac Amsterdam. In between, any number of above average, slightly over-polished excursions on a basic theme. I'm not sure whether A Rush of Blood...has aged well, or that it simply stands up well against the hackneyed material Coldplay have served up in recent years. Either way, it's definitely a fan favourite, a pleasant stroll into nostalgia for raging pop-pickers like me, and a perfect introduction for the 15 year old who doesn't understand what Coldplay did to deserve the platform they have today.

Het doorbraak album hé, dit is nog ok alles wat hierna kwam lijkt hierop

you may not like them but it's impossible to hate them

I think The Scientist is a great song, and I quite like Chris Martin's voice. Its a watered down Radiohead really though isn't it, with the same style but none of the substance

Nice but heard it too many times. Still a really good album!

Ihadn't listened to this album forever, never finished it. Got sort of bored.

Sounds a lot like James and Travis in a good way.

Pretty good background music

Fint

altid godt

Gode gamle Coldplay. Solid pop, kendt, lidt ensformigt i længden

I wanted to like this album. They had a big sound to many of the songs but they get a bit repetitive and one song is just like the next. Some of the lyrics were pretty pedestrian and seemed just thrown in there. Nothing terrible. Best songs are the scientist and Amsterdam.

Better than their debut, has more hit singles and is overall quite alright. But it still isn't as good as their competition...

The real heroes here are the sound engineers. This album is ridiculously lush, it’s a joy. Unfortunately, this album still somehow feels less than the sum of its parts. I liked every song. Hell, some I even loved. But together as a single listen it gets very samey, very quick.

I'm not a Coldplay basher but does get a bit dull in parts. The scientist is excellent

This was a much better Coldplay sound.

Ekkert meistaraverk, en The Scientist og Amsterdam halda plötunni uppi

Can’t deny I love the hits but some of the album seems a bit boring.

Going to be a bit more generous here as it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Found some of the lesser known songs (Green Eyes, Amsterdam) decent enough. Very much their creative peak.

There's an overwhelming preconception that Coldplay are musical beige... it doesn't help how overplayed a lot of the singles are as background music on lightweight UK TV shows to elicit any kind of emotion. Despite this there was a lot to like for me here (I hadn't heard Amsterdam, God Put A Smile on Your Face or Warning Sign and all three were highlights). The Scientist is undeniably moving in its simplicity, but there are only so many mid-tempo torch songs a listener can stand before they all start losing their impact and smudging into each other. Still, imagining hearing these songs for the first time, in context from a fledging young band, made me enjoy Coldplay more than I perhaps ever have.

Not up my alley, but pretty good for what it is - contemporary pop.

I honestly just find them so boring but I'm giving a 3 because 2 of the songs I actually don't mind.

Farò un grosso sforzo per essere obbiettivo nel mio giudizio visto che i Coldplay rappresentavano la musica che ascoltavano quelli che non capivano niente di musica secondo i metallari (quale ero io in quel periodo) e quindi ho sicuramente forti pregiudizi. Premetto col dire che è stato un ascolto piacevole, anche molto piacevole a tratti. Chris Martin penso di poterlo apprezzare molto più ora di un tempo e devo dire che la sua interpretazione dei pezzi mi è sembrata tra gli elementi più forti del gruppo. Anche alcune soluzioni di arrangiamento o alcune chitarre le ho trovate molto attinenti ai miei gusti. Il problema però è che questo disco incarna due anime e a volte sembra schizofrenico. Questo aspetto coinvolge tutti gli elementi come anche la produzione che su certi pezzi suona indie e su altri (In My Place) suona molto mainstream. Questo album a me sembra in bilico, le influenze ci sono, la visione artistica è forte, la creatività non manca, però... Sì sceglie spesso la strada facile. Sto album ha il piede sul freno. Certi pezzi chiaramente sarebbero potuti andare in altre direzioni ma non ci sono andati intenzionalmente per renderlo accessibile. Lo dimostrano pezzi come "A Whisper" che secondo me è di gran lunga il migliore dell'album. Il resto vola sempre, sembra volutamente, basso. Però stiamo parlando del secondo album cazzo, troppo presto per annacquarti. Suona tutto come una versione da supermercato dei Radiohead (Andrea forse mi odierà per questo). Non lo so, dopo due ascolti come dicevo mi è piaciuto, è stato piacevole ma soprattutto è stato piacione e quando nella musica vuoi fa il piacione io non mi sento di premiarti pure se magari ti ho apprezzato più di altri.

