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The band does very little for me. There's some good songs o the album, but nothing that makes me ever want to put it on.
Not bad but hard to shake bad taste if High School
I've always liked Coldplay but it's never really been my favourite, so I've not listened to the album entirely before. There were some really good songs in here but I didn't really discover any songs I liked that much that I hadn't heard before. Favourite: God Put a Smile upon Your Face
Torn between 3 and 4 stars. It’s a very good album but I have to really be in the right mood for it.
Surprised to see this instead of Parachutes, but it’s still a great album
The hits were good but everything else sucked
This is garbage, but i could be getting affected by my bad day at work
sure. nostalgia may have impacted this rating
4 Good listening
2.5 Stars
2/5. Some great slow pop songs but otherwise, a boring album. Not much is said despite the epicness it tries to reach.
3.5/5 Not a big Coldplay fan but still now the majority of the songs on this album. I wouldn’t buy the album but don’t mind hearing some of its songs once in a while. Some songs have been overplayed by the radio but I still enjoyed it. Favourite songs: - Politik - The scientist - Clocks
I assumed Coldplay would be U2 lite, but now I've listened to an album of theirs and have been proven false... sort of. I mean there are definitely qualities shared between the two including simple riffs and melodies. This however is softer and more laidback, in vain of Radiohead's melancholy acoustic songs. I also have to mention while they wear their influences on their sleeves, you know its Coldplay as they're immediately identifiable. The Scientist and Clocks are the biggest hits and the highlights, but there's also the title track, Daylight and Amsterdam as high quality album cuts. As a whole it may feel more of less the same songs, but it's a solid showing which never goes into a sour note.
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.
Time for me to go to bat for these blokes. Short answer: I love it. Long answer: it baffles me how much people seem to hate Coldplay, due mostly to their ubiquity. Maybe Chris Martin is a wanker and that's why? Maybe the music is just too safe, too easy. As someone who listens first and foremost for sounds and melodies over lyrics, this kind of thing hits me just right. If you're someone who cares deeply about lyricism and meaning, maybe this doesn't scratch that itch. I wouldn't even know because that's not how I listen to stuff like this. Martin's got a great voice, the instrumentals are clean, emotional, sweeping. The top review on here lambasts the emotional appeal for being too wide-reaching and simplistic, such that people can graft their own meaning to the sounds. Is that necessarily a bad thing? All art speaks to the audience on a personal level, no matter how personal that art may be to the artist. If Chris Martin and the lads didn't pour too much specificity into this, and as a result more people love it, that doesn't disqualify it or make it bad art (at least in my opinion). I think there's a comparison to be made between Coldplay and Radiohead, that these guys are like radio-pop, watered down Radiohead. I don't care, I like how they sound. Not everything has to be challenging and experimental to be of value or of use. It takes all types. Favorite tracks: Clocks, The Scientist, Green Eyes, In My Place, Warning Sign, God Put a Smile on Your Face, Amsterdam. Album art: Some digital, triangulated art of a woman (?) being distorted? I don't know. Not really their strongest, but it's fine to look at. 4/5
Coldplay is a band I remember being popular as I was growing up, but I had never actually listened to one of their albums before. I went into this album not really expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised with what I heard. Each song has that trademark Coldplay song to it but I found the songs had more than enough variety to keep me engaged throughout the album. As I understand it, Coldplay are a somewhat different sounding group to what they were in 2002, but I really like this particular sound. It feels like an album that can appeal to anyone who at least doesn't have an extreme distaste for pop rock. I would recommend! FAVORITE SONGS: - The Scientist - Clocks - Green Eyes - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Amsterdam 4.25/5
I mean, its a great album, I just feel like its played out big time. 4/5
I was relieved when it ended. A few highlights, but the rest is too bland for my liking
Tired, overplayed and no longer fit for the modern age.
Bland music that makes millions of people who don't like music fall into some soma version of "happiness" I guess? Best Tracks: God Put a Smile on Your Face; The Scientist; Clocks;
Alternative classic
Lots of good ones!
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.
Excellent album, haven't listened to coldplay, leasty of all early coldplay stuff. Great stuff.
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.
For all of the grief they earned in their later years, Coldplay nails it with 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'. This album can almost serve as their greatest hits, and that's fine. 4/5.
They've been since denigrated but at the time they were the next 'big thing'. Maybe when someone is overplayed the songs lose their punch? I don't like the tendency to slag things off when at one time you were all over them so I will say I liked them at the time and still find the songs enjoyable. There's plenty of other bands that have come and gone in the last 20 years so why not? Maybe people gravitate to the newest trendy bauble. The songs sound quite dated now but at the time they were great. It shows if you can develop a 'sound' at the time people will latch onto it and you can be huge for a while.
Boring, samey, and forgettable (thank goodness).
This was close to being a 5/5! Great album.
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.
Ah look, I'm not going to do that thing on hating on Chris Martin as it's cool. Coldplay are better than for, they borderline brilliance. The Scientist is an amazing track if you've had a few more drinks than you should and feeling solomn. But that's what Coldplay are, they produce an incredible album after album that captures moods and eras. They don't break musical barriers and don't pretend to. They aren't lucky, they aren't capturing a zeitgeist, they are just an incredible bunch of songwriters, and one incredible singer. Just massively stuck up his own backside. But do you know what? Respect and Kudus to them for it
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.
