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I've never been a fan of Coldplay, but I thought I should give this album a fair chance. His voice and the music are beautiful. It's just too melancholic for my taste.
It's fine. Inoffensive. Coldplay's just never done anything for me.
Boring.
A couple of things on this: Coldplay are fine. They've got some good songs and a few of them are on this album. An album which I heard when it came out. Fine then, fine now and much better than some of their later work. If they'd made more albums like this they wouldn't be as big and wouldn't be as despised. However, if you try and listen to this in a busy pub while reading book you'll realise it doesn't work in a certain crowd. The world moves around it. Which is pretty much what you can say about the band now.
God I really fucking hate Clocks. It's not even that bad a song, but it's not that good a song either and I had a friend in college that way overplayed it. The rest of the album also sucked. I don't really like Coldplay. Moving on. Best song: In My Place
Lpm me gustó
A little bit meh but a a huge amount better than most of the dross they've released since.
It's fine. Coldplay is the most middle of the road music possible. If you had the best AI in the world make music to satisfy the masses and create no controversy at all, you get this album.
This album, like most Coldplay albums, was inoffensive, but not especially interesting.
Not the one where they ripped off Kraftwerk
With a couple of exceptions I've always found Coldplay uninspiring - bland is the popular clichéd view, and it's difficult to argue against this, along with CM's whiny vocals. This album does nothing to change that. I've never understood their massive global appeal, I must be missing something.
A few songs that I like a lot but it’s still Coldplay so I can only rate it so high
Kind of funny getting this one the day after I referred to Doves as a way better/more interesting version of Coldplay. I think this album is underrated, and if it weren't for songs like "Clocks" and the band following that thread more, they would be regarded very differently.
09
Another one I own and love. Haven't listened in a while so I went back through it a couple of times and while I may not love it as much as I did when it first came out, it's still excellent.
I know this album so well, this is my childhood and I know them all by heart. Every song absolutely SLAPS and I don't care what anyone else says otherwise. Politik is rad, I think it's such a cool song. Coldplay could do a masterclass in alt-pop minimalism - the writing is simple at times but it's certainly not basic. And their use of suspensions is satisfying and beautiful. The diction is so crisp, the consonants are crystal clear but never harsh, and Chris Martin has a great voice. The piano in Scientist sounds like a slightly defined upright piano and it's lovely. The song is overplayed, but not without good reason - it's so beautiful Lol followed up by an exception to what i just said, I'm tired of hearing Clocks. Probably liked it the first time I heard it... but I've heard it way too much. Amsterdam is one of my favorites on the album. When I'm in a sad mood this song could bring me to tears. So wistful, so melancholy, but with a hopeful sounding chord progression. The lyrics in combination with the melody and the chords makes me emotional. I like the mixing, it's spacious and bright and the bass has clear pocket in the mix that really brings it out. Ok a criticism, sometimes the ends of songs drag a bit longer than feels necessary.
I rarely have every song from an album saved. Front to back this album is so good. The songs are so unique but now I’d say they’re classics and shaped a lot of new music.
Great album. Classic songs on this one. Songwriting is neat, mix is nice. 4.5
How many more Coldplays are there in this challenge? :'( I say like Nick Cave: “Music should risk failure. Otherwise it’s just product.” Coldplay = product
NOBODY SAIIIID IT WAS EEAAASYYYYYYY
"We have OK Computer at home" OK Computer at home: ------------------------------------------------------- Fr though I really enjoy this album, I've had some ups and downs with my enjoyment of Coldplay over the years, they were one of the first bands I was really obsessed with as a kid and I then jumped on the Coldplay hate bandwagon through my later teens, which I think was understandable considering the rapidly decreasing quality of their work, but going back now to listen to their earlier albums I think their is some really fantastic music to be found, this record especially standing above the rest. The only thing I could hold against it is I think they could have cut a couple tracks in the latter half, tracks 8 and 9 in particular really start to drag the momentum of the album. But tracks 1 through 6 really showcase some genuinely phenomenal song writing. Or maybe its the nostalgia talking, who can say? Fav Track: 5 - Clocks Best Three Track Run 3, 4, 5
Highlights: - Politik - In My Place - God Put a Smile upon Your Face - The Scientist - Clocks - Daylight - Warning Sign - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Amsterdam
Ahh yes. I know this album very well. Really great album, although I think I still prefer the first one a bit more for being more guitar focused. There was a time when this band seemed like their heir apparent to Radiohead, and they're far from it now. Wish they had continued more in this direction rather than going full commercial pop, but oh well. This is still a great album.
Highkirkenuinley one of my favorite bands ever, and this album represents their music perfectly. Beautiful almost heavenly instrumentals while slightly lacking in the lyrical department. The instrumentation alone is enough for this to be a 5, the lyrics can always be better but that was never why you would listen to coldplay. It saddens me that this band has been sort of forgotten by our generation.
Absolutely fantastic record. Truly one of the records of all time. First 5.
I had a difficult time rating this one. There were some good songs here, but I also felt it had lots of filler and forgettable songs. I wish I could give a 3.5/5.
Love this album
Trails off a bit at the end but this is still when they were good
Loveeeeeeeeeeeeee desde siempre
Amazing, start to finish
Yeah, sure, why not?
Sometimes its hard not to hold what they became against them. Right now they are a virus that needs to be removed from music, soulless, chasing hits, dull, embarrassing This is none of those things. This is brilliant which makes it even more frustrating
Me aburrió tanto que lo dejé al tercer tema.
Some good tunes, however the rest kind of just melds in and doesn't stand out. Overrated in my opinon.