I'm not in a Coldplay mood really. This is the second album of theirs so far and the other was way better than expected, but this morning I'm in the mood for abrasive death metal or rap, not this lol. In any case, I've heard the hits from this before; I'm pretty sure this was their breakout album. I don't hate the band (or Chris Martin), but it just feels like they heard post rock and diluted it with U2 until it was radio friendly. The singing is the low point, no way around it. He rarely raises his voice above a whisper. Lyrics are practically meaningless, just introspective high school poetry stuff. The music isn't too bad, mostly kinda dreamy guitar licks with the reverb and delay dialled up, although it's pretty repetitive - as you'd expect something with a post rock flavour to do, I guess. It has to get a 3, even though it's a bit so-so and drags on almost an hour - another one that falls in the "too inoffensive to hate on" bracket. 3/5.

Strong start, gets a bit snoozy in the second half.

Lots of good songs

Bra! Ett par av låtarna drar mig tillbaka till barndomen, starkast känslor av den typen kommer av "Clocks", en känsla av att vara liten, bara springa runt och göra ingenting, kanske var det på någon fotbollscup, kanske någon annanstans. Det är varma känslor. Bäst: "The Scientist"

better than i expected

5 out of 10 clocks and The scientist best songs on the album but not too shabby

The instrumentals are good, the voice is good but the two mix together to a very limited degree, somehow. Well-polished overall but doesn't excel in anything particular, which is always what I am looking for, primarily.

I have given a 3 because I did enjoyed the album but probably won’t revisit it. I enjoyed songs such as: In my place, The scientist, Clocks, Daylight and Green Eyes. However I think that the majority of the other songs were pretty average so sort of brought the album down.

They didn’t live up to their potential, but their early stuff was quite good. Not revolutionary or ground-breaking, but I’ll take their early 2000s stuff over some of the pop-radio-friendly rock that came just before and just after them.

A few standout songs, but generally underwhelmed.

Peni bb

Excellent both musically and lyrically

Love the group

The album isn't bad, but I don't think its anything particularly special or unique.

Ah, Coldplay y sus temas antiguos, nuevos descubrimientos y elementos placenteros; por el otro lado, canciones que flojean al extremo.

Good background chill music

Coldplay fits the role of the non-offensive band o the 2000s. Mom can put it on while you travel to soccer practice. It rarely comes across as authentic because it is just too polished. Some songs can be catchy though. The Scientist is my favorite song from the album and I can say I like it. Clocks is tolerable. The rest are forgettable. 5/10 - positives are that it makes good background music and okay driving music.

Enjoyed this after some initial trepidation. The songs can't be questioned.

I know it's cool to hate on Coldplay but you can't deny there are some anthems in here. It just peters out a bit in the second half. Best track: The Scientist

Don't really like Coldplay and I don't know why. Mum and dad music innit 🤷‍♂️. This surprised me though, some nice tunes. Feeling generous, 3/5

Decent but not a classic.

Not a bad album, but everything Coldplay sounds the same.

3/5 nothing really stuck...

This one's just not for me really. Hard to explain why. There were some really catchy bits, and it's nice music, and is like, modern, well produced rock. I think it's something about the individual instrument parts not standing out much, and just sounds like a wall of gentle pop rock that's there to give movement and energy to the singer but not trying to do anything else. I'd compare this to the album by Travis, but the guitar parts and everything stand out more in Travis. The singer of Coldplay is pretty good to be fair, but just not that excited by what he does with his voice, mostly good but the vocals can be quite dreary.