Coldplay are shit. Full stop.
Chilled vibes. Coffee shop listening. Stand out song, In My Place.
Pretty solid for the most part. I love the gloomy sound on their early albums. Amsterdam is an incredible song.
Once the initial nostalgic songs were done… rest of the album was forgettable background
I was quite keen on this at the time but of course time has revealed it to be a cynical and soulless grab at the lucrative “songs for adverts and sports montages” market. Just an album of nothing. Extra star for residual, misguided positive feelings.
Shite music for shite cunts
2.5 stars - not actively awful just not very interesting to me
Just slow
Really Robert? Coldplay? Really? This is the equivalent of when Apple automatically included that U2 album with every copy of itunes. Like, thanks for the generic recommendation of this shitty band that already gets a disproportionate amount of airplay.
Clocks. Listen to the Trembling Hearts remix by Röyksopp if you haven't.
Kinda goated ngl
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.
Never been a big Coldplay fan beyond liking the odd single over the years but this album is an exception, I loved this album. Objectively I'm not giving it a 5 but it'll definitely get a 4 from me. Politik, the title track, The Scientist, Amsterdam are all brilliant.
This is really good, it's been on my work music rotation playlist for ages. People (rightly) mock Coldplay for becoming very middle of the road, crowd-pleasing, and a bit bland, but this is before that happened when they still had some edge (even if it is a little blunt). The quality and consistency is really good throughout. Is it the most exciting? No. Is it very listenable and one of the best examples of dinner party pop rock? Yeah, it probably is. 4/5 for me.
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
Still have a weak spot for early Coldplay!
Coldplay are underrated honestly. This album is really great. Beats britpop for sure.
Irrationally dislike. Look, it's impossible for me to be completely objective when it comes to Coldplay. On the exact day my divorce was final, I found myself attending a Coldplay concert. Coldplay was never one of those bands I was dying to see, but I was vulnerable and someone gave me a ticket. Plus, someone sold me on the idea of how there would be a ton of "hot horny chicks" in attendance. It was a crisp late September evening at an outdoor concert in Kansas. There was cheap reefer being passed around that gave me a headache. Or maybe it was the music. The crowd passed around a huge beachball during "Yellow". The aforementioned "hot horny chicks" were captivated by Chris Martin in a way that reminded me of old videos of women screaming at Elvis or the Beatles at Ed Sullivan, only without anything resembling passion. There was mud everywhere even though it wasn't raining, and someone accidentally spilled a cup of red wine on my shirt. That someone might have been me, who knows. But let's not bury the lead here. Attendees at an outdoor concert were drinking open cups of red wine, which sounds like something that would only happy if Coldplay was the featured performer. The concert ended with "Fix You", which seemed a little too on the nose given the current state of my life. But I knew then that there was no such thing of "Conscious Uncoupling". Call it what it is. It's a fucking divorce, no matter how hard Gwyneth Paltrow wants to spin it. Coldplay will forever be polarizing, which basically means they'll be immortal. Too many people love their red wine and beach balls and Chris Martin. Just like a good portion of us will always think of Coldplay as watered down Radiohead, U2 without, pardon the pun, the "Edge", or the Bizarro Oasis. Hell, some of their songs are easy to like. Don't expect any of them to fix you.
I hate that I liked this album as much as I did
Gute Musik, ruhige Tracks, entspannt
Very good album, still a great listen. Personally I'd rank X&Y a little higher.
20 years on, it's still good but not entirely gripping.
I love Coldplay. This album was definitely peak for them
Solid album. Clocks is a good song. I would listen to this again.
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.
Coldplay were very important to me growing up. I no longer understand why.
It was fine. Not a huge fan, but entertaining nonetheless.
Listened to on 8/13/22 4.5/4 Favorite song: the scientist, Amsterdam I love Coldplay and this album was great - so easy to listen to, mellow but the songs hit different every time you listen
There’s a reason The Scientist is so popular
J'ai mieux aimé que je m'y attendais. Il faut dire que plusieurs chansons m'étaient déjà familières. Cependant, après les titres plus forts du début, j'ai commencé à trouver ça plus monotone. Y a un côté un peu emo et geignard qui n'est pas trop mon genre.
Fuck off coldplay
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.
Great songs, but wasn’t pulled by any of the songs I didn’t know.
Lluny encara del seu status de banda multiestadi, que esdevindria a partir de 'Viva la Vida' i tot el que vindria després, Coldplay s'anava fent lloc com banda d'arenes i punta de llança del nou pop britànic de començaments de segle. 'The Scientist', 'Clocks', 'In My Place', 'Politik' són himnes de l'època i demostraven que la banda havia arribat per quedar-se
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.
Gros album de Coldplay sur lequel il y a 3 de leurs plus grands succès. Il y a 1 ou 2 bonnes tounes en dehors de celles qu'on connait, les autres sont malheureusement oubliables, même si elles sont bien craftées. Très bonne écoute!
Listening to the album was like putting on your favorite, well-worn jacket: it’s familiar, warm, and reminds you of all the good memories you’ve made while wearing it. I really could hear my childhood while this was spinning: my parent’s CDs, adult contemporary radio from the early 2000s, and a million movie soundtracks. I really enjoyed hearing this again. I know people levy the (valid) criticisms that Coldplay is boring, inoffensive pop music, but this isn’t “Journey of a Lifetime” Coldplay, this is “height-of-their-powers” Coldplay. Lots of interesting things going on the first half of the album, and I really enjoyed listening to this again.
