A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Mi rola favorita de Coldplay viene en este disco! Green Eyes :D

So I know they're a widely clowned on group but I always liked them, maybe because I'm only familiar with their older stuff. Thought maybe my opinion would change having not listened for ages, but no this 2nd album is still excellent. 7 of the 11 songs are hits and the other 4 don't drag the album down.

This is coward music. Chris Martin croons like a man who’s never been punched and it shows. Coldplay make music for people who think pacing around a clean apartment counts as suffering. It’s the musical equivalent of beige—polished, lifeless, bland. Music for people hearing music for the first time, and sadly, they get this

Better than expected but still terribly boring. 2 stars.

It's pleasant enough but doesn't do a ton for me.

Most of the album was a little "meh" for me, but the incredible piano from Clocks carries it.

Very good but not quite a classic.

Too melodramatic for me

Not too bad although instrumentals could have been a little more pronounced. Album starts better than it ends. Scientist is overrated af, politik underrated. I very much like how it is less overproduced like their later material.

Fantastic album with some excellent tracks!

Pretty solid album, some absolute bangers, not sure I'd go out of my way to listen again but overall pretty good

Not my cup of tea

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

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

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

I don’t love Coldplay but really like this album

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

Honestly better then I thought it would be

Very boring to listen to. Not a fan. Highlights: A Whisper Will not return.

This album put me in a bad mood all day after having to listen to the slow, monotonous torture that is Coldplay. I always try and engage albums with a fresh attitude and give them a fair listen and I did, and it confirms once again how much I dislike Coldplay. I genuinely do not understand the appeal. The lyrics aren't clever, Chris Martin can sing but his voice isn't that pleasant (especially when every word is draaaggggeed ouuuuuuut), the music is simplistic, and the overall sound feels like one giant depressing whinge. (Kind of like this review)

Better than I was expecting. Very listenable.

Pretty good stuff here. Has some Radiohead vibes on a few of the tracks, then there are the stand out Coldplay hits.

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

- Not excited to see this pop up, as I really don't like Coldplay. This is the first (and likely only) time I've listened to a Coldplay album from front to back. I don't like his voice, it grates on my nerves. Why exactly? I'm not sure, but it does. - I think there is one song from Coldplay that I don't hate...but it's not on this album and I don't remember what it's called. - The song Clocks is/was SO overplayed that I wanted to punch my computer when it came on, but realized that my computer didn't do anything to deserve that, so I just fast forwarded the song. -

Thsibis really good

This is a whole era of feelings dressed in minor chords and gentle existential panic. Listening now, I felt an urge to go back in a time and see this show live in 2002... back when Chris Martin was still charming Barbara Walters with unfinished piano sketches and emotional restraint was just a suggestion.

amazing album

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

A long-time favourite, and the best Coldplay record by a mile. The Scientist and Clocks are a dazzling one-two punch of pop songwriting, but In My Place might be better than either, in spite of (or thanks to?) its Ride apery. Green Eyes and Warning Sign are staples of eighth-grade heartache; the title track is a staple of present-day heartache. Amsterdam reminds me of R.E.M.'s Find the River as a pained, earnest epilogue. "Start as you mean to go on." :'-)

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

Slow and boring to listen to. Not even great as backgound music. Will not listen to again.

Rush of blood to the head and nowhere else... this is flacid music. It's not even that bad, it's worse. It's fine. Its nothing. It's middle class wallpaper. Music for accounts. I thought it was their first album until I was finished. Where's the progression? They became like diet Radiohead as well as diet Oasis? There's some okay guitar parts and In My Place is fun to play in a cover band but there's not much else.

I like my version of X&Y more, but this is a better album. So much promise of what they could be vs. what they became.

5/7/25. 2000s classic for sure, and for me will always have space in my head as a life soundtrack. Album flows really well from start to end. The Scientist will always be a favorite.

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

I had this album in college. I've liked it since then, so this one should be easy. Even the songs I don't love as much, like Daylight, are still strong. It's also hard to beat the run of Politik to Clocks for five-track groups. It's been a long time since I've listened to the album all the way through, and this listen caused me to pick up on the time and longing themes that seem to cycle through the album. Lots of ideas about missed opportunities, rewinding time, and a clock motif in multiple songs (also reflected in the rhythmic instrumentation in songs like A Whisper).

First listen

Not for me. Bought when I was a young teenager but really hate now. Whining drawl, eugh!

Solid. Nice to have in the background.