Divorce music
A modern classic I guess, these days. The album that put them into the big league with a superior set of songs to a Parachutes and some tracks that still dominate their sets today
Favorite songs: Politik, In My Place, The Scientist, Clocks, A Whisper
I listened to this album as objectively as possible and I just can't help but remember this era in the early-to-mid 2000's - where bland pop/rock artists with similar sounds dominated the charts and MTV/radio play. It was virtually unavoidable. A similar band (similar at the time anyway) that really rose to prominence at the same time was Snow Patrol; and it seemed like every busker in busy streets around every corner would be singing 'Chasing Cars' and nothing else. It drove me borderline insane. Like... fundamentally there is nothing wrong with this kind of stuff, but ultimately I get no sense of "essential listening" from it. It’s made-for-radio, it’s too safe and pedestrian, and ultimately it’s boring. The narrative around Coldplay is always along the lines of this album being one of the “good” ones before the band “sold out”. I just always question that narrative - how exactly did they “sell out” when they were always constructing the safest songs possible? The only difference nowadays is that they lay into it more. Either way - it’s pretty obvious I didn’t like this album. Coldplay are a competent unit but their entire catalogue is just bland fluff wrapped around with some eye catching iconography so the masses think they’re deeper than they are. They’re not musically adventurous enough to hide their hallow lyrics, and their lyrics are too hallow to have the artistic credibility label they seem to have attached to them. 2/5
If you gave up on U2 because you found them too humble and self-deprecating, then this is the album for you! Radiohead wannabes who seem to have genetically engineered VERY IMPORTANT anthemic songs for 90,000 people to sing along with at Wembley. Not a single spark of life or energy anywhere, the songs just lie there, waiting to be played under the credits of a b-grade American police procedural. Coldplay rode the inoffensive train straight down the middle of the road to become, for one brief shining plastic moment, the biggest band in the world, so clearly they knew what they were doing. But there's no excuse for it.
2.7/5 A solid album although the latter part of the album drags it down abit. I think I've heard this before and didn't mind it.
Great lyricism
I do not, in fact, like Coldplay.
Clocks is in my too favorites. Very instrumental and beautiful.
Before they peaked for me.
Good album
so many good songs, already heard
odlican album svakako sam znala nekoliko pesama i uzivala sam u njima, prelepo popodne utroseno s mojom cimikom
Classic Coldplay.
Classic Coldplay before they sold out and went full pop. Not as good as Parachutes.
Forgot how much I love this album.
וואווווווו פשוט מושלם. כל שיר אחד אחרי השניייייי אבל אני לא בטוחה אם זה ממש 5 כוכבים.. למרות שבאמת ממש אהבתי!
Bland
Meh
I expected more from this album. No songs other caught my attention other than the generic 'clocks' ot 'the scientist'.
The lyrics are great but I don’t love Chris martins vocals
Standouts In My Place God Put a Smile on Your Face The Scientist Clocks A Whisper
cuando coldplay hacia buena música.
Ihan ok
tbh second favorite coldplay album now. it fell off i like parachutes
My rating. 3.8
Liked Songs: - Politik - God Put a Smile upon Your Face - The Scientist - Clocks - Daylight - Green Eyes
I always thought this album cover was an abstract picture of a goat. It's not. The Scientist is a big piece of cheese and I love it. Not really fussed by the rest.
"Ok" fine to have on in the background while shouting at my kids but never reached threshold of me paying attention
I don't hate Coldplay but I live close enough to the Etihad stadium to get unwanted tickets every time they play in Manchester. 1. Politik - incredibly boring, borderline triggering drumline 2. In my place - overplayed but I'd sing along if it came on the radio 3. God put a - Attempt at being Radiohead? 4. The Scientist - I like this despite myself. Too long 5. Clocks - Probably my favourite one on the album 6. Daylight - Feels v 60s Summer of Love inspired 7. Green Eyes - Not sure I've heard this before - quite like it 8. Warning Sign - Skipped it - ran out of patience 9. A Whisper - Tedious 10. A rush of blood to the head - Meh 11. Amsterdam - Forgot about this one
call me basic....kinda excited for this.....i always forget how much i enjoy coldplay oh wow...i fully meant to write so much more and i just didn't..... i think this is a great album but i wonder if it being such a departure from the vibe of the past few impacted this assessment.....
i’ve always liked this cover, i think it matches the coldplay sound/vibe i like coldplay’s sound, very easy to listen to and i like the instrumentals feel like the songs are distinct but still blend well, very cohesive sound standouts: warning sign daylight green eyes the scientist * a rush of blood to the head * clocks * * def a nostalgia factor w some of these
Politik 4.5/5 In My Place 3.5/5 God Put A Smile upon Your Face 5/5 The Scientist 3.5/5 Clocks 4/5 Daylight 4/5 Green Eyes 3.5/5 Warning Signs 3.5/5 A whisper 3/5 Rush of Blood to The Head 4/5 Amsterdam 4/5 Average: 3.86 4 Stars
snooze, clocks remixes are better than clocks
BOOOOOORING
not bad lol
👎
bleh
Fundamentally, Coldplay is good, really good even, but monotony and general repetition is baked into their style to the point of annoying me greatly by the time I'd finished the latter half of the album. It's not that the music was BAD, it just didn't do anything new with its style and formatting to where my brain actually began to tune it out
Bland, plods when it should soar. What is the point of making anthemic, grandiose music if you have nothing grand to say? It feels like they take the safe option everytime. Middle management music for middle managers
Coldplay get a lot of grief for their newer stuff (some warranted, some unwarranted) but this absolutely slaps. Honestly close to 5 for me. Hit after hit after hit
I’ve never liked Coldplay, but listened to the entire ablum for the sake of this endeavor. It’s fine, but I’m so bored with it and my mind has not changed.
mid
Alright, once again coming into an album with some pre-conceived notions. I wanted to bin this off because of how mainstream Coldplay were while I was in my formative teenage years - they were my Dads mates favourite band if you know what I mean? They sit in the same headspace for me with Kasabian, The Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol (who I like!) etc as that kind of British, radio-friendly Dad Rock that could be a V-Festival headliner and have everyone forget the set immediately afterwards. However; This is a really really good album... Politik is a lovely opening track - the wiki for it being "Chris Martin wrote "Politik" on 11 September 2001, having been inspired by that day's terrorist attacks" is such a funny way of framing it though Was going to write that In My Place is a kinda British zeitgeist song but that'll also apply for The Scientist and Clocks so that's really a reflection on how well received this album was God Put a Smile upon Your Face - yeah banger fair play The Scientist - special place in my heart for this as we recorded a cover of it as part of our A-Level music tech course (ageing myself here) but it is a gorgeous song. Martin's lyrics are lovely - "questions of science, science and progress/do not speak as loud as my heart/but tell me you love me, come back and haunt me/oh and I rush to the start" obviously a standout track if not for the IMMEDIATE NEXT ONE Clocks - that fucking piano intro man, i've got goosebumps and I DON'T LIKE COLDPLAY. the offbeat snare synching up to the keys later. this is some iconic arena rock. checking the wiki, it has 16 citations on various greatest songs of all time lists. yeah fair enough Coldplay, you smashed it with this one. getting into the second half of the album, the half with zero blue links on wiki so interested to hear how this pans out Daylight - that 2.29 dropout is so smooth, there's lots going on in the latter half of this track, the piano line is great but there's something new to pick out each time i listen - special shoutout to whoever was the studio engineer because that piano is just beaut Green Eyes - now this is a shame, it could be a really good song but it doesn't suit Coldplay at all! it doesn't need the reverb, it doesn't need the band behind it, it doesn't need the clean guitar sound. this is a folk rock track waiting in the wings and I wouldn't be surprised to find like 50 covers of it on youtube that give more heart and soul and MEANING to this. the first real disappointment on the album for me unfortunately. admittedly the last minute does the jangly riff driven folky stuff really well (that Mumford & Sons will jump on and popularise later in the decade) Warning Sign - revisit A Whisper - yooo, what are we doing with the time signature here. you're telling me Coldplay made THIS? another standout for me, really really good A Rush of Blood - revisit Amsterdam - again, the piano is just wonderful, Martin showing off his range and while some notes seem like a struggle to hit, it adds to the charm of the song. A surprising album closer, but the organ - damn just got hit with the rest of the band lmao
6.5/10 - I enjoyed this album more than I expected. There are a few really great songs, a few misses, and a few overplayed songs. Overall a much better album than their later stuff.