Politik- quite generic verses and chorus In my place- I like instrumental, think rest is quite mediocre God put a smile upon your face - recognisable riff, verses actually have a melody this time👍 The scientist - just alright Clocks - catchy and memorable👍 Daylight - the verses go very slowly, this is background to me. Why do all songs on this album have to be 5 minutes Green Eyes - quite cute , quite jarring when the piano comes in Warning sign- l like the idea of purposefully searching for warning signs and reflecting that was the wrong thing todo , solid song👍 A whisper - not Sure about first chorus , has a good energy and guitar another long Outro for no particular reason A rush of blood to the head - bit of a narrative , nice buildup to first chorus, nice Instrumental👍 Amsterdam- dull until the outro, not enough to make up for rest of track This album is just very mediocre on the whole, lyrics are quite simplistic and some songs monotonous. I did really like some of the tracks but I don't think the whole album is that compelling 2/5
Meets expectations for Coldplay, very melodic, nothing crazy
Average. Won't remember it for long
I really don't understand the fuss about these guys. I listened to the whole album - it's not actually horrible, it's just kind of flat.
Pop tranquilo y elegante, bien construido. Alguna canción buena. Le falta algo más de intensidad
The album begins with the band’s more original sound of their brand of shoegazing. But then the second half has some great songwriting and vocals by Martin.
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.
For a good portion of my life, I couldn't tell Coldplay from U2. 4/5 stars, glad it wasn't U2.
when coldplay were still attempting to be some faux parody version of radiohead 5/10
It put a smile upon my face. Essential early 00s british alternative. It's melancholy on a disc.
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
bruh the way i didn’t even finish the first song 💀💀same old white people shit 💔
08/23/2022 Okay, so I started playing this after I rated the previous album that I was given and holy fuck. I hope I can get another album assigned after this so I don’t have to wait a whole day for it to clear. Being real, I couldn’t even get through three songs on this album. It was straight up unbearable for me, like holy fuck it sucks so bad. The songs all drag and are two minutes longer than any of them need to be. Music is garbage and unfulfilling, lyrics are so basic. How are they the 12th most streamed band in the world??!! — Today was my second day of classes. It was definitely more chill than yesterday, and I finished my two models early so I got to go home at around 3ish. There was a really confusing mix up with UPS that had me panicking for about damn near two hours. The laptop that I had ordered arrived broken, so I ordered a new one, but the new laptop hasn’t come in, and I mistook a slip that UPS gave me for my old laptop that needs to be picked up as a message that they were going to return my laptop back to the distributor. ANYWAY, let’s all collectively pray that I get my laptop tomorrow and that the separate return goes smoothly
Fine, it exists
Some good tracks, but the rest of the album didn't stand out to me.
I have always enjoyed Coldplay but I had never listened to this album the full way through. Wonderful experience, so many good songs on one album.
I wasn't expecting to like this much, but I must say there are a lot of memorable, well constructed songs on here, especially In My Place, Put a Smile on Your Face, Clocks. Not bad at all
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.
Album sounds like a 2002 time capsule with sweeping pianos
Meh, it's cold play. Not as bad as I was expecting, but just not a fan of cold play.
Good not great
coldpay is a band without a soul. fake music, a lot of theatrics, boring to hell.
Go smells those vagina candles that your wife sells online to retarded people... The freaking falsettos on every single song...
one of their best album IMO
I'm still not a fan of Coldplay. Off to a great start...
I waited 20 years to listen to this album. I thought maybe, when forced, I'd find something endearing. Nope, just music to listen to while walking through the mall, I hate malls. Not the worst on the list though, so one bonus star.
more from the insufferable cunt that is chris martin. this one makes me more annoyed than parachutes as i get sympathy to his backing band of non descript sidekicks. the music behind this is fairly decent, there's some tracks on here that i reckon i would be really in to if they didn't have that wailing insufferable cunt being insufferable and a cunty over the top. however i can swerve the sympathy for them as they are mates with an insufferable cunt, which in the eyes of the law makes them an accessory to being an insufferable cunt so they might as well be charged with the same offence of being insufferable cunts. my biggest fear with coldplay is that in about a decade everyone will have forgotten what an insufferable cunt he is and they will have some big comeback thing where they're inescapable again but this time everyone will be blowing way more smoke up his arse as they'll have crept into the 'legend' category of people who stuck around making average music long enough that people think that validates them.
I once bumped into Chris Martin in the fruit aisle of Sainsbury's. I asked for a photo and although he obliged, I didn't feel like his heart was really in it and in the picture he seemed dead behind the eyes. I told him that it wasn't good enough and he apologised, but that wasn't good enough for me. I punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. I smashed him over the head with my shopping basket and dragged him out of the store. I bundled him into the back of my Peugeot and drove to a nearby lake. I opened the boot of the car and he begged for mercy. Mercy did not arrive. I pummelled him to within an inch of his life. I drive away regretting not having finished the job.
Not really a rush of blood to the head, more a slow, weak, limp battle against an incurable illness.