Coldplay was inescapable there for a while. But I never intentionally listened to them. They’re good. The U2 influence is very clear (sometimes too much) — they’re like a happy version of The Verve, but better. This is really good though. I’ll listen to it again. A 4.

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

This was probably incredible in 2002, but now I'm tired of Coldplay. Not really their fault. Still a good album overall.

Pretty great tbh

No hate I actually love this album there's some really dark/ moody feeling songs

I got generated back-to-back Coldplay albums and this one was somehow blander than the first.

Y started to feel boring but A Rush Of Blood To The Head bring it up, the last 2 songs sound amazing

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

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

Classic, clocks is so good but a rush of blood to the head is underappreciated. Really captures a comforting feeling of yearning.

Obviously influential, cool album. I like how the pain and longing of the music just washes over you. My only issue is that Clocks is so much better than all the other songs that I only want to listen to that.

This album brings me back to where and who I was when it came out, and it has been with me in some capacity all throughout my adulthood. Whether is was a breakup or times when I felt free and on top of the world driving with the windows down, or when I just wanted to listen to beautiful composition, this album has always been there. I have never seen them live, but just last night, my wife told me they'd be in my town soon. I think I'll go.

Not the best Coldplay album but a lot better than yesterdays

One of my all time favorites. Two pop sensations, 4-5 more classics, and then Coldplay's best song (Amsterdam).

It slaps don’t @ me

A timeless classic

Coldplay is a worldwide icon and deserves all the praise it gets.

Grocery store music

No. 312/1001 Politik 3/5 In My Place 4/5 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 4/5 The Scientist 4/5 Clocks 5/5 Daylight 3/5 Green Eyes 4/5 Warning Sign 3/5 A Whisper 4/5 A Rush of Blood to the Head 4/5 Amsterdam 3/5 Average: 3,73 Nothing earth shattering, but a really enjoyable listen with great songs.

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

Painfully mid. It's not good, but not as bad as I thought it'd be, I just feel like it doesn't take any risks at all. It's not nearly as bad as their later albums at least, the lyrics were the most interesting about it.

Je ne can’t do this album I feel like I should be in H & M or The Gap folding clothes and answering inane questions from morons listening to this. Or sitting in a pretentious cafe drinking some shitty exclusive tea blend that tastes like muddy cat urine that nobody will admit is awful. All places I don’t want to visit, ditto for this album.

The Blood, I rushed it

First half is kinda cool and then it gets horribly boring

I really coming into this have no set view on Coldplay, I bought and heard the first album thought it was alright then the singles for presume this album just were a bit sort of anodyne to me at the time and have been even more so since and so I have never gone anywhere near them since. I know it’s a case of everyone hates them but they also have silly number of listens on places like Spotify, which as we are sheep isn’t that big a deal. Listening to this today I can see both sides have a valid argument, daylight and green eyes have just been playing as I write this and it’s just like their media image, a bit boring really, pleasant but self indulgent music that isn’t quiet rock. But even these have a little bit of earnest catchiness seeping into them, they really are thinking about the song and it’s structure and the better songs, the singles? I really have been under a rock where Coldplay are concerned are well crafted pieces of music. Maybe that’s the issue it’s a well crafted machine with little to no risk, like driving a well made but safe car, takes the road well but gives little in the way of a thrill, that smooth ride, which is what most people want from a car, and maybe music too. I guess it’s a good album and if was forced to listen to continuously for a while I would probably end up saying I really like it, but would I ever be exhilarated by it? So how to rate, never going to be a fan but I don’t think it’s shit, is it meh or is it good - today I would have to say I think this is a good album 3.5 Stars, if I could. But yes can see why there is the hate, they don’t credit or deserve to be as big as the numbers suggest they are, but they wouldn’t be the 1st and definitely aren’t the last.

One song on this album is a melancholic legend(you all know which one I'm talking about), but the rest of the album is forgettable. Favorite Track: "The Scientist".