I was originally upset that I had to listen to this, but it's really not as bad as I thought it was. Half sorry Coldplay haha

Very listenable but I have some irrational bias against them

antes de escuchar: coldplay wea mala xd. despues: mish, no son tan malos como pensé. tenía 0 expectativas y el disco me agradó. peca de ser un poco pajero pero es un buen disco en general

I went ahead and listened to parachutes yesterday already. I really enjoyed those first two coldplay albums and I listened to them often while I was in the Navy and on those long drives between Ohio and Virginia. They were great albums for getting lost in and singing along with unintelligible falsetto. Their third album didn't strike a chord with me and so I stopped following them. Their lyrics always seemed like they were trying to be deeper than they actually were. I think that's often the way with popular music. Coming back to them twenty years later I have to say I much prefer the sound of parachutes over a rush of blood to the head. Though, I was carrying a torch for a green eyed lover at the time.

The singles are actually decent but the rest leaves me cold

5.5

Pop rock. Suave, melódico. Un poco aburrido.

Ah, this takes me back to when coldplay debuted the album. I had this and "Bleed American" shuffled for like 6 months straight. While a great album at the time, it doesn't hold up much, imo. The lyrics are basic, kinda repetitive, but the thing that still kills are the instrumentals. Best song on the album is "Warning Sign", the rest, while musically great, are meh.

Escuché mucho este disco hace ya casi 20 años, concierto incluido. Me pasaba que el inicio es muy bueno pero después de Clocks me perdía. Pese a lo quemado de varias canciones fue bueno reencontrar esa primera mitad. De la segunda mitad se salva A Rush... porque me gusta la letra. Siento que es sí es un disco característico de su época aunque no sé realmente que tan influyente sea en la música de los años posteriores. Las demás canciones no son malas, sólo no figuran mucho. Songs: The Scientist, In My Place, A Rush of Blood to the Head

Nope!!!

Alright actual has some good songs on it

It’s probably a 4 star album, but has a few songs that are/were very overplayed. Still has others that I forgot about that were really good as well like “In My Place”

I don't think I've ever listened to a full Coldplay album before. Not exactly my cup of tea, though I didn't find it unpleasant. A little monotonous in tone?

No me encanta Coldplay y siento que este no es su mejor disco, pero sí el más representativo de lo que hicieron al principio del siglo. Los sencillos están tan quemados que con Clocks ya instintivamente espero que entre la versión de son cubano; en cambio las que no fueron sencillos son tan aburridas que obviamento no eran material para hacer algo más con ellas.

Starts off great but fades away...

3.5 stars

i mean the classics are good but didnt discover anything more

That piano

I don't understand the phenomena.. I guess this is good to play in department stores and nail salons. It just doesn't make sense to me that so many people seek this music out and but very expensive tickets to their shows. It's their right to like this stuff though.

this certainly is music by definition

Normalito, nada de otro mundo. Todas las canciones son iguales para mi

I don't like this style of music so take this with a grain of salt. BUT, Coldplay is just milquetoast and boring. There is so much out there that sounds like them and your life won't miss anything if you don't listen to this album.

I’ll start by saying that Clocks and The Scientist are pretty good songs. They’re moving piece of music that earn their place in serious discussion. The rest of the album is trite garbage. The guitar and piano playing are amateur hour. The vocals are good-not-great. I did not need to hear an hour of pounding out repetitive chords over empty lyrics. If you take those two good songs off of this album it’s an easy 1-er.

I think we all knew the song "Clocks," but I only recognized a couple other songs. Chris Martin has a great voice and a talent for writing melodies. In fact, If it wasn't for the well written melodies and his singing, I'd have to rate this lower, because the instrumentals sound pretty generic. I don't love how thin the drums sound. There's usually much interesting going on, if but a couple interesting rhythms. Clocks is a pretty good song, and I think Coldplay can reach decent heights, but the average is pretty low, and I don't think I can give this a 3 in good faith.

its very simple music, which is good for appealing to masses. Simplicity is not necessarily a bad thing. It's also conducive for creating an emotional response. I don't find it very fun or interesting

У меня отторжение на физическом уровне от этой группы. Я ничего не могу с собой поделать. Люблю clocks, но это не спасает ситуацию. Поняла, что даже она мне больше не нравится.