The most interesting thing about this album is that the leader singer's ex-wife sells vagina scented candles. So there you go, make of that what you will, review out.
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.
It's a hour of radio filler, the kind of thing you dont actively dislike but also cant bring yourself to like either.
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
recommended for: a good nap on a warm afternoon. I find Chris Martin's voice kind of annoying, which might impede my napping. As an experiment, I found a bunch of instrumental versions of songs off this album and really like them (especially Warning Signs). Take away the singing and this is good (if a little sleepy) instrumental post rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkorvx50R8&list=RDv_vu_J4Dn3E&index=5 2/5 (disappointing)
Pressed play assuming it was going to be 3 stars, but I forgot how much I liked this album back in the day. Some classics on here. Shame the rest of their career is meh. 4/5
As much as I tried I couldn’t get over my painful memories of a friend making fun of me for listening to Radiohead and saying they sound like Coldplay. Is this fair to coldplay? No, of course not but you know when you get really sick from eating something and then can’t eat it ever again? It’s sorta like that. Like one time I got food poisoning from butternut squash and now just the smell of it makes me nauseous. Coldplay is my butternut squash of bands
Just boring music made for supermarkets
More than half of the songs are over 5 minutes. Coldplay is pretentious and overrated.
Boring and whiny.
I miss when Coldplay were this good. I love this album from top to bottom. It’s not the bands best moment…they’re past it at this point, but it’s still stellar top to bottom.
There are some good moments but it is the beginning of evil
I vacillate between thinking they are one of the greatest bands of my time to thinking that they are completely devoid of meaning and have an overly simulated sound. It's wild, but I've never really settled that internal debate. I loved this album when it came out and I think I was completely awestruck. I still think it sounds great.
Coldplay toen het nog wat Indie was, en minder de commercial pop van nu. Dit album blijft sterk overeind
Coldplay isn't really for me, but I get why their older albums are popular. This one had some of their hits on it that I've heard before. Still, the singer's voice is too whiny and droning for my liking. It's a relaxing album overall though
Muy buen album
Old favourite
The Scientist + Clocks is a hell of a pop one-two punch. Best track: The Scientist
An album of 4 chord breakup songs. The music is okay, but not really my sort of thing. The big tracks are catchy and the appeal is obvious.
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.
The hits you know. The deep cuts are just not there
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.
They fucking nailed it on this album, that sweet heady mix of pop melodies, sublime instrumentation and arrangements, earnest but not too earnest lyrics, and that little splash of art (see/hear the altered tuning on track 3). I'd give it 4.5 as it's that good, but will have to round down to 4 because, as much as I like it, it ain't no Beatles, Zep, or Hendrix yo.
It's obviously very good but you have to like the genre. I don't really
I love this album. Most of the songs are compelling and the style really suits Chris Martin’s surprisingly nice vocal range & the instrumentation of the other coldplaying boys. A number of the songs had a maximal thing going on, which I thought was very well done in terms of how the different layers all fit together. At this point, Chris Martin’s lyrics are a lot more up front and clear than Coldplay’s later stuff and there’s a lot less of the trying-to-be-poetic-but-really-not nonsense that is more common in the later Coldplay work. Aside from clocks and the title track I throughly enjoyed every song. Parachutes, this album, and Viva la Vida are, in my mostly uneducated opinion, Coldplay’s golden era. Unfortunately, they did some reverse alchemy and turned that gold into coal and then when they got bored of making coal they turned the coal into hot steamy dog poo. Truly a legendary fall off. Also Parachutes betta
Eh. I had a hard time getting into this. The instrumentation is fine but the lyrics seemed a bit needlessly pretentious
i always find myself disappointed by coldplay albums. it feels like there’s a potential for something really interesting there, and then 2/3 of the songs sound the exact same.
I've never really got the hate that Coldplay gets. I've listened to a few songs from them here and there and it isn't bad. This was a fine album but definitely has a certain vibe that one has to be in the mood for. For me it would have been improved significantly if the songs were shorter since I find many go on a tad too long. 3.5/5
Very plain. Might as well be Christian music. Good for movies and stuff ig. And I like his vocals
Not really my style but shit dawg, they do they have a sound and they do it really well. Like this has everything I'd want from this kind of music if I was into it.
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.
tedious and overplayed. 2 or 3 depending on how generous you feel.
It's a good balance of the subtlety of Yellow and the anthemic nature of Viva la Vida, and probably the most like Britpop of their discography, with the best example "In My Place." I'm no music theorist, but the music sounds simple to me, yet it doesn't sound the least generic. I'd be able to identify songs like "Politik" and the piano of "The Scientist" even if you plugged in several filters. I'm a huge fan of Martin's slow falsetto. It really stands out, haunting and melancholic, and I frequently find myself comparing other artists to him. All the songs are good. There are a few weak ones, but they all have excellent production and never reuse ideas, staying consistent. My favorite parts are the trace shoegaze influence of cloudy instrumental that overwhelm you but undergo subtle transformations, sometimes burying the vocals to be nearly incoherent, best exemplified in "A Whisper." The use of reverb in the closer "Amsterdam" is a sign of the empty atmospheric work they'll follow in X&Y.
Loved it!
pretty solid overall but I don't really love any particular song. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" is probably my favorite.