Surprisingly liked this, given my general thoughts are that Coldplay are very white bread. Some bangers here and I'm now getting a bit of a grasp on why they're so popular

I'm going to rant a bit because I'm unable to sleep and for some reason feel compelled to. This album is way better than it looked - and honestly... songwriting is fine, but what jumped out was ebow, delay tomfoolery, stuff that is out there by slick pop standards. It's safe music at surface level, but it got my attention - it felt like it got better towards the end and sounded more like a band. :) Happy to say this site gave music I wrote off a second try! :)

das war doch mal wieder was, immer wieder hörbar

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

Listens: 4 or 5 Standout tracks: In My Place, The Scientist, A Rush Of Blood To The Head. Added to Library: TRUE And let's be honest, even with all the hate for the band, Clocks is also wildly catchy. ... A second Cold Play album on the 1001 albums list eh? And hearing them both within a month or so of each other... Ok. Anyways, not as good as Parachutes, but still some good tracks. It's crazy how many of the songs I have absorbed through osmosis over the past 20 plus years, despite never once seeking out and listening to the band on my own accord. Quite the feat. I seem to have a thing for adult alternative rock music.

Favorite Track: The Scientist

Good Album. Clocks is a classic!

This is a cheat because it is another favorite. Great listen front to back including one of my all-time favorite songs, Warning Sign

Some bits are interesting, but too long

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

One of the most formative albums for me. Coldplay never done anything that compares to this since then

chronic coldplay enjoyer

I’ll admit I haven’t listened recently to this one in order to review it but it was going to get a 5. Outstanding songs the whole way through

This one checks a lot of boxes, all great songs, meant a lot to me at the time it came out etc. Not sure that elevates it to 5 stars but I'm going there anyway

Not bad, despite the whineness

Good

Good calm

Have always been a bit disconnected from Coldplay but Jess loves this album and listening to some songs with her made me appreciate it more! It is a pretty rousing and classic collection of pop rock and piano ballads!

I find music criticism so difficult. Like I think this is not cool or particularly interesting but I like listening to it. I feel like this could fluctuate between a 2 and a 4 depending on my mood. My mood today: good!

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

Could not force myself to listen to the entire album after hearing the piano tinkle for 17 seconds on the first track.

Solid pop rock album that flows nicely.

Nie dałem rady odsłuchać całości

Clocks is awesome, but besides that it’s alright

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

i mean its fine but why is everything so slowww?

Some underrated Coldplay songs. Bit slow dancey though.

It's just so bland. It's all the same tempo and has all the same vaguely sad atmosphere. It's like if Shepherds Pie made music, just tasteless

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

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

4.25

I never cared for their radio hits so had never put on the album. There were a couple good tunes that weren't on the radio, but I found myself looking at the playlist often and hoping it would be wrapping up soon

Good record, liked Parachutes better.

I mean.. its an easy listen. Brings me back to the early 2000s but its not my cup of tea. Pretty boring but good background music. I honestly did try to give Coldplay and this album another chance but nope. Not for me, sorry.

Some mega hits on an overall timeless album.

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

It has some cool songs on it.

This is another super famous record I'd never heard before. Seems pretty harmless.

Nice album, made me think

Bangers and bops aplenty, nothing hugely amazing but good fun to listen to.

what a banger album, maybe not as good as parachutes imo, but still amazing.

Heeft een heel sterk begin. Was erg verrast, aangezien ik helemaal niet zo'n fan ben van Coldplay, en ook echt een hekel heb aan Viva la vida. Ben dus ook gaan luisteren met een negatieve houding, maar was snel verrast met de ideeën die Chris Martin te delen had. Het sterkste deel waren de eerste 5 nummers en daarna fizzled het een beetje uit, maar er blijft genoeg te horen als je blijft opletten. De beste nummers zitten wel echt aan het begin vind ik maar het einde van het album heeft goede highs, en ook geen lage lows naar mijn mening. Eindigt ook wel mooi op Amsterdam. Daarom ben ik van mening dat het 4 sterren verdient. Als het een ep was van de eerste 5 nummers was het een masterpiece geweest.

The first half of this album is honestly not bad and definitely overhated. The scientist and clocks are decent songs and the album has a good vibe to it. Then it just keeps going needlessly. I feel like this album could have been quite good if they were able to cut the fat from it.

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

Coldplay overrated but not by too much imo. Good stuff esp Clocks

I actually liked it. I was a little apprehensive at first because it was coldplay. Easy listen with nice vocals with some interesting instrumentals. The scientist is a banger of course. 7/10

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

not a coldplay fan in general, so i wasn't expecting to like this album. i've never really liked his voice. whole thing just felt a little bland to me. 2.5/5

Coldplay has very distinct sound between the instruments used and cord progressions. Good playlist for just sitting and thinking. It's a bit sad/mellow but in a good way. For me it almost seems to be a reflection of atheists trying to figure out the patterns of the universe; lots of confusion, curiosity, and questioning. If I had to choose a color for this album, it would be green. I love the titular song of the album. Last song in the album reminds me of knocking on heaven's door for some reason. Well album #1 is done. Cheers! Only 1000 to go...