Good. Not so thrilling. I like the first record. I think between the two records they found a little bit more of that Coldplay identity. That's good for them and seemingly great for a lot of people, but I'm not crazy for that identity. In my place and the scientist are great though.

I know we have another ~900 albums to go, but this may end up in the top 5 of the most boring albums included. Coldplay are the masters of making a 3:30 song feel like 6 minutes. this is music for people who have reached adulthood and have never tried an olive because “olives are gross.” either they took the prior two decades of British rock and decided to make the most bland, palatable shlock for the masses, or this is simply what they’re capable of. friends have told me that Coldplay is the greatest live act alive, and I’m convinced that’s because they primarily have musical theatre as a reference point and haven’t actually gone to many concerts. post-9/11 standards were low I guess. people wanted rallying songs to sweep them off their feet, and this is what they were fed. I hope they at least took all the money they made from this nonsense and paid Brian Eno well for his work with them later on.

People often compare Coldplay to Radiohead, and while I get it for sure, I think the closer comp would be The National. Both are fairly straightforward rock acts, build to big, crowd-pleasing crescendos, and it seems like their singers could probably sit down for an entire show. The National just happen to be more interesting and good in every way possible. I think if Chris Martin didn’t have so much money he’d be jealous of Matt Berninger, not Thom Yorke.

If someone played Coldplay I wouldn't complain but I wouldn't be happy either 2.5 ⭐

4/10 Sound like bland water with a dash of salt

As far as I can remember, Coldplay's first three albums were the 'good' ones, before they veered further and further towards commercialism, ultimately sinking into pop trash. Back then, Coldplay were regarded as 'cheerful Radiohead' or 'Radiohead without the depression'. After all these years, I’m listening to their second album, "A Rush of Blood to the Head", again, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. The comparison with Radiohead is certainly flattering, as Radiohead didn't make music this simple on their debut. On the one hand, Coldplay's signature "wall of post-rock sounds" certainly has its charms; on the other hand, it's all rather monotonous and bland. Perhaps it isn’t even the best of their first three albums? Overall, it's just average. Or maybe I’ve simply moved on from this sort of music.

I think their biggest offense is also their reason for success: they're supremely inoffensive. Nothing new. Nothing different. Safe.

Hate when it makes me listen to Coldplay but this probably their best album. It's just alright and plays it safe. Nothing really special though is it.

- Not only does every song sound the same, but each is as emotionally exciting as a styrofoam cup. - I would have left "Green Eyes" on. All others I would have skipped. - Coldplay is inoffensive. But they are so inoffensive that I find myself starting to be offended. And then "Clocks" came on and gave me a PTSD flashback and what would have been a "fine" 3 stars became a "meh" 2 stars.

Is a bit simplistic and boring, Especially the 2nd half. but these 2 albums are still decent. Think I prefer Parachutes of the 2. Its the album aftwr this they went squarely up their own arse. Actually thought Clocks was on that Douchebaggy album. Maybe they didnt make it to 3rd album then... God Put a Smile Upon Your Face is good. Sorta. 2.5

Maybe after this there aren’t any more Coldplay albums on this list

It's like if Oasis was worse.

Some hints of good songwriting here, especially ‘The Scientist’, but the album gets mired down by repetitive rhythmic choices that are typical of writers who compose on piano but don’t have actual facility with the instrument. Lyrically, it’s unbelievably lazy- this is a man with absolutely nothing to say. Sonically it can be powerful (in headphones) but Coldplay was in desperate need of a producer who could push them harder and further in terms of both arrangements and songwriting.

It was Coldplay. Unsure on how this made the list. This was fine but it not an amazing album

I like the more well known songs but the record is very bland.

Yawn.

Some of the songs were big hits for good reason, but I personally find most of this album a bit boring. Not many interesting musical ideas, and the melodies are mostly in one ear and out the other. Not a bad album per se, but a bit too middle-of-the-road for my tastes.

Bit dull

bit boring

Meh

I’m not a big Coldplay fan, and this one was pretty dross, tunes are ok, but nothing here for me.

Sorry, but this guy sings out of tune right? It sounds like it. Don't understand that this band is so popular. Yes, the music is kind of nice. But I really can't listen to this

I never got Coldplay. Boring and with a whiny voice.