Pretty good. Would listen again. Shannah - 4/5 Conor - 3.5/5 Bill - 4/5 (3.8/5)
I know I am supposed to like Coldplay. But for some reason they just leave me cold. This listen didn’t change that.
Good album, beautiful melodies, catchy riffs
Highlights: Politik God Put A Smile Upon Your Face The Scientist Daylight Artwork: 6 / 10 Rating: 6,5 / 10
Fantastic album, totally listenable. All bar one song which is pretty impressive.
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
I've listened to this enough times to know this is a really amazing album. While it has some of their most popular singles, the deep cuts offer more variety than straight piano ballads. It's much more rocking and offers the same warm and uplifting feeling from the last album. It's a classic album and one of Coldplay's best effort (aside from their next release after this one).
I knew three of the songs of this already, so I guess that says something about the album. The tracks are well-liked enough that they are played more often than not. But I hate to say it, Coldplay bores me. You know that scene in "Coming To America" when Randy Watson comes out and starts singing, and everyone gets uncomfortable? That's how I feel listening to Coldplay. It just isn't for me. "Clocks" feels kinda too simple, and it shouldn't, with the piano and how it's being used. And "The Scientist...." I have a cover of Willie Nelson doing it, it sounds great. It's like Cash doing "Hurt", it takes it to the next level. So yeah it just is not my cup of tea, but I can tell it was well done.
I love the first half of the album; I think they deserve all the accolades they got for its combination of acoustic vs. electric guitar, piano, somber lyrics, and soft vocals. The Scientist is probably in my top 3 favorite songs of the 21st century. But the back half of the album felt a bit repetitive. I know it's the same style but it's like I ran out of gas with my desire for that sound. It's just missing something. I think with a bit more range or musical depth this album would be a 5.
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.
Really nice. Love these quiet stripped down moments that I don't believe you get as often with present day Coldplay. Not saying it's better or worse but it is nice. I think Clocks is an important lesson for all musicians. No guitar on the track, even though there is a guitarist in the band. And it was their first massive hit. Rests are also in the musical toolbox.
Absolute classic for me. Still holds up and love the piano on here.
classic bb
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.
slow sad, sad movie rainy day
I hate being "that guy" who hates Coldplay just because it's the British thing to do. Having said that, man this is dull AF the hits aren't even great and super overplayed and the non hits are so forgettable
Great album.
Better than I expected. Would listen again.
This is one of those albums with a distinct A and B side like singles used to have, with all the really good stuff front-loaded onto the A-side and the not so good stuff tucked away on the other. But the A-side *is* really good, enough so that I'll give it 4/5...
I thought this was going to be one that I had previously dismissed, and then upon re listening I would see what the fuss was about (as happened with Dark Side of the Moon). This is not dark side of the moon. it is a whine fest.
good!
Slightly buttered bread.
I'm not prepared for this.
Never was a Coldplay fan but the popularity of this album still hold all these years later. It's a solid album.
4.5 stars. Such a classic - before Chris Martin and co went off the deep end. Great melodies, great bass lines, and such sentiment. Less than perfect d/t a whisper... RIP quality Coldplay
I’m not sure if you need to listen t to this whole album- it’s still played on the radio all the time
Deeply unfashionable; but I really like it… maybe some sort of nostalgia at play!
Tepid. Colorless.
Coldplay just sucks. Boring basic music for boring basic people.
Eh. I don't think it was all that interesting? Not a coldplay fan though.
Average pop
good songs obviously, not really a fan of chris´s voice
Still Coldplay's best album. Strong songs. Non-stop. It is the What's The Story Morning Glory of the 00s (heard these songs perhaps too many times from everywhere).
It does not blow me away like it did in the early naughties, but the album still sounds great throughout, so I'll be generous and give it 5 stars.
Very consistent set of perfect pop songs, with a warm sound and comforting voice.
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
Peak Coldplay in my opinion (though they haven't really done anything good after Viva La Vida). "Politik" is a great dramatic opener. I will never understand what people got out of "In My Place" though, I've always found the track pretty boring, so the fact that it was the lead single has always puzzled me, since the rest here is quality moody alt rock. I am not a massive fan of the band and very rarely put it in my rotation, but really liked their earlier output.
I fucking hate Coldplay. F
Not all that interesting. Some nice chord patterns, but I don't love any of the vocal hooks.
Ugh, fuck this band. How lucky that I get Sting and Chris Martin back to back? Hooray. I probably only have the patience for one listen of what I assume is a concept album about Martin’s first boner. Okay enough(?) griping, time to press play… Okay. I’ll never understand the popularity of this band nor the respect many of my peers have for this group; this half-cooked pretentiousness catered to the Today Show demographic is fucking nauseating to me. AROBTH is a mishmash of snoozy ballads and poppy post-rock, a mostly boring tapestry on which Martin incessantly wails as he’s presumably contractually obligated to vice grip his berries for a falsetto hit in each track. It’s inescapable and every bit as obnoxious as the strained introspection and try-hard tenderness that pervade this (what I can only assume is a) Starbucks-planted album. I’ll admit, there were some moments that didn’t make me want to disembowel myself. I liked the drums and the mix is pretty darn good (as it should be with all that $bux help 😉). 0.5
didnt know bout this one
Early stuff was great
Goeie 2002 pop waar ik blij van word. Clocks, the scientist. twee toppers
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
I could listen to it for a long time
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.