There are some great songs on here but some fall a bit flat or overstay their welcome. It's much better than what Coldplay is putting out now. Strong 6/10
Tedious with synthesisers.
Not a huge fan of the band but have to admit this album has got a few great tracks from them. Can't be an accident so have to give this one a 3 at least.
I should like Coldplay more than I do. Musically they're pretty strong but vocally Chris Martin can sing at a pitch bordering on something only dogs can hear
Coldplay are overrated IMHO, this has some total bangers on it
Fave song: the scientist
straight people music?
at the start of listening: "eh this is not so bad" after the fifth identical song: "oh. i get it"
It's fine. I absolutely detest 'Clocks' though. Something about that song has always made me feel uneasy.
Even with one or two songs I enjoy on here (The Scientist etc) I still can’t quite get up enough enthusiasm for Coldplay. They’re good at what they do, but it’s not for me
Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Quite good and pleasant, but doesn't seem groundbreaking to me.
Best song: The Scientist Pretty good, love album. But I feel like Coldplay is underrated
Love this album, could listen to every song on it.
35. boringgggg
All I really know about him is from when I saw him play Clocks on endless award shows. He sounds like he downs Valium by the fistful.
Sure, there are 4 bangers in a row but the rest of this one BORED me... 3/5
Achievement: I no longer think Coldplay is probably boring because other people say Coldplay is boring - I now think Coldplay is boring because I've finally listened to a Coldplay record, and it was boring. It's like they took a bunch of songs and ran them through a filter to make them 50% less interesting. Maybe they don't want to upset anyone, which is nice? I prefer upsetting music. 2/5 since I'm saving 1 for something absolutely excruciating.
Beautiful. Timeless
Not too crazy about this one
I accidentally slept through one of the songs, but unless it was terrible this was like a really really good album. Like much stronger than I was expecting from them, I actually really connected to a couple of the songs here. It made me want to listen to more Coldplay. Favorites: In My Place, A Whisper, A Rush of Blood to the Head
I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, not all my taste by a long way and he’s got a mopey voice but it’s well written and musically it’s good.
There’s two children playing outside in the snow, one of them has forgotten their coat. It’s Cold Play. 4 bangers. Earlier the better for Coldplay
Unfortunately I absolutely love this shit. A Rush of Blood to the Head and Amsterdam were bangers back when I was in middle school and I still love it.
I am a Coldplay Stan admittedly. 2 all time epic songs, 2 more massive hits. Even the deeper cuts are written well...hard not to give this a 5.
I mean….its coldplay, so I want to listen to it on a daily basis? no, but I could definitely listen to it from time to time I guess
Album 12 Top 3 "favorites" off the album: A Rush of Blood to the Head, Green Eyes, The Scientist I get The Scientist stuck in my head sometimes, not even the lyrics, just the melody. That said, I cannot believe you are making me listen to Coldplay. In fact, I was so disinclined to do so that I put it off a whole two days. Maybe I'm just one of those attention span-lacking numbskulls, doomed to spend the remaining 50-55-ish years of my life scrolling endlessly through Instagram reels that will all be AI slop that's become so short we can gain nothing from them but 0.2 seconds of relief from the man-made horrors well within our comprehension. All I'm saying is 54 minutes of Coldplay in 2026 feels like so much more Coldplay than I ever signed up for. Really, this is going to be an unfair review. 8 a.m. is not the time to listen to this album. I'm not going to go back and do it again, though, and if I don't get past this one, I'll hit a total stop. I should just call it mid and move on, but I won't. Guitar beating eighths in 4/4 time. Drums 1, & of 2, and 4. Some piano noodling. Some Chris Martin going into falsetto. The occasional cymbal... tap. Not crash. Never too much. Lyrics that exist. A slow build to a mezzo-anything, a stripping back of instrumentation, then the sudden re-entrance of everything all at once. Repetition of one or two lines for the last 45 seconds of the song. Formulaic. To say something requiring more brain power, the album has a dark quality to me. Dark and cool. It should be a relief to listen to. Instead, the rush of blood to my head inspires a headache behind my eyes and a despair unlike anything I've felt during this project thus far. Long may I remain as unbothered as I was before. I want to feel something about this. It's my general shoulder shrug of neutrality that really gets me. I almost don't have the energy to hate it, which makes me hate it. Nonsense, yeah. But true. I just keep rolling my eyes. I guess I'm just too old to be listening to this flavor of love song now. I try to put myself in my angsty teenage shoes, or even my younger young adult ones, and I just can't really romanticize lines like "And honey, you should know/That I could never go on without you" anymore. Now, don't misunderstand: I can absolutely get behind the sentiment when it's said in a way that's more flowery. I can be as sappy as the next person. I swear. This album feels more like being beaten over the head with a hammer. Why didn't we put A Rush of Blood to the Head at the end?? I really think it was a better choice for a final tune. I was glad to hear it, but then there was one more song, and it was slow and quiet, followed by a sudden 50 SECOND INCREASE IN VOLUME straight back down into the same quiet. It belonged earlier in the album. Imagine Dragons did Amsterdam better, I fear. Crazy thing to say? Maybe. But as an avid former Dragons listener, I'm pretty qualified to judge. Sigh.