When it’s good it’s too cloying, when it’s bad I find my finger subconsciously drifting towards the skip button when the song starts to fade out.

Very boring early 2000s rock. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

We were really listening to this shit, huh? The throughline from the 90s radio rock experience filtered through a polyester Radiohead with twinkly guitars, snappy drums, and dumb vocals scratches an obvious part of the brain. Feels good out of the box, but the digger you deep the more you get the feeling that you've been cheated. It ages poorly and the things that you enjoyed just don't seem to be there anymore, but it's still something you liked so you keep giving it a chance. Boring and shallow, but somewhat hooky and inoffensive. Definitely dated. I'd give it a 3 for its middle-of-the-road, paint-by-numbers sound, but some of the more dirge-like (God Put a Smile upon Your Face, Daylight, A Whisper) songs really grated on me.

Très jolie outro qui m'a attrapée. Le reste est soit trop plat soit trop long, ou les deux.

Would rather just listen to Doves.

Bad

i wish i knew how to yap about albums to help effectively describe this album as something other than the soundtrack to two dental hygenists getting married. clocks and scientist are the most tolerable as cultural phenomena, yet through the lens of my own listen through, i couldn't fully get into this radiohead copy. As if thom yorke gave every throwaway from the bends to chris martin and yassified it

It was like a paint by numbers inspirational movie soundtrack

This was fine, I guess but I just really do not like Coldplay. Chris Martin’s voice was always a bit whiny to me and the music full. 2.5/5

I just don’t really like Coldplay, however this has some of its stronger songs.

baaaaa

I cant stand coldplay ~ a good deep dive into this album confirmed that

1,5

I’ll be honest, i didnt give this close scrutiny and didn’t finish. Usual problem of not enough time and littlw interest in the band. Never heard a full album of theirs before and still havent but heard enough to think, meh. They’re not terrible. Britpop light? The drummer is in time amd consistent, but boring and i dont feel a good connection between him and the bass, both playing on the beat a lot of the time, little interplay. Its all wistful ballady pop, start quiet, creswndo, go quiet again, rinse repeat.