Pretty much flawless
This is a very strong album. Most of the songs are packed with beautiful stick-in-your-head melodies and are well produced and tastefully arranged. Coldplay have a penchant for grandiose sounding songs that make them sound like they would be at home in the arena rock venues and this album definitely have them sounding like the heir apparent to the U2 throne. An impressive sophomore effort from a band that clearly has superstardom in its sights. 4.5 🌟
3/5
So my siblings and I really, really loved Parachutes back in 99-00, so when this came out we received it with arms wide open ready to be marveled by it whether it was worth it or not, we loved In my Place which is a good feature of my youths soundtrack, we were impressed by the Pink Floydesque Politik (even though the lyrics are not as strong as Martin wants), and were brought down to melancholia by The Scientist, its Britpop guitar and impressionist video clip. We saw them live that same year, funny story with a storm, jumped gates, a spaced out guy and a stolen ticket), bought the CD and downloaded the b sides and all that, Coldplay was the band that was gonna save music, the new U2 (it was their turn to that title lol) Of course we heard the detractors and the points they made about how unoriginal the propose was, how it was an early Radiohead copy, how the sound bounced between British music eras without being too good at it, how it was corny and cheesy and of course gay (yup, homophobia has been always been there for the band) but we did not care. Now that I think about it at that same moment we were already leaving the band behind for more complex music but at the time it was very enjoyable, guess that’s what formative years are about. Now 20 years later it is still a good memory from my young self, yes, I see now the album is bloated and aims too high, I see Clocks as one of the laziest hits ever, I dislike “a Whisper” entirely, but I also see “The Scientist” as one of the greatest song to hear live, and “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face”, “Green Eyes” and “Amsterdam” as some of their greatest efforts and really good music overall. Yes the album is not nearly as good as I once thought it was, but it is a good record nevertheless, much better that their current stuff is at least. Don’t buy the vinyl, all the presses suck.
CD
I will risk being called a math nerd but I need to use that side of the brain to try to show why the number of Coldplay listens on Spotify is so confusing. So - some simple math. On Spotify The Scientist has 1.2 billion - that's with a B - listens. That's more than 15% of the world's population. I can't believe more than 1 in 10 people want to hear this song. But wait - it's far worse! Spotify has only 200 million subscribers. So on average, each Spotify subscriber has listened to this song six times and if only 5% of subscribers (being 10 million which sounds way too high) actually like - and listen to - this song, then those soup lovers have listened to this 120 times each. Why would anyone do that? Who are these people? Do you know any? I know none of my friends listen to it. Ditto for my enemies. But those people must exist. There can't be just one Gen Yer playing it over and over 24 hours per day.
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
Good soft rock album. Much less pop heavy than coldplays later albums, which is nice
A great one
2002, my first year at university. Oddly, I don't recall this album being played that much. Don't misunderstand me, In My Place, God Put a Smile on Your Face, The Scientist and Clocks (tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the album, a warning sign?) were as ubiquitous as oxygen (they still are), but I hadn't sought to listen to the album. I accept that was partly prejudice against the hype, partly a sneer at Chris Martin's Bonoesque, narcissistic proselytism for somewhat ill-defined causes, partly a distanced yet justifiable disregard over their lyrical shortcomings. But whilst listening to this, I realised that I had really quite missed the point. I had ignored that Coldplay have a straightforward mission: vague, slightly sad yet very much hopeful singalong anthems for wimpy indie kids. As someone with touches of wimpy indie kid, I immediately got the appeal of the album when I actually bothered to tune in. It's a very easy album to embrace. Yes, that's because it's overtly populist in its ambitions, but that's not an a priori failing. It really just means the melodies are likeable. As for the lyrics, I had overlooked an obvious point about Coldplay: as a group following on from Oasis, the definitive British band of the 90s, they had graduated from the Noel Gallagher school of lyrics providing mood rather than meaning. Yes, we're not talking Dylan, but that's not the point of this. Would you prefer the Beatles if Keith Moon replaced Ringo? The album is fairly long, and threatens to stay until it begins to stink, but it avoids that mainly because, despite the singles all coming from the front, the later tracks are clearly not filler. More negatively, after a while there is the sense of inspirational-mix-for-a-5k, but what did you expect from Coldplay? Sexy boudoir numbers? A soundtrack to a drag race, whether cars or transvestites? Sidelong noodlings attempting to replicate the aura of Venus? If you accept this album on its own terms, you'll enjoy it so much more.
Very good!!
