Parachutes

Generic rock

Chris Martins voice really started to irk me after the 4th or 5th track. I found this album to be very bland and tasteless. Par for the course for Coldplay really.

One of my all time favourites. Love to play this album slightly too loud. I feel it's quite intense in a good way

What can I say, I'm a sucker for some classic Coldplay.

Fav song: Sparks I listened to Coldplay properly for the first time this year (funnily enough, this album). I was expecting it to be bad because of all the stereotypes and the crazy pop collabs - but this album is amazing. Beautiful from start to finish with great production to boot. I WISH I could have been in the room listening to the end of “Trouble” for the first time. Wow. As for people who reject this album immediately on the principle that it’s Coldplay - I’m convinced society has this weird perception that listening to Coldplay is both uncool and unmanly, so there’s a lot of insecure people coming out of the woodwork to prove how cool and manly they are lol. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of reasons to hate Coldplay, but rejecting THIS album because “it’s Coldplay” is just insane to me. I don’t even like Coldplay. But this album is wonderful.

Just a really nice album. It's a shame Coldplay didn't expand on this sound later on in their career because I think this utilizes Chris Martin's voice well, more-so than the stadium belters littered throughout their most recent works. Top 3: 1. High Speed 2. Shiver 3. Yellow Bottom 1: Life Is For Living (Hidden Track) Overall Score: 8.1/10

Wow I expected this to be right up my alley but boy was I going down the wrong street. Yellow is good though.

More-boring U2.

Genuinely a very solid album. Coldplay gets a lot of undeserved hate for making consistent music and putting on awesome shoes (though that obviously isn't factored into the review). This record feels relaxing, with most of the songs just making you feel like you're floating. I love their style, and I love their message. My favorites were Shiver, Spies, Trouble, and the hidden track Life is for Living.

Coldplay is really great when you don’t have someone in your