seemed to get worse after the first song

A couple of ok songs but the album as a whole is very forgettable

A glamour is a sort of magical working that alters perception, allowing the practitioner to control how they are seen, heard, and felt. Often glamours are used to produce a veneer of charisma, beauty, or confidence. But they are unstable: hard for the practitioner to maintain and easy for a strong-minded psychic warrior to penetrate. What lies beneath the glamour? Whatever the practitioner is trying to cover up. Their ugliness. Their cupidity. Their cravenness. Or their insecurity. Their self-doubt. Their emptiness. If I believed in such things, I'd be easily convinced that Chris Martin has managed to produce and uphold a glamour for the best part of three decades. A Rush of Blood to the Head weaves an amiable spell, but I just know that, if I listened to the lyrics more closely or gave the music greater consideration, it would all come apart. But, for some reason, I don't go there. When I think of paying attention to the lyrics, they become a blur. When I attempt to grapple with music, the song mysteriously ends. And that may be part of the glamour, not just the ungraspable quality of the recording itself, but the actual reluctance to listen to it intently. The veneer that Martin produces is not exactly one of charisma, beauty, or confidence, but of a sort of gentle amiability. There is the feeling that it would so easy to pull down the façade and find nothing behind it that it would be beneath all of us to do it. Chris Martin has been called a bedwetter by Alan McGee and got on with it, so what worse could you or I possibly do. What would the point even be in finding the empty centre of the Coldplay project? Isn't the amiable, vague something better than more absolute nothing? There will be plenty of that when we're dead. 2 Coldplay seemed like such nice kids when they first appeared. They dressed stylelessly, they had good manners, and they were always putting themselves down in the form ‘[x] are so much better than us, we’re not worthy, we can hardly play’. And it was truth they spoke, ‘X’ were certainly better than them - even where X = Travis; Coldplay could barely play their instruments. They were so humble at the same time as being eager to please. “Excuse me, I know it’s a terrible imposition because we’re rather rubbish, but if you wouldn’t mind listening to our song for a minute that would be so amazing…etc”. It was very easy to root for them. Yellow, apart from being a charming little song, had a charming little video - Chris Martin, looking like he had just wandered down to the beach after his night shift at Boots, having a slow motion dander and a sing while the sun came up. Chris Martin’s falsetto-centred singing invoked exactly the same sort of fragility that Thom Yorke’s did and seemed a slightly pathetic tribute, and yet even there how could the listener muster anything like contempt? Wee Chris wasn’t singing about societal disintegration and alienation; just about a girl he liked. When had Thom last done that? It was somehow Thom who came out worse from the comparison. Although I didn’t bother with Parachutes (they were obviously a bit shit at the end of the day and money was tight) I was still rooting for Coldplay in 2002. I found In My Place, like Yellow, charmingly four-square. The main riff was nursery-rhyme idiotic - like something Ringo would come up with if he had taken a couple of guitar lessons. Charming. The chorus started with Chris going ‘Yeeeeeaaaaahhh’ in falsetto. Charming. I still didn’t bother with their album when it arrived, although I bought that single. Then a turn came. I had just started working in Debenhams when The Scientist was released. I remember clearly the first time I heard it - Radio 1 breakfast was on in the mornings before the store opened and the song came loud and clear over the tannoy speakers. I recall thinking “wow, this is going to be bigger than Wonderwall” when I heard the lovely chorus come round a second time. I am not sure why my mind singled out Oasis’ signature tune for the comparison - it’s possible that I made some connection between those two songs’ blending of the directly sentimental and the obscure (‘wonderwalls’/‘science’). Perhaps I merely imagined legions of idiots hacking out guitar versions at house parties forever. In any case I was wrong; The Scientist wasn’t anything like that big, although it certainly continued Coldplay’s momentum towards superstardom. A second thought, however, came when the song had concluded. I felt that the game had been given up rather easily. The bridge, turned out to be not a bridge but an outro that went round and round like a broken toy; a nothing piece of guitar-chugging bolstered by a nothing bit of wordless cooing by young Chris. This was beyond songwriting naivety - it seemed to me that something like cynicism had reared its head. With the release of third single ‘Clocks’ much of my goodwill towards Coldplay vanished. It was a song I disliked immediately, and time has taught me to despise it. Coldplay batter the listener with that rotten, obnoxiously mundane piano riff. The song was just more procedural sticking together of Coldplay Blox (including the now mandatory falsetto chorus). Although we were spoiled with an actual bridge, it was a musical non sequitur - lumped in there clumsily; like a leftover from a different song. But how horrifying it was, over years, to watch THAT song take on a life that resembled Wonderwall’s omnipresence. Every time I saw a young person sit down at a piano, whether in a school practice room, at a house party, an airport or some other public space that had been so equipped, I learned to brace myself for the inevitable kicking. As with the widespread popular fascination with the dismal riff from the White Stripe’s ‘Seven Nation Army’, I was left not only baffled but profoundly alienated. It was like when so much of the rest of society dedicated the beginning of 2007 to watching YouTube footage of Saddam Hussein being hanged to death. Why was everyone watching that? Why on earth would they want to? Participating in this cultural moment was impossible for me; I wouldn’t demean myself by watching snuff videos even if I found, to my dismay, that I had some urge to. Clocks’ popularity is just like that - supposedly civilised people leering at the twitching corpse of rock music. Of course, there is probably worse on the album than Clocks. ‘A Whisper’ has a whiff of The Verve about it. That last full minute of one stupid bar going round and round may represent the absolute pits of this record. It’s the musical equivalent of a 16 year old carrying a tray of drinks for the first time in their life - the fearful concentration that goes into the completion of a simple task; the slow stiffness with which that task is completed. Coldplay really are poor players, even on their second album. This weekend I mulled over a more precise comparison between Coldplay and Radiohead; perhaps the empirical formula for Coldplay’s musical DNA was ‘Planet Telex and High and Dry’ but even that analytical commonplace rang false. The drums and bass alone in the first minute of Planet Telex refute any comparison between the two bands. I must concede in the end that Coldplay are, to their credit and their shame, their own thing and they always were - even back when fools like me imagined them, pompously, to be a sort of benign child’s tribute act to a musical tradition in which they could only faintly aspire to significant participation. Whether indulging early Coldplay by infantilising them was an honest mistake, the wheel turned and Coldplay got even when, over the course of the next quarter of a century, they revealed all of us to be the true infants; always hungry for maudlin lullabies, incapable of demanding better from ‘rock music’ than the same procedural, square sentimentality with slightly different musical packaging as they went along. Coldplay still seem like nice chaps, as they should, for they put more effort into seeming like nice chaps than they do into any of their music. But far from rooting for them I can’t listen to their music without discomfort - pain even. Every track, even Yellow and In My Place, now seems to me a signifier less of anything gained by our culture than of precious things irrevocably lost. And it’s all shit as well. 1/5