Definitely preferred the first half of the album to the second. Lots of nostalgia for this one, as I bought it with my own money when I was a kid. The Scientist is best song on the album.

Great listen—wouldn’t expect less from Coldplay. Timely listen as I will be going to see them live this weekend :)

It was boring. Chris Martin’s voice is way too airy.

Always liked Coldplay the guitar band better than Coldplay the worldmusicpopU2-light band. Saw them touring this record at the 1300 capacity venue Rockefeller in Oslo, and thought they were a treat.

I think if I had heard this album for the first time in my 40's, I probably wouldn't be very impressed beyond the pretty music and arrangements -- But 18 was the perfect age to hear it. Several songs on this album "blew my mind" at the time, probably because most of the lyrics are pretty universal and suitably vague, allowing you to paint your own colors and interpretations -- but that's why I think this is a great album. I still enjoy putting it on and letting my mind wander. Fond memories of learning "The Scientist" on a crappy old keyboard in college. 5 - All-time classic

One thing about me is that I'm always partial to a little early-Coldplay album. I feel like they had such a unique essence back then. There are some great tracks on this one, some of them have been on my favourites playlists for years. Is The Scientist one of the most overplayed songs ever? Sure. Is it still one of the most beautiful sad songs ever? Absolutely. If you've never experienced the kind of feeling that would make you relate to this song, I'm honestly jealous. There are a few tracks on this album that I don't consider the strongest, but having never listened through this album in its entirety before, there were quite a few positive surprises as well, such as Green Eyes and the title track.

Happy music for depressives.

Lots of good tunes on this album. Hadn't listened to this one in a long time.

Every song the same energy and its just feels like the same song eleven times. Very low energy, nothing feel memorable and feels very phoned in. Were people that sad and melodramatic in 2002? Best Song: N/A Worst Song: N/A

clocks

Never actually listened to a whole Coldplay album. It's like D-grade Radiohead imitation mixed with anthemic crying-in-your-car music, mixed with rom-com soundtrack fodder. Some of the songwriting aspires to be deep and profound but isn't really. I don't dislike the album, but it's so middle-of-the-road it's like a white line zipping past. 2*

look. i'm tired of pretending coldplay sucks

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

"Clocks" kind of slaps. the rest of this is dentist office music. listened as I filed my taxes, which was apt and damning.

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

Chill et coherent

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

One of the reasons I’m enjoying 1001 albums is that it throws up albums I’d never normally listen to, and sometimes those I’ve never even heard of. But also because sometimes it throws up an old album that I played a lot at the time, but haven’t heard for many years. This is one of those. I had it on CD in the car and listened to it to death. I loved it then. But 20 years later and Coldplay have become the band that everyone loves to hate. Chris Martin is a bit of a twat. In fact whenever I’ve seen them interviewed the whole band come across as nobends. Every album they made after 2010 was shite. And when I took my family to see them at the Emirates in London about 15 years ago the sound was diabolical. And they had the gall to have the fucking dreadful Rita Ora as support (because she was a 'prodigy' of Martin's bestie JayZee by all accounts). So their decision making is clearly suspect too. And they’ve headlined Glastonbury far too many times. So...if everyone hates them … why do they still sell out stadiums and fill the Pyramid Stage field? 
 Basically I’m hunting for reasons to dislike this album. But I can’t because it’s still brilliant. Pity.

Excellent, a nostalgic flow of hits to dream away

Honestly if you don't like "mainstream pop-py" stuff like this you're just coming off as a pretentious, no-fun snob and i can guarantee you are boring at parties and trust me, nobody wants you there.

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

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

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

It’s….. nice. I don’t mean to be dismissive or play into the trope that this band is boring, but I don’t think I’d ever put this on for a full listen again. Clocks is a banger though.

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

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

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

This album!!!! 😭❤️ We had this album at home and I overplayed it to death. Every single song is so good! You've got the underrated songs like Politik and Green Eyes, and 4 big singles. The Scientist is 5 star worthy itself Clocks was one of the first songs I learnt to play on piano, and one of the songs that inspired me to take lessons. This album just takes me back to a very specific time in my life. Hits me right in the feels I feel like people pre judge Coldplay based off what they hear on the radio - but I think this is their best album 5 ⭐️

He's talented but I don't see myself listening to them ever

absolute classic

8/10

The musical equivalent of cold unbuttered toast.