Really can’t get myself to like them
What an overrated piece of garbage album. I enjoyed “The Scientist”, “Clocks” is such a mindless song that I just don’t jive with. I deleted this album promptly lol
Highlights: Politik, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face. In a nutshell: "give me real. Don't give me fake" I think we can all agree that Coldplay is the millennial edition of 80’s and early 90’s U2. They were critically lauded, fans loved them, people loved to hate them AND they were a promoter’s dream. Anyone who compares Radiohead to Coldplay is not wrong but that's giving the band way too much credit. The former is more experimental than the latter, and the experimentation started quite early in Radiohead's career. Listening again, over 20 years on, it's quite front loaded. If the listener is more familiar with Coldplay's radio hits, I'd recommend the Live 2003 album instead. Avoid the video version, there are too many cutaways and a lot of flashing lights. Overall: 5/10
I forgot how much I actually like this album. It was a good listen.
EVERY song VERY skippable. save your ears and don't waste your time if u do please commit a Van Gogh but instead of one ear could u do both. Not interesting, Not catchy, Not anything on this earth could make me re-listen to this album. Case closed.
Wow am I surprised. I have always been a Coldplay hater like I genuinely couldn’t stand their music and would refuse to listen to it, so today I very begrudgingly listened to this and wow it was a lot better than I thought it would be. The piano in the background was really nice and gave the album a calming, somber feeling and the infrequent drumming and guitar really added to the atmosphere. Now I have 2 main problems with this album one of them is even though the instrumentals were good, the songs all kinda blended into one like I couldn’t really tell that any of the songs sounded particularly different from one another. And I understand that songs transition into one another but it’s was like one massive transition through the whole album. My other gripe is that no matter how hard I try I just can’t really enjoy the sound of the vocals. They weren’t terrible and definitely better than a lot of albums and artists but I just don’t like them that much. Overall a solid album and it had a couple really good songs on it like, The Scientist and politik. Im giving it 3 stars A medium 5 out of 10
I don’t appreciate him howling at me in the Scientist, not very good scientific method. Overall review is some dickhead with an acoustic guitar part 2 electric boogaloo. This album is like the second holocaust if you ignore the ones happening/happened in Bosnia, Cambodia, Iraq, Sudan, Burma, China, Israel etc.. The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because there is at least drums which provide some sort of solicitation from this ear splitting album. This may also be in part due to trauma from the Christmas Concert
Yes it's quite generic but that doesn't make it bad. Some of the songs are a little whiney but most are pretty decent, I liked 'green eyes' and 'whisper' more than the others. Wasn't taking the effort to differentiate the songs at the end, they were alright, mostly acted as background music - neither overly good nor bad. 61/100 Score edited 28/01/26
Initally quite a nice sense of familiarity, as if I've heard it all before. Hope it continues this way. Nevermind. The further I got through this the worse it got. The War On Drugs came on after the album was over and I instantly picked it up and was like "Oh wow, something interesting?!" The appeal of this album came from the (justifiably) incredibly popular songs that I've heard countless times before. That, and a sense of nostalgia i suppose i could say I was even looking forward to this listen. Regrettably. The lesser known parts of this album was *yawn*, going especially downhill in the second half. Boring and inconsequential. Why listen to Coldplay to be sad when you can listen to Radiohead to be sad?
This is good! I dismiss Coldplay for being U2-lite, but that’s unfair. Chris Martin’s plaintive voice gives the music a sweet melancholy, and the band has some great hooks that build a strong mood. Of all their albums this is one I’d listen to again.
Underrated somehow - I think the hate comes from the reaction to latter day Coldplay. Clocks is an all timer, Amsterdam is stunning, the mood on this album is just next level
Decent album, couple great songs
8 - GOOD
didn’t listen in full, but pretty good. coldplay now feels like a breath of community and they are timeless
Certainly not bad. Just slow ballady indi stuff I like better
Yeah it’s ok, long bit sappy.
Listening to Coldplay is like listening to some very human-like robots or aliens or something. They were like "U2 is the biggest band in the world. Let's emulate that sound!" And then they proceeded to watch people's emotions that they themselves could not feel nor could they understand and then wrote songs to try to show that they both feel and understand the human emotions. Well, I don't believe them. I don't think any of the Coldplay bots have felt a single emotion, only read about or observed them. I don't think there's a single track on this album that I can point to as good or bad. It's primarily objectionable in that it's so milquetoast. It certainly represents a moment culturally though so 2 stars.
Для группы, которая по моим ощущениям должна была играть скучную музыку, сделано круто. Лучшая песня: A Whisper
Some absolute hits and everything listenable, I remember being blown away by this album when it dropped, and it's aged pretty well.
Overall rating by me: 5/10 Songs added to the playlist: ,,The Scientist" Notes: Very slow-paced and emotional. Good for background music or something to play when you're feeling blue.
2 stars ugh it’s fine i guess i just find coldplay so incessantly bland boring and annoying i don’t get why they’re so popular it’s all the same piano and guitar chords with nonsense lyrics it’s so inoffensive i have nothing else to say
Mooi, leuk om eens hun songwriting te analyseren
Solid album. Has many of their classic songs. Enjoyed the drumming and layering on the instruments. Vocals are an obvious stand out as well. 3.7/5.0
Lovvvveeee me some Coldplay!!
Solid.
not my fav but a few good ones
Classic Coldplay sound
Great but ultimately forgettable. Right after listening to it, Radiohead started playing afterwards and I just completely focused on that and forgot about Coldplay.
No sé por qué les tenía manía. Muy buen disco
I feel like the first part of the record has the best songs, but the second part feels very slow yet the songs are okay and go well with the themes of the album.
Guilty pleasure alert! I've enjoyed Coldplay through the first the albums. Bit shocked to observe their global domination from humble beginnings... but it's a jigsaw that works. Simple songs played and sung beautifully. The right hint of psychedelic, some actually interesting chord progressions. And a real knack for a catchy melody. Restrained guitars. It's a great package. Clocks is brilliant in its simplicity, and politik works. Like a bridge between yellow and miss you.
Couple of good tracks but other that doesn't really grab me.
Yeah, this is OK - certainly better than what they've done since. They really are terrifically boring though, like the worst elements of latter day U2 filtered further for the masses.
This was fine. I actually like a couple of the songs but the vocals don’t really grab me. Feels like a paint by numbers done with skill.