zzzzzzz

Insipid, lily livered dirges. I don't like Chris Martin. He sounds like he gargles his ex wife's fanny perfume.

I don't really like Coldplay. Listening to this album did not change my opinion.

No podcast

No. I really didn’t need to hear this, and probably never will again.

Gwüssi Tracks sind sogar mid gsi. Ha wück wehniger erwarted.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the album. It's just that this one, like all of Coldplay's music in my opinion, is safe, mainstream music for people who just want background noise.

One of those times when I say, “Oh. So that’s who does that song.” Pretty bland overall. These songs kinda sound like shoegaze without the gaze. So just ‘shoe.’ Exciting eh?

he is dramatic

I enjoyed when spotify started playing muse when this album finished

Det är inte världsomvälvande, men jag har inget emot det. I inledningen av sin karriär hade Coldplay lite mer edge, vilket senare slipats ner till perfektionistisk listrock. Inledande Politik, Green eyes och A whisper är inte så tokiga. Tvåa i det högre registret.

I just don't get Coldplay, they bore me to tears.

Tbh skipped through it didn’t have the attention span today

Boring. Could not be saved by Clocks.

Boring. The vocals are lethargic, and the instrumentals don't stand out at all.

a nice album a copset every now and then gets lost very simple production that didn't make me angry boring and repetitive lyrics

Some classics, for sure, but overall just kind of … sub-par? … as a flowing record.

It's not bad, just not my style.

meh

This is the kind of saccharine crap that plays over some dramatic montage on Grey’s Anatomy or something. There is zero reason these songs should have hundreds of millions of listens (2.5 BILLION for ‘The Scientist’ for some reason). Standard fare airy soft Britpop rock. Did not enjoy it. 2/5

favs: the scientist clocks amsterdam rating 1.5/5

i will finally admit that "clocks" is a good pop song. after one listening, i can't recall anything else from this shlock. songs like "daylight" and "a whisper" are why coldplay are sometimes called radiohead-lite (okay, i always call them that)

I don’t have a whole lot to say about this one… it was as underwhelming as I feared it would be. Maybe I shouldn’t have come in with so much pessimism, but I am who I am. It’s like a very boring version of Radiohead, but I guess that recipe made Coldplay superstars. I swear I previously reviewed the first Coldplay album, but I guess this is my first one. Apparently I've only mentioned my feeling about Coldplay in Radiohead & Muse reviews so far.

This is extremely boring

Real MOR sounds. Inoffensive but not particularly noteworthy. Majority rules means this is popular but not with me.

Is this a bad time to reveal that I was VERY into Coldplay for the first half and change of high school. This CD was in heavy rotation when I first started driving, so it brings back a lot of memories. Of all kinds. But these seasoned ears don't find much besides nostalgia in this record, which mostly asks, "What if Radiohead, but boring?" I dislike the moments where they try to take themselves seriously but the moments when they lean into big, broad, sentimental feelings are hard to deny. The Scientist is a good song! Clocks, less so. I'm glad I had Coldplay at that time in my life but like most things from early teenhood, I have moved on.

It’s not like it’s bad. In fact, I’d say it’s a pretty meticulously “crafted” sound. It’s a relatively inoffensive, 00s nostalgia, dad rock sound. It’s just that I kind of think Coldplay is boring and lacking true emotion.