You can be as snobby as you like about Coldplay, but this is stone cold banger after stone cold banger. Their best album in my opinion, none of the stadium pop shite that they’ve done in the last 20 years or so. I like that pure melancholic indie. I appreciate the hypocrisy of stating that you shouldn’t be snobby about them and then proceeding to be snobby. And what do I know anyway, it’s proved pretty lucrative for them. Also saw them at Glastonbury playing a set of said stadium pop and had a whale of a time. I’d had about 10 cans of Carling and some chicken wine though, so not sure I could be objective. Simpsons: Yes

Some good stuff on here. The scientist is on it's own would have been a 5, but all together it's a 4

Maybe I've given Coldplay too much slack. This was enjoyable

Clocks had a chokehold on everyone in the 2000s. It’s still so mystical and emotional sounding like a lot of this album. This one holds a special place in my heart.

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

It doesn't baffle the mind but it's solid background music

This was fun. I like the Scientist of course and there were a few others. Better than average for sure! LOL

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

As much as I want to call it corny schmaltz, it hits all the right spots.

I hate Coldplay

annoyingly some good songs here so a begrudging 4

always thought this album cover was Bill the Cat

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

I guess I'm boring. I really like Coldplays early stuff. I can listen to every single song.

Could not Stream it.

Coldplay used to be a really good band, making pretty terrific pop-rock albums. Sadly their albums now suck, a streak of shittiness that started with 2014’s Ghost Stories. But this album here, 2002’s A Rush of Blood to the Head, is their creative peak. A modern day classic in my opinion.

An above average album highlighted by the hits in Clocks and The Scientist. Every song sounds good though and is unique enough. 7.25/10 (3.625/5)

I dont get all the hype

i really like how brits play rock, i can hear how rock 80-90e affect this artist. And i like it.

I don’t have much to say here about this pop rock album that wishes it could be alternative, but it just isn’t so. Technically, there isn’t anything “wrong” with it - the songs are fine, the instruments are fine, the melodies are good. It just doesn’t land for me, there’s nothing that really grips me. A couple of solid songs, but largely forgettable. Their first album was better than I expected, and they seemed to drop all of the cool stuff from that album for this one.

Coldplay is one of those bands i was told was band and i shouldn't listen to by the internet and some friends. But when i listen to them i just feel "Is it really that bad?" It's well crafted, easy listened pop,soft indie rock. the Hits are iconic and instantly recognizable. I feel like they are stuck in the nickelback spiral where they are bad because we all decided that it is. Is it a masterpiece, not really. is it bad or poorly written, definitely not. I get why the hits have billions in streams but he other songs feels strange to have at least 10M+ each because some are really forgettable. i'm guessing it is because it is 00s-10s music and people probably loved the album as a whole when they were younger

Their epic, almost all my favourite Coldplay songs are from this album

Awesome band. Awesome singer, and music. One of my favorite bands, and still going strong today,

Hate Coldplay. The very antithesis of everything that's righteous about rock and roll.

Melhor que Parachutes mas ainda é Coldplay

Feels like imagine dragons doing a thom yorke impression. Was genuinely grimacing as i listened. First half felt like one long boring song but picks up in the middle, I liked daylight most appreciate the distorted vibe. didn’t hate the second half, might be slightly sedated but i can see why this makes white women ascend. Dunno if this constitutes international fame but I guess clocks was the only song that needed to be on here. Fuck Coldplay all my homies hate Coldplay.

This album is important the same way America dropping a bomb on Hiroshima is important. This album is so nothing that i forgot the previous verse of songs as they were playing. At least with bad albums they're so offensive they stick in your head but this one much like a cloud of carbon monoxide, is completely undetectable but nevertheless slowly kills you. Also, that topology is downright offensive. Someone needs to teach Chris Martin retopology. And how to sing.

Shoutout julie

point8.

Annoying music performed well, giving it a second star.

Lmfao ok here we go. I do not like this. But it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It's not good nor my thing at all but it's fine. Like it's not unlistenable or anything but I do not want to listen to it. It's all the same. It's big and epic of that's what u like but I do not. This is fine

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

Coldplay is like comfort food. Solid album.

Really nice album, good music and I realized that there a lot of Coldplay’s classic music that are on it 4 stars as I’m ready listening this album one more time

Although I am not a fan, this is not bad of course

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

3.0 - Ok

Nostalgia vibes

way better than I was expecting, still not my thing

Not very interesting to me, and not very memorable. I’ve already forgotten most of the album. Favorite Track: God Put a Smile upon Your Face

THEYRE BRITISH????? 3.75 stars.