¿Por qué no me gusta Coldplay? ¿Es porque soy un niño indie? ¿Es porque son conocidos? ¿Es por el tipo de pop rock genérico que hacen que suena a “música” y ya está? ¿A música de anuncio? ¿A música de momento emotivo de peli mala de Hollywood? ¿Es por el mixing tan limpito? ¿Por lo melodramático que suena? ¿Es porque mi cabeza decide establecer una conexión inevitable con Radiohead por algún motivo y eso me los hace inescuchables (los mejores temas del disco tienen momentos que suenan a Radiohead pero de repente se jode a puro melodrama, no sé como llamarlo de otra manera)? No es un mal disco, simplemente es genérico, y eso es peor aun. No tengo nada contra la gente rollito Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, etc. Que lo disfruten y tal. Not me tho.
A Rush of Blood to the Head feels like the last truly great Coldplay album — and at its best, it’s genuinely brilliant. It’s packed with strong songs and era-defining hits, and it captures the band at a point where ambition, emotion, and melody were perfectly aligned. I’ve never been shy about giving Coldplay a hard time. I’ve often found them a bit middle-class, music-school polished, and occasionally bland. But tastes evolve. After seeing them live recently — and perhaps mellowing a little myself — I’ve come to appreciate what they do well far more than I used to. Yes, they can veer into cheesy territory, but on this album it mostly works. The production is superb, the songwriting confident, and the run of singles is excellent. It’s full of big, catchy pop songs that still feel emotionally grounded rather than overblown. That said, the album does drag in places. The back half isn’t as strong, and tracks like Whisper and the title track feel flat and overly earnest. Trimmed slightly, this could have been a tighter and even more impactful record. Favourite tracks: Politik, In My Place, The Scientist, and Clocks — all outstanding pop songs. Least favourite tracks: Whisper and A Rush of Blood to the Head feel dull and expendable. Album artwork: A cool, understated cover that suits the mood of the record perfectly.
Fine
Coldplay at their peak melodramatic and utterly inane, boring, selves
Politik - 9 In My Place - 8 God Put a Smile upon Your Face - 8 The Scientist - 8 Clocks - 9 Daylight - 8 Green Eyes - 8 Warning Sign - 7 A Whisper - 7 A Rush of Blood to the Head - 9 Amsterdam - 8
I really hoped it would be better, it was just okay.
Once upon a time Coldplay was cool and good and this album was the pinnacle of that time.
I don’t get the mass appeal of Coldplay to me. They’re overrated and just like any other pop band.
A timeless classic despite Chris Martin being mildly irritating.
Honestly I tried to give this a fair shot, and it was pretty God awful up until Clocks. The back half of the album raised it to a 2 for me. The singing is good but not great. A lot of the chords and arrangements are pretty boring on most songs. It's just easy listening pop "rock" for the masses I guess. I can say this is the first time I've probably listened to a Coldplay album from start to finish. Maybe this is an absolutely insane take, but a lot of this just sounds like Radiohead if they were dull.
i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry
really chill but i would play this as background music. all the songs sound the same to me
Every song feels like it's trying to achieve some big emotional payoff while just following the same repetitive structure. The only saving grace is that a couple songs execute that structure a little better. Mostly a dull album. Standout Tracks: God Put a Smile upon Your Face, Clocks.
No.
Besides the already popular songs, there were only 1-2 songs that I liked. All the songs seemed a little long, which in my opinion is not a good thing. Haha
coldplay are kind of good actually. politik + the scientist forever
Pretty good pop, soft rock band. Very signature style that they’re known for with the ethereal sounds in the background and poetic lyrics
Hater Coldplay
Liked this one a lot, really good songs on here
One of my fave albums
Coldplay gets an unfair rap because they kind of got stuck in a bit of a rut, but at their peak - and this album is their peak - they were an unstoppable force. Banger after banger after banger, this album doesn't have a weak moment. Is it going back in my normal rotation? No. But will I listen the shit out of any of these songs should they start playing somewhere? You're goddamn right I will.
A Coldplay classic
Music that makes 17 year olds nostalgic and world weary. One of arts signal achievements is to let you feel your feelings - Coldplay are cringe because they're so good it it. Pure pop that absorbed all the moves of britpop and 90s indie to meld into anthemic, overwhelming, over produced versions of the same tried and true chord progressions with huge hooks, big dumb chorus lines belting out tried and true lines: I love you, I miss you, you're good...it's so embarrassing how well it works, but suspending that feeling, succumbing, and letting it work... it does
So-called "free thinkers" when listening to Coldplay - "this is bad" Me, an enlightened guru of taste - "this isn't bad actually" Very easy to hate on Coldplay, so I challenged myself to listen with impartial ears. Kinda liked it. The molasses-slow pace works in the albums favour, so that songs like "God put a..." have a touch of pep in their step.
Got hit with such a nostalgic hit with this album, in the best way possible, even though i only knew about 5 songs.
(Already rated, sorry for the double vote)
Man, I guess I've been sleeping on Coldplay. I pretty much only knew them from their radio hits, and my general impression was a lot of boring fluff. There's a little bit of that here on the popular stuff like The Scientist and Clocks, even if they're still solid. But you got stuff like Green Eyes with its bouncy country vibes are great. Definitely a little derivative of early Radiohead, but that's not a bad thing. Overall, great record.
This album is captivating. I barely have any words. You're instantly drawn into its magic just from the album title alone. I wish Coldplay was insatiable like this again. (They might be, but I'm ill-informed). Favorite(s): God Put A Smile Upon Your Face; A Rush of Blood to the Head
I’d kill myself in front of the members of coldplay just to change the trajectory of their lives
Bland and corny but I had more fun than I thought I would :)
I'm not tough but this album needs to toughen up. It's the hateable main character sad about a situation they put their self in. Like they're sitting in the mud in the rain and you just wanna turn the show off. But you can't because you said you'd listen to 1001 albums. Clocks was good tho
I don't get the Coldplay hate. It's almost like they're the Nickleback of the pop world. Are they earnest? Sure. Can it be too much? Also sure. But the other end of the spectrum can be just as wearing. This album is eminently listenable. The four tracks from "In my place" through to "Clocks" are a very solid block of music.
Before Coldplay became too much - there are definitely a couple of great songs on here
This is great
Better than expected, but i still think Chris Martin sounds like he is bored of their own songs
Fantastic album.
Listened to this one twice to cleanse myself of the K*d R*ck album. This whole album is truly immaculate. I wish I could listen to this again for the first time, but I'm grateful I can keep listening to it over and over (and over and over) again.
This is an album I listen to constantly. I wouldn't say I'm a big Coldplay fan (Maybe I am lol) but this one and Parachutes are maybe 2 of my top 50 of all time. I think clocks, while overplayed, is a masterpiece. To me every song serves a purpose. Politik is a great opener, The scientist is another highlight, and the title track really resonates with me as well. 5/5 love this one.