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
an album I already revisit all the time
I am vaguely familiar with COLDPLAY having and listening to their debut album, PARACHUTES, but not their second album A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD. I do not consider myself a fan as I was initially disappointed with PARACHUTES overall. After listening to A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, this album is very well done and pleasant to listen to, but it is not my cup of tea. COLDPLAY is musically competent, and CHRIS MARTIN sings well, but I need personality, dirt, grit, variation, and a host of other characteristics that for me make up a good song that appeals to me. Similar to me experience with NICK DRAKE whom I’ve gotten to like very much after I made my ranking for PINK MOON. This case I’m giving COLDPLAY the benefit of the doubt, because in the future I might “get it”. In 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, with COLDPLAY - A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, their debut album is also listed: PARACHUTES (2000) Rate Artist: COLDPLAY (3.5) Rate Album (Year): A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (UK 2002 Original) (4.0) Ranking of COLDPLAY - A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD songs No. Title Length Ranking 1. "Politik" 5:18 09.0/10 2. "In My Place" 3:48 08.0/10 3. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" 4:57 09.0/10 4. "The Scientist" 5:09 07.0/10 5. "Clocks" 5:07 07.0/10 6. "Daylight" 5:27 08.0/10 7. "Green Eyes" 3:43 07.0/10 8. "Warning Sign" 5:31 07.0/10 9. "A Whisper" 4:02 07.0/10 10. "A Rush of Blood to the Head" 5:51 07.0/10 11. "Amsterdam" 5:19 08.0/10 UK 2002 Original Release 84.0/110 = 7.64 / 2 = 3.82
Nope
Not a big Coldplay fan, but the album was okay. Mostly I just have a hard time getting past the lead singer's voice, but it wasn't wholly unpleasant like I was worried it would be. A bit melodramatic and slow, the backing instrumentals are pretty plain. I think I would have cared about that less if the lead vocalist was stronger.
I seriously don't care about Coldplay, nor this album.
If I didn't get the Radiohead comparisons then, I sure do now. Good album.
We’ll composed and really beautiful
Nobody must hear Coldplay. They're just there. Like magnolia walls. As an experiment if I have heard an album before I'll listen to it without the singles. Different Class by Pulp would be great album without the singles. This, well without the singles it's one star.
Meh
A gorgeous album, though I would rank Parachutes higher. The pristineness of the music is a strength of their music but also is a bit distracting, like I want to hear some dissonance every once in a while.
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.
Coldplay peaked with the Brothers & Sisters and The Blue Room EPs. In terms of albums, I think their first 3 are strongest and I was definitely a fan of Coldplay in high school/college. Early Coldplay is Diet Radiohead with optimistic-based syrup content. Later Coldplay became its own thing, which is fine but I fell off after Viva La Vida. With that out of the way, I think Coldplay on these earlier albums were at their prime. Lyrically they are good, it's inoffensive and easy listening. If I didn't have loved these albums in my youth I may not rate this as high as I do. I do remember coming home from a long shift at 1AM after closing up the concession stand at a movie theatre, hearing Clocks on the radio the first time and I made me stop in my tracks, as a moody 16 year old it just did something for me. It's still not what I wanna listen to most of the time, but credit to where credit is due. I think the track "A Rush of Blood to the Head" is still good, but I really can't listen to much of this anymore, I'm kind of past it all. But, 4 since I can recognize that it is very successful at what it does.
Solid album with several great hits that I enjoyed all the way through. Though Coldplay can often sound similar song to song, their lyric game is so strong that I can overlook that
Ughhhhhhhhhhh. I don't think I'll ever understand they Coldplay appeal. I just don't think it's good much. It's boring and there is nothing special about it.
In general Coldplay is not it for me. This album is no exception. The Scientist is a fantastic song. That’s about as far as this album goes on excellence. I find their sound very drab and Chris Martin’s voice ain’t it.
Definitely the best work by coldplay
Ok
Paradão d+ Mas eu conheço grande parte das músicas
Não consigo apontar uma música ruim nesse album, em sua proposta ele é impecável. Musicas prediletas: -In My Place; -God Put a Smile upon your face -The Scientist -Clocks -Daylight -Green eyes (Foi a musica que mais ouvi em 2021 segundo lastfm) -Warning Sign -Amsterdam Datalhes desse album: O Segundo album de coldplay; Produzido pela própria banda; Extremamente autoral, Rock alternativo e melodico, com o tom meio cinza que a banda carregou e carregou a banda (rs) nos primeiros 4 albuns.
Tres bon album de coldplay, avec plein de classiques quon a attendu des centaines de fois. Propablement leur plus connus . 4.5
Coldplay at their peak. Tight composition, and powerful lyrics
Solid pop album
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*
Was quite interested to listen having always passed on Coldplay as bland. Maybe its expectancy bias but it really was nothing... I didn't hate it so its better than a one I suppose.
Solid album. Lots of good songs.
Es kam für mich irgendwann eine Zeit, in der ich für mich selbst akzeptieren musste, dass Coldplay früher eine echt gute Band war (bis Viva La Vida und zu kleinerem Teil auch noch Mylo Xyloto). Auf Parachutes sind sehr viele wirklich schöne Lieder zu finden, die ich nie erwartet hätte. Das hier ist also das Album danach und man merkt auch schon, dass sie hier auch schon etwas ihren Teil im Mainstream gefunden haben, aber wie auch schon Parachutes bleibt es eher piano- und gitarrenlastig. Die erste Hälfte sind back to back Songs, die man heute aus dem Fernsehen, aus Werbungen oder sonstwo her kennt und allein das sagt wirklich einiges aus. Mir fällt es jetzt natürlich schwer, die objektiver zu sehen, ich glaube der Riff von In My Place wurde als Intro von RTL Vermisst benutzt, also konnte ich das echt nicht schlechte Lied nicht besonders voll nehmen, aber Clocks und The Scientist sind auf allen Ebenen immer noch verdammt stark. Und eben nicht nur das, denn durch sowas wie Politik und Warning Sign wird eine gewisse Atmosphäre erzeugt, die man eben auch von Parachutes kennt. Und auch der Closer Amsterdam hat mich dann doch ziemlich gepackt zum Ende hin. In dem, was sie da tun, sind (waren) sie eben einfach gut. Den Radiohead-Vergleich verstehe ich so weit, dass sie ansatzweise auf den OKC-Sound gehen, aber dann auch nicht viel mehr. Dafür sind sie einfach so obvious poppig. Für mich sind Coldplay aus den 00er-Jahren einfach ein gutes Symptom der damaligen Pop-Landschaft. Auf jeden Fall besser als sowas wie Maroon 5 damals. 7/10 (schade dass man hier nicht halbe Sterne geben kann, weder 3 noch 4 Sterne wird das gerecht aber 3 ist dafür einfach zu wenig)
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?