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

I've never actually listened to anything aside from the hits from Coldplay and was pleasantly surprised. Some of the songs get a little repetitive with their chorus and blend together, but a 4/5 for me. New songs I like: Politik, A Whisper

I was never into Coldplay but it just so happened that I listened to this album while commuting to work on the first warm and sunny day this year in my late spring/early summer clothes and this vibe just hit me. Teenage vibe of easily enjoying your life and each day it brings.

Coldplay's masterpiece.

Beautiful album. If only album could be this consistently good! Coldplay is such a classic to me and my childhood. I don’t think there’s a bad track on this album :p

Pure greatness, Chris Martin is so brilliant and everything around it is so beautiful. All of the hits are incredible and backed by such sweet and softer tracks put so well. It's not the first album, but Coldplay at its best.

Decent album by Coldplay.

I think they just might be lying about their numbers.

I was familiar with a lot of the songs on this album. There were a couple I really liked that I hadn’t heard much before. Politik and Amsterdam were my favorites. Overall I really liked this album.

I've tried to like Coldplay , I've tried so hard but oh god they are so so boring

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

I've enjoyed some of Coldplay's music, but this didn't impress me.

A very meaningful album to me. Has been with me most of my life. Many memories listening to this. Music is very good too. Clocks (glad they delayed the release to include it) and The Scientist are amazing, but I wouldn't skip a song. Lots of hate for Coldplay, but back then, they were on top of their form, and made great sounding music.

No Warning Sign here. This one took me right Into My Place. If you listen to this you’ll know why God Put a Smile Upon Your Face.

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

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

what a nice album. Very creative ways to use time old melodies and sounds. Specially how it was recorded. Sounded very crude. Some parts of some songs sound like you are hearing it live. With all the crisp and wisp. Very nice. I like all the ambiance melodies to rapid building to climax. Coldplay does this formula perfectly.

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

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

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

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

So many good songs on this album, plus the interplay of piano and electric is different than most music, thus making it a joy to listen to.

I partially understand the hate but as someone who has listened to Coldplay most of my life I enjoyed it a lot

I've listened to this album several times before and it still holds up. There is not a single bad song on this album and I will die on this hill. Coldplay does not deserve all the hate that they get for some reason. Sure, any album past Mylo Xyloto is questionable at best, but everything up to and including that album is amazing. Just beautiful, they sound great, everything is great. I'm convinced that the people who hate on this and Coldplay in general are incapable of having fun and are the same people with sticks up their buts who think Radiohead and Public Image Ltd. are God's gift to music and going to save music from itself.

yes, some of the tracks follow the same "pic a simple hook, refrain, build" but it works for them. the blending of instruments, sounds, and harmonies are great.

16/1001 Ok, here's my take on Coldplay. Chris Martin can write songs. He can play piano, he can strum a guitar, he can come up with melodies and lyrics and all of that stuff songwriters do. And, you know, he's got personality. A pleasant, likeable guy - very marketable. He is accompanied by three other musicians about whom I know nothing. One of them wears a hat, and that is the closest any of them get to having a personality. Now don't get me wrong, none of that is necessarily a problem. The problem is that I don't know where Coldplay ends and the product begins. I can't tell by listening to their music how much of it is Chris Martin pouring out his soul and how much of it is the result of a decision taken in an office somewhere. "That 3-3-2 beat makes tracks sound urgent, let's use that here". "Yellow was a hit - lets use that loud/quiet, plodding straight time approach again here". It sounds like a solo artist with loads of other tried-and-tested arrangement and production tricks bolted on after the fact. I don't feel anything listening to this music, it seems unauthentic and sterile. For all the gloss and sheen, and for all Chris Martin's ability - and he does have an ear for a melody, I can't deny that - there is very little range or depth to Coldplay. The tension seems forced and fake. And I know whatever they did on the path to becoming U2 V2.0 has worked out for them, which is great, and maybe I'm just in the minority. I personally just don't like the music (and 20-plus years on you still hear this music on a regular basis, let's face it) - it's all surface and no depth. Not awful, just meaningless and formulaic.

I'm a hater, but this is good. 4.