3.5 Sadly overplayed for years.
Coldplay is not a band I keep in rotation but I cant deny that they’ve made some great stuff. This album is very enjoyable and gave us some timeless classics.
Love this album.
Big fan of the pre-2010 Coldplay albums (my favorite being Viva la Vida). This one's no exception. Some great hits: The Scientist, Clocks, God put a smile upon your face Mostly solid songs with a good mix of folk/pop/rock. Piano+singing sections always work super well. It feels super Coldplay-ish, if you're into that, then it's a great one.
89/100.
Not much to it except the 2 hit songs
* fave song - warning sign * pretty solid album, coldplay is always a classic. i enjoyed the album, but i wasn’t really wowed by until i got to the last four songs. i love warning sign so much!!
1. Politik 2. In My Place 3. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 4. The Scientist 5. Clocks 6. Daylight 7. Green Eyes 8. Warning Sign 9. A Whisper 10. A Rush of Blood to the Head 11. Amsterdam Prachtig album. Al vele malen geluisterd en blijft mij verbazen hoe het in zijn gelaagde eenvoud fenomenale hooks, ritmes en melodieën blootlegt. Met een hand vol hits en velen nummers rijk aan emotie. Tranentrekkende teksten bij nummers als Green Eyes en Warning Sign. Arrangement 1. 8 2. 9 3. 9 4. 10 5. 10 6. 7 7. 10 8. 9 9. 7 10. 7 11. 9 Hooks 1. 8 2. 9 3. 9 4. 10 5. 10 6. 7 7. 10 8. 8 9. 7 10. 7 11. 8 Tekst 1. 8 2. 9 3. 10 4. 9 5. 10 6. 7 7. 10 8. 10 9. 7 10. 7 11. 9 284/330=8.6
Boring. Barely suitable for background music.
Good. Nothing surprising but I think this album shows why they broke big they way they did.
one of a kind
Better than I anticipated, very much of the era but maybe that’s because Coldplay was such a force in the early aughts. Forever muddied by the 40 year old virgin bit haha
Pretty good album. The Scientist and Clocks is on here
I didn't realize how influential this album was on kid me until this relisten 25 years later
Some great tunes here, but it’s hard to separate from the meaningless stadium slop that Coldplay have been leaning into for the last couple of decades.
- Not these “both sides” Zios. - LOL at the review with the “chord chord chord chord chord vocal chord chord chord” complaint. I can’t not hear it now. - Most of the songs feel like boring filler, but there are some nice melodies sprinkled in (e.g., In My Place, Clocks, Green Eyes), but mostly the tracks are so slow, they make me want to sleep. Man, the drummer must be bored. - I like the vocal fingerprint of Chris Martin's voice, but his technique isn’t all that amazing (nasally, flat at times, especially in the higher registers) & the lyrics are nothing much.
Sounds like Coldplay.
Piano driven pop rock. Solid album. Hugely popular in the early 2000’s. Notable tracks include In My Place, The Scientist, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Clocks, Green Eyes, Warning Sign, Amsterdam.
Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head is a masterclass in emotive, arena-ready alternative rock. From the delicate piano of “Clocks” to the soaring crescendos of “The Scientist” and the urgent, almost brittle energy of “Politik,” the album balances introspection with stadium-sized ambition. Chris Martin’s falsetto and the band’s restrained yet dramatic arrangements create moments of genuine emotional resonance. While some tracks lean a bit too heavily on Coldplay’s trademark earnestness, the album’s consistency and melodic inventiveness make it a standout of early-2000s rock. A richly textured, often stirring listen that solidifies Coldplay’s place in the post-Britpop era.
This is one of my favorites from my teens. Perfect opener thru to a perfect closer
A classic before the money took over.
schönes Album
Meh. Just very boring. Not much else to say
Generic rock
Love the vibes, more contemplative and proggy in some parts than more recent Coldplay albums
Might be only album from my listening history on this list
Ofc I'd heard all the iconic songs on this album before, but I really loved the other songs I'd never heard before. The opening song was especially cool. This was a very good listening experience.
Not my favourite for Coldplay
i was honestly very pleasantly surprised by this album, i’ll be honest, my expectations were very low when i saw it was coldplay, from my knowledge of them, i thought they made music for target but i was not familiar with early 2000s coldplay, bc ts was peak, i might have to listen to their first album now
I like Coldplay but would not vote for the Nazis
clocks is natuurlijk een classic, maar ik vond toch het eerste nummer van het albums het leukste. politik was leuk!! voor de rest is het zeker een goed album!
First time listening to the whole album. Forgot how good The Scientist was.
cant stand this garbage
One of the defining albums of the 2000's. Tons of good songs, launched the band firmly into superstar status, still stands up well, crosses generational gaps, tons of airplay and listens. Huge hits "In My Place" (473M listens), the now classic "The Scientist" (2.6B listens, check out Johnette Napolitano's version!), and "Clocks" (1.3B) lead the charge. All of them are beloved and heavily played on rock/alt/easy listening stations. The guitar line for "In My Place", the chorus to "The Scientist" and the piano intro to "Clocks" are iconic and instantly recognizable. The musicianship is excellent, the production is outstanding and the vocals are easily his best. "Politik" (110M) is a great song, "God Put A Smile..." (140M), "Green Eyes" (170M) & "Warning Signs" (110M, great song) round out an impressive lineup and listener counts. The least popular song on the album, "Daylight" has 40M listens! I would have left "Green Eyes" & "A Whisper" off the album myself, weak songs. You can't deny the popularity, like them or not, or the impact this album had on the early 00's or pop/rock radio to this day. Staying power, hit songs and the huge splash this made at the time push this to a 4 star rating though I'd grade it as more of a 3.6 overall.
I felt absolutely enveloped by this album. Like I could have died and gone to a different place and wouldn’t have known until it ended. Maybe this was just my era but I absolutely love early Coldplay
An adequate album with some exquisite singles, such as The Scientist. 3.5/5
really quite aimless pop rock. probs a 2.5 but chris martin is nice so it can have a 3
The only great Coldplay album. Probably the only good Coldplay album, too.
"A Rush of Blood to the Head" evolves from the mellower and acoustic "Parachutes" into more stadium-friendly pop, but still with hints of their indie-inflected rock beginnings. Polished production is combined with the melancholic themes commonplace throughout their early work, and embodied particularly in centrepiece anchors "Clocks" and "The Scientist". Further, while Coldplay has a distinct sound, they display their range in the somewhat lesser-known songs "Green Eyes" and "In My Place". On the back of all these elements, is easy to see why this album ranks among the best.
my favs: the scientist, clocks, green eyes
I enjoyed it.