Not sure if i finished this album but don’t care, not gonna keep putting myself through this unnecessary torture

Bob Dylans voice has never bothered me, but Chris Martins sticks in my crawl.

Some ok somgs, but incredibly shallow and cringe. If I remember correctly, the whiny and over-dramatic vocals were not as much in the foreground on other albums as on this one which makes it an especially unpleasant listening experience.

A reviewer back in 2023 said, "If Coldplay were a spice they'd be flour." I'm not sure I can improve on that.

Despite my Coldplay hatred, I found myself enjoying moments of this.

Clocks isn't bad but I don't vibe with the album that much

Cookie-cutter poprock album. One hour of melancholic, boring music without any energy and with crying vocals in almost each song. I cant say its a badly produced album, but definitely not something i like.

Not my vibe, no me gusta el estilo de musica de coldplay That being said, the scientist himno triste y clock tmb bn conocida

Coldplay just doesn't do it for me.

Cool, Coldplay. Cooldplay, if you will. I primarily know about these guys for how relentlessly they've been mocked over being a lite version of Radiohead, but they've done some good stuff. I like Yellow. I like Viva La Vida, and I like that song of theirs from 2016 with the cool guitar hooks and woo-hoos. I'm expecting an album that is sentimental, yet radio-friendly, which is something I don't have much of an issue with. Here goes. This is more or less what I was expecting. There's a soft, warm feeling to much of this music despite the looming, foreboding opening track and occasional heavy guitar riffs. It's alright, though there is an air of impersonality coming from this pick - especially during the second half, where the songs drag and blend together. Fortunately, while this album does have a lengthy runtime, I never felt particularly bored by what I was listening to. Chris Martin carries this music pretty nicely with his voice, and the instrumentation is generally within my sphere of interest. I just can't overlook that dull second half, sadly, which was enough to drag this album from a 3 to a 2. Overall, this was a competent, if uninspired pick. I've heard "Clocks" before. It's my kind of song. The leading piano chords are pretty great. Very atmospheric, engrossing and pleasant despite having such a simplistic sound. The songwriting is well-matched, too. It has a twisted feel to it (literally, not figuratively), which pairs nicely with how the song spirals, unfurls and flows during the latter half. The song is a healing and rejuvenating listen as a result. Good tune. Book time. Created as a reaction to the 9/11 aftermath. Debuted at No. 1 on the UK charts. The rest of this entry is a whole lotta wank and empty platitudes. Wikipedia says this album is more guitar and piano-driven than their previous album, is the eighth best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. It also had four big singles, won three Grammys and has received enduring critical acclaim. You can't fault this album's rap sheet - these are some pretty solid qualifiers. I cosign this inclusion.

Underwhelming honestly. I didn't like it as I thought I would based on the general cult following Coldplay gets.

“The Scientist” is a beautiful song. But my God, Coldplay are so dreary in this era - I’m depressed enough, I don’t need to listen to this to make it worse.

An item of the purest beige.

Pretty sure this was a U2 album.

I kept absent mindlessly trying to skip some of these songs. When I was in year 6 we had to do class presentations about natural disasters and I think every group except one in my class chose a song off this album to accompany our shitty PowerPoints of the devastation caused by the Boxing Day tsunami. Looking back I think someone might have done Swallowed By The Sea from one of their other albums which feels a bit on the nose. I thought I would like this and defend the very uncool Coldplay from all the haters but honestly this dragged.

Man, I'm not trying to be a hater, but I think I hate these guys. If this was a rush of blood to the head, it was the languid, final beats of a failing heart, pumped without enthusiasm- to match their playing- until it mercifully comes to an end and we can finally put to rest this feeble album.

This is what happens when NPCs make music.

If you took all the songs in this album and smashed them together you'd probably get a very good song. As it stands the interesting aspects of each song don't really hold themselves up on their own. Mixed with a painfully generic vocalist who doesn't really inspire that much and you've got an album that can be added to the pile of generic pop.

There's some incredible songs on here. But the majority is just blah. Sorry Chris, you're just a shit Radiohead.