This was not horrible. But not my thing. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Who can doubt this record’s effectiveness? Engineered to the nanometre, wind-tunnel tested for the sleekest form, words stripped of any friction, which is to say concrete meaning, anything to delay the instant digestion of big vague swishy feelings. It’s a giant, modern mall, muzak included, emptied all for oneself, apart from the meat-craving zombies.

I've never listened very closely to this before, and was amazed to find the lyrics more trite even than I had imagined. That takes some effort! It's a lot to put on the shoulders of a single album, but this one in particular stands as a symbol of the complete collapse of quality "alternative" music from the creative heights of the '90s into the tedious sludge of the 2000's and beyond. This mirrors quite closely the general degradation of Western society, which perhaps tracks with the substantial quantities of this record sold in that period. Just kidding, it's still better than any 2000's U2 album! It's fine..

Classic

Yer da

The great con in muso circles is that Coldplay are shit. You can't be part of the club if you like Coldplay. How embarrassing! But of course, they're actually pretty good. The songs are solid, well put together, and quite effective. There is an actual reason they're so popular amongst the great mass of musical plebs. I'm glad some people on this project are coming to the same conclusion - as am I! Before this I mostly wrote them off, but now I'm middle-aged and I don't care and I like what I like, with no pretence. Overall this is pretty solid, with some nice tunes in there. 3.5 rounded up.

Like listening to paint dry. This album is 23 years old and I still haven’t learned to like it’s smug, saccharine, forced stadium anthems and especially that audible self-impressed grin that you can in the vocals. Coldplay have flayed the flesh from the bones of your favourite 70s soft rock acts and are wearing it as an ill fitting costume and it’s embarrassing.

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

Folks didn’t give these guys enough credit back in the day

Ultimately, I felt like this album was palatable enough. Nothing really to offend here, but not much to inspire either. I suppose I like things with more of an edge to them. Sensitive, heartfelt, and… boring?

3/11, 27%

some perfectly innocent pop-rock songs. "Clocks" is a banger. rest is pretty basic Coldplay music.

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

I tried to keep an open mind while listening to this album. First tried to listen at the gym - too low energy. Then tried to listen while working - too maudlin. Then tried listening before bed - fell asleep. I enjoyed the piano in Clocks, and A Whisper was unexpected. I won't revisit.

I really like this early Coldplay album...elicits a lot of different moods and is a bit darker and more emotional than their later more pop-oriented stuff.

The definition of chill - and part of my college soundtrack - such a great road trip album

AKA when a pop band is inspired by Kid A

Tuneful

I used to have the Scientist music video memorized shot for shot, so... Evident cohesion as a whole and standout tracks theoughout: ✅✅✅ The Scientist ✅✅ Clocks ✅✅✅ Warning Sign ✅✅ A Rush of Blood to the Head

Liked this way more than I expected given what Coldplay is today. I thought this was a really tight album that still sounded interesting and modern. I've probably heard the majority of these songs before, but never sequentially - which actually made the whole listening experience better.

Damn. New Coldplay annoys me so much I forgot about how much I listened to/loved this album in high school. It held up for me.

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

Wow! This album is hit after hit after hit!! I had no idea. Wanted to hate it but I just didn’t.

Pretty gay, yes its a good album, but i always found it quite a bit booooring... Tum dum, tum dum, tum dum NOOOWW

**A boring album

7/10

Surprisingly, really great album -- I think my opinion was damaged by the lower quality of music they put out AFTER this album.

Tope de gamuza, sin llegar a ser 'Parachutes'.

So good

So many iconic songs

Somehow melancholic

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

One good, but often played song. The have better albums

Nice album

Unbelievable that we have two Coldplay albums within three days. Also interesting that this album was released only one year after "Parachutes." My review is essentially the same -- Coldplay at its best, before the 2010s. This one was more structured and arguably deeper.

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

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

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

Zastanawiam się, czy CEO i szefowa HR Astronomera uciekli z kiss cama, bo na jaw wyszedł fakt, że mają romans, czy fakt, że słuchają Coldplaya... Nigdy nie słuchałem Coldplaya, nie byłbym w stanie wymienić żadnej ich piosenki. Ta druga kwestia nie uległa zmianie, ale przynajmniej teraz rozumiem memy z Coldplaya. Rozwodniona kasza manna wśród muzyki.

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

I feel like it's a little embarassing, but I like Coldplay, mostly because of how much they sound like Radiohead Lite

hello me from 2015 3/5 sorry Coldplay

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

Super duper

grossartiges album, einzelne songs sind nicht so toll gealtert. für mich immer noch das album, als noch niemand Coldplay kannte und tickets für das hallenstadion auch nach 7 minuten noch erhältlich waren.