I remember listening to this album when it came out, imagine my mom bought it, and at the time my then 4yr old baby brother LOVED the song Clocks. The Scientist and the music video that accompanies it is the standout for me, and I was just recommending it to a friend the other day. Overall this album was a good listen and I enjoy Coldplay’s other works.
Better than I anticipated for my first first into CP land (probably what they call it), but still not for me
Great album I listened to a lot when I was younger, kind of boring and simple on re listens but that’s the magic of its appeal that shot Coldplay to superstardom. Amazing how many memorable songs and singles came out of this album. It’s not as good as their peers of the era, but you can’t deny it’s appeal
i didn't love how long all of the songs are but i guess that doesn't matter too much. also i didn't realise how many people hate on coldplay - uncalled for. good album however i think its better listened to out and about doing something maybe rather than laying in bed. my favourite track was the scientist probably but i think its one of those albums you need to listen to a couple times to know for sure.
Wenn man weniger quängeln und dafür den Verzerrungsschalter finden würde, wäre es mehr mein Ding. Eine der schlechtesten Metalplatten des letzen Jahrzehnts
As a direct opposite to our last two albums, this sounded “effortfully uncool”. If I never listened to this album, then “Clocks” and “The Scientist” would’ve stayed as pleasant songs in my head - but having to listen to this whole album at once really knocked them down. Not a good listen.
This album is the bridge between good Coldplay (first album) and bad Coldplay (everything after). A few songs in the middle are skippable, and Clocks was/is overplayed, but the album starts strong and ends strong.
Too much CUCK PIANO!
Never been a huge Coldplay fan
Coldplay is a particular sound and I don't always love it. This album was a miss for me. Maybe we've just over-played "The Scientist"...
Seems impossible, but last week was my first time hearing Coldplay. Aggravating. Such a great songs, such a great voice, such criminal abuse of piano riffs. An entire album of soft rock versions of U2 ballads without anything included that makes U2 interesting. I would have quit halfway through but pushed on to see if they would ever vary it. Nope. First album in this list that's actually pissed me off.
I remember listening to this album on my Sony Walkman CD player as a kid, and I have to admit this album still hits the same. Nice nostalgic pick this week!
2.5 - not bad for Coldplay but not great for everyone else
You know what? I didn’t expect to actually like this album. Not a big Coldplay fan at all. But it must pair well with doing payroll and timesheets. I don’t know how pairing two things I’m not a fan of made both more enjoyable.
Really enjoyable and easy listening
The Scientist is a go to karaoke song for me not gonna lie here, love that tune. Been listening to Coldplay for a long time, but have never listened to this one all the way through. Big fan, was teetering on giving a 5, but unsure... So nostalgic for me, so I kind of tune out all the hate with my rose coloured glasses. Peeped the global reviews, and sheeeeesh, so divisive. Either love it or hate it, seems like few sit in the middle. Its so inoffensive, which I find a bit funny with how much people shit on Coldplay. There is some undeniably great singing, melodies and harmonies on here, with some delightful & simple piano playing to accompany it. Clocks & The Scientist rise above the rest for me. 8.5/10
Fine, I guess? Honestly pretty forgettable, thought not outright offensive to listen to. Aside from the icon piano intro to Clocks, not a lot that really stood out, though I did enjoy the track "A Rush Of Blood To The Head". Otherwise, it was just background noise. Not bad background noise, but the more I think about it the more I'm annoyed that it didn't even make the effort to at least offend me so I would feel *something*. 4/10, 2 stars.
Lacking in anything particularly interesting, danceable or gritty. Obviously popular with lots of people but just not what I'm interested in listening to.
Better than I thought. May listen again
Forgot how good they actually were
There were a few songs I liked about this but it wasn’t what I expected.
So I liked this better than Parachutes, but it felt really bland.
Classic
Coworker musikk jeg hørte på albumet og følte ingenting, Det er noen godet sanger på albumet men det meste er ikke intersant. 3/5
One of the best early Coldplay albums.
Beautiful and boring.
I'm not super into Coldplay, but this album is good.
Not really for me, but I can recognize why some people love this stuff. I think I'd normally give this 2 stars, but it's so inoffensive it feels rude to put it that low, so I'm giving it an extra star.
This is a very interesting use case of a Jekyll and Hyde album. Side A is phenomenal, hit after hit and just INTERESTING. Coldplay can be used as the butt of a joke but I won't deny that those songs are all good. Side B hits and it's so boring. Like, none of the flair and attention grabbing of the first side. It's like Side A is a 5 and Side B is a 3, hmm I wonder what I'll rate this album as a result.
This is White People Music. Truly, some of the most generic shit I've ever heard without being bad. Like, it's clearly well made, and I'm enjoying hearing it, but there is absolutely no way I'm retaining anything about this album five minutes after finishing it.
Like Parachutes, AROBTTH holds ~2 good songs to its name, then the rest is bad-soft-rock-Chris-Martin-earnest…uhhh…-ness that only Coldplay can pull off so irritatingly.
Лучше, чем то, что я уже слышал у Coldplay, но всё равно скучно и посредственно.
Meh
#208/1001. When you make music for everyone you are making music for no-one. So polished, so compromised, so already heard. This was my first Coldplay album, and I got nothing out of it.
I never really got into Coldplay. This is very…competent. But it doesn’t do much for me. I was interested to listen for clues that they channelled a lot from Radiohead in this period, which is often said. There are definite signs of that, but I don’t think it’s egregious.
I missed out on the rise of Coldplay. Busy with work, kids and life in general. That's a shame because they sound good. It's easy listening, which I prefer because I often listen to music when I'm doing other things. I heard some influence from Pink Floyd (guitar and vocals) in at least one track, and found all tracks musically and vocally well built. I think my main criticism is that it's all a bit slow. A few more lively tracks would have improved the album.
This is an album that leaves me scratching my head over Coldplay’s massive appeal. Chris Martin’s lyrics are thoughtful and well-crafted, but the music feels safe to the point of blandness, and the vocals never rise above serviceable. It’s polished, yes, but ultimately background music—pleasant enough without demanding attention. Clocks is the one track that stands out, offering a glimpse of the energy and urgency the rest of the record lacks. For me, it’s more wallpaper than wonder.