Ist so vor sich hingeplätschert, definitiv besser als alles was ich kannte von Coldplay und ist ok gealtert, hat also meine Erwartungen überstiegen aber insgesamt einfach 0815 Alternative Pop/Rock der mir nichts gibt außer paar netten Klaviermelodien und losen Shoegaze Referenzen, plus es zeichnet sich hier halt auch dieser öde Pathos ab mit dem die heute noch Hallen füllen
Unerträglich wenn ich könnte würde ich 0 Sterne geben!!!
Langweilig und radiohead-pilled (das ist schlecht) Es beeindruckt mich einfach nicht, gar nicht. Vor allem die Vocals geben mir manchmal einfach Fremdscham, kann es nicht erklären. Eine positive Sache kann ich sagen, Green Eyes ist ein ganz guter Song und hat mehr britpop vibes für mich. Ansonsten, wie gesagt, einfach extrem langweilig. Wenn nochmal ein Coldplay Album dran kommt, hoff ich, dass es Viva La Vida...wird. Das einzige nicht blande CP Album. Vielleicht hör ich mir das nochmal an die Tage. Oder vielleicht was anderes Gutes in dem Stil, Noel Gallagher oder so. (RT)
Das war mir iwie völlig egal einziger richtiger moment of interest war ah! clocks von coldplay! Hab dann iwann auch bisschen abgeschaltet leider, aber war jetzt auch nicht schrecklich langweilig und da war clocks von coldplay drauf das kennt man ja von damals
Vodafone Werbung.
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
A bože te sačuvaj.
It feels like listening to the same track for half an hour, which is fine, as I quite like this sort of music.
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 loved this album so much when I was a teenager. I remember when it came out I had 14, and it was beatiful. So deep, so well constructed.
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
Great album which sparks a sense of nostalgia. I know Coldplay get bad rap but this was one of my favourite albums to listen to.
Not really a fan of Coldplay and though there were a couple of songs on there I recognised, didn't really change this opinion
Great album. Easily my favorite Coldplay album (although Parachutes is pretty good as well). The Scientist is my favorite song. 4/5
one of my favorite albums ever - a true masterpiece front to back. Amsterdam is such an underrated song. Coldplay's best album bar none, and one of the best of the last 25 years
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.
Super relaxing album but not one that I will go back to often
2.2 - enjoyed Parachutes significantly more than this album. Nothing really stood out or caught my attention. Unlikely to revisit anytime soon.
Oh god please no. I lasted one and a bit songs. What is this???? Penance??
coldplay at their best.
Incroyable
Cool
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.
First album was fine. This one made me start to dislike them. Every album since has increased that dislike to hatred.
They're no Beatles but Coldplay is still one of the best acts to ever come out of Ol' Blighty even if it does seem like poor Chris Martin is always desperately in need of a hug. Not all of the songs are bangers but that's not really the Coldplay vibe so I'm not bothered. Any of the non-hits would be cornerstone tracks for any other band. Their brilliance is just dimmed because they sit in the shadow of tracks like "Clocks" and "Amsterdam" which are monsters. It's a great album, no contest.
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.
They’re just so beige
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
Överraskande bra! Älskar hur gitarrerna låter och sångerna är välskrivna och intressanta.
While I'm not a fan of what Coldplay has become, there's a reason they got to be so huge and this album is an absolute masterpiece. It's moody, has great heart and emotion, it's so easy to get into this and every song is a banger. There's a huge run of hits but even the tunes that didn't become radio hits are all great, Politik is an excellent opener. The band went on to lose the magic that made this album so fantastic, and their new tunes are all focus-group pop music to appeal to the masses. But despite the future that comes, this album stands on it's own and is worth five stars easily.
3.75
Fine.
The Coldplay tracks I know and love best
Meh. But like, really meh. Had to listen to Beyonce halfway through.
Probably Coldplay's best album.
It probably deserves three stars but it bored my pants off more often than it didn't.
in the middle of the road you see the darndest things
Amazing album
Really great album. Loved it.
Fav songs: - Politik
Nice
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
An absolute gem. Clocks is a brilliant song, but it's an undeniably solid album from front to back.
Peak coldplay. Definitely a singer-songwriter vibe with atmospheric elements and everything is pretty passionate and enjoyable. Easy to put on anytime.
Classic. The whiny dudes from the early 00s.
I've hated every Coldplay song that I've ever heard on the radio. Their non released stuff was good to excellent. So pleasantly surprised!
Bueno
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