Eine der besten Platten - ever! Da war die Band auf ihrem Höhepunkt.

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

I quite like the Mark Ronson version of 'God', which shows they can write a good tune, but the presentation here is very bland, and a lot of the tunes are pretty obvious.

What a load of fucking shite. Nope, that's a little harsh. It's too easy to typecast Coldplay as the new U2 punchbag. They have the tunes, the sweeping build up of emotions within songs, and the message of, y'know, centrist love. It's just not for me. I'll upgrade them to two stars.

Gummon mate, we've already had the good one.

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

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

6/10

Nice album, always

This album is a timeless classic that effortlessly combines pop and rock aesthetics into a cohesive experience that keeps you hooked for days. Many tracks will still linger in your mind due to the catchy melodies, captivating vocals and great production. I particularly enjoy that the songs are very approchable but still have so much depth to them. I think it is an essential Coldplay album and perhaps one of their best even if it was often seen as a derivative of Radiohead. I think many of the tracks bring a lot of their own ideas with a solid identity. My biggest critique would be that the second half is a bit weaker but only because the first half of the album has consistent bangers after bangers which became complete classics.

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

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

Old Coldplay was my introduction to good music as a teenager, and I am forever in debt :)

I couldn’t have named or recognised a single song by Coldplay nor did I even any idea they’d been called the most successful band of the 21st century. Unsurprisingly given that I was alive in the 2000s, there were a few familiar tracks here! I rather enjoyed it.

This was such an influential band and album, during those formative teenage years.

It is 2002. You are at the outdoor pool attached to the fancy gym your parents have a membership at. 'Believe' by Cher plays over a tinny PA system. In a few weeks you will be moving away from everything you have known since achieving sentience to start the first grade in a new city. The sun glaring off the cement is blindingly bright, ahead of you a set of diving boards stand tall as towers. You climb the ladder to the high dive, you swear it must be Olympic-regulation height. Many times times you've climbed up to this board, a line of eager children behind you, and many times you've made the shameful journey back down the ladder, too paralyzed by fear to make that high, high dive. The song on the radio changes to 'Clocks' by Coldplay. You somehow disconnect your rational mind from your body and walk forward, off the plank. You hit the water with a smack, and the entire front of your body stings like hell. You did it, though.

I remember this playing all the time. Reminds me of the early 2000s.

Favorite Track: These guys sure know their way around a catchy chord progression. Still not my cuppa. The energy level does not advance past a mid-morning yawn.

omg not the scientist its 10am why am i sobbing is this not as coldplay as it could possibly get

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

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

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

Albumi #151, 18.02.2025 Coldplayn kakkosalbumi vuodelta 2002 on hieno albumi. Coldplayn parhaat albumit sijoittuvat mielestäni uran alkupäähän.

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

I think Coldplay will continue being a singles band for me. They've had some bangers through the years, including 'Clocks' from this album, but having listened to the whole of this album I don't find myself enjoying the rest of it nearly as much Standouts Clocks Amsterdam 3/5

Never had listened to this whole album before. Loved it.

Beautiful. The whole thing.

Bad. Can’t believe there exist people listen to this crap and thought “this is my fav aww”

Wanted to hate but couldn’t

Detta och Parachutes är enligt mig Coldplays bästa album, och detta är kanske det absolut bästa. X&Y kommer strax efter och sedan går det raskt utför. Man har säkert lite nostalgi-bias här men det är ett riktigt bra album. Gillar bas-soundet skarpt. Likaså piano-sound. Låtarna är inte så komplexa men har ändå "twists" som man inte förväntar sig men som definitivt gör låtarna mer intressanta. 4 av 5.

Väldigt starkt album. Många bra minnen.

Musical equivalent of beige - utter toss

Argh more boreplay.

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

15/02/25

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

This album is, unfortunately, the last strong record from the band. It feels like the moment when Coldplay began leaning towards a more mainstream pop sound. Still, the shift is executed remarkably well in tracks like "Clocks" and "The Scientist", two of the bands most enduring successes. My personal favourite peace is "Daylight". I really like its relentless energy and the distinctive sound choices throughout.

The singles have some potential but also have no need to be 6 minutes long. The rest is pretty dull

имба.

I have listened to this album many many many times in the past. It's been a while though. Going to see if it still holds up today. Yes, it does.

sad, very sad clocks is my childhood 4 bc im not really into alternative lol