1112 10:59 2.5
Coldplay do one type of song pretty well
Coldplay left me well, cold
No warmth for U2 but Coldplay is cool, i guess
If you're going to listen to soft rock, there's far worse choices than Coldplay, but I really don't like soft rock. Also let's keep it real, their lyrics are ass
Top Ten Ironic Album Names. Feels like I listened to the same song for an hour. I don't mind Coldplay every now and then (I even like Viva La Vida), but this album was incredibly boring.
Nah.
Oooooooooo
Full disclouse: I have a lot of time for this album because I got really into it when I was about 14/15 years old. It was one of the first full albums I got hooked on as a young lad, so it's probably safe to say it had a role in shaping my love of music (which I'm sure will sound ridiculous to the sizable contingent of music lovers that despise Coldplay with a burning passion). Back in the day, Coldplay were basically the exact opposite of a 'Singles Band' in my eyes. Their big hits from this album (In My Place, The Scientist) are the most trite and uninteresting tracks here, while the songs that seem to have been quietly forgotten by history in the wake of Coldplay becoming Public Enemy #1 among 'serious' music enthusiasts have some really great moments, like the climax in Got Put a Smile Upon Your Face, and the intro through to the opening verse in Warning Sign (Which I think is probably the best song they ever made). This album was probably Coldplay's best attempt at making use of Chris Martin's (admittedly rather limited) vocals as an instrument to compliment the other parts of their songs, rather than just as a somewhat pleasant voice to belt out banal lyrics over bombastic compositions, which is the formula they eventually settled on for more widespread appeal. I think if I was trying to be more "objective," I'd probably drop a star from my review because there are some pretty weak tracks on this record, but I'm willing to admit I'm letting nostalgia cloud my judgement here. Favourite tracks: Warning Sign, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Amsterdam
The only Coldplay song that I was previously familiar with, at least to my knowledge, was Clocks, which of course is on this album. I always thought that Clocks was ok, but I have to say that I really enjoyed most of this album, and I was a bit surprised by that. I think if I had been familiar with this album back in the day it might have been one that I would have played a lot. Anyway, I am giving it four stars. I will be listening to it again.
Gets kind of boring after a while.
We don't get what the hate is all about. Coldplay are pretty inoffensive to us, and we enjoyed this album quite a lot. The Scientist is always a great song.
I didn't completely finish this album but it was the first one I've received that I've actually heard songs from!
I like a lot of the songs on this album as separate songs but in my personal opinion, it can drag a little bit as a cohesive album.
I love this album. I always have. I miss the time when Coldplay was profound and poetic. 10/10
Coldplay - outside of Parachutes, X&Y, & Viva la Vida, this is probably one of their best - a smooth and satisfying offering of soft pop rock.
I tried to make a joke about the band but this album would not laugh at it. 5/5
Used to listen to this a lot in my youth. There are a couple of songs which have elements that I still like but for the most part it's a nostalgic listen. Today I find it a bit of a dirge. It's a bit more radio friendly than their first album and all the more boring for it.
4.0
Overall, this is a solid album in my opinion. It's pretty generic and easy to listen to but that's Coldplay's whole thing, right? They're *supposed to be* easily approachable. I enjoyed it.
Very strong first half, really weak second half. I still enjoyed it, I think I had this cd back in the day.
Meh
I think I would consider myself a Coldplay hater, but that has softened lately. This was my first time actively listening to a Coldplay record and I'm impressed. Sounds great, original, maybe a little dull at times but Martins vocals shine throughout. Nice work fellas. My daughter loves In My Place and whenever we can agree on a song we like it always raises the stock of the band.
I'm going to quote my favorite goodreads review of my own book to express my feelings on coldplay. "I can't say it's good, but it's better than expected and so for that I give it two stars"
Has Coldplay been described as a lamer, less challenging/interesting, more eager to please version of Radiohead? That's how they feel to me. Coldplay is a great argument for why we need to be able to use the word 'gay' to describe things. Even though the hits on here are pretty nice easy listening, it's gay. I'm gayer for listening to it. I like cosplaying as a snobby music critic and shitting on Coldplay when the playlist next to their album in my Spotify is called '2000s Crunk Hits.' That's REAL music
“Yellow” was my first Napster download ever - Coldplay’s new stuff is kind of unlistenable, and they’re definitely a little toothless overall, but I have a soft spot for the first three albums. Scientist, Green Eyes, and Amsterdam are good tracks.
Hot take: they are boring
Classic Coldplay album, love it
Excellent well produced album!
it wasn’t great but it was leaps and bounds better than Parachutes. don’t get these guys’ massive popularity. high 3
‘People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can’t trust people.’ It’s incredible how ubiquitous this album is. I’ve never listened to it before and I knew most of the songs, which is incredible when they are as bland and insipid as this.
It seems like they specifically designed these songs to be played in a suburban mall. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. I prefer this type of generic pop music over the generic rock music from the 70s and 80s that somehow made it onto this list. 3/5
140/1089 Clocks is still such a stunning song, one of the most euphoric songs ever made imo and is kind of exemplary of Coldplay’s best i’ve now had both Coldplay albums on this list within this last week and even though i already knew i love some of their singles (particularly from Mylo Xyloto and Head full of Dreams), i think i’m realising i like them more than i thought this was a really good album, i’ll def be returning faves: Politik, In My Place, Clocks, Daylight, Warning Sign, A Rush of Blood to the Head 83/100
Those first few tracks took me back to a time when I absolutely loved some of the songs on here. It’s not a 5 star album but I’m giving it top marks for nostalgia alone.
Boring.
Earnest
It's alright. Better than everything else they've done since
4/5
Flashes of truly inspired songwriting. Mostly blasé. Album art is cool tho!
Liked this, back when Coldplaynwas more indie instead of whatever they are now
Coldplay!!!! Again!!! Würgggggg boring
This brings back great memories, Clocks, In My Place, The Scientist... all bangers! I remember the first time I heard Clocks: early morning around 05:30 am on 3FM while doing my paper route as a teenager. Giel played it as a promo before the album dropped. Love at first hearing
Great memories of this album following my home town football club across the country as they strived towards promotion to the football league. Coldplay’s 2nd album (closely and my favourite (closely followed by Parachutes)which projected the band towards the big stadium band they are today. My like of them declined after this album as they steered more towards pop and commercial success but that’s show business!
Absolute filled to the brim with classics. I probably prefer this to parachutes. If only they kept it at this..
Love green eyes. The rest is ok but doesn’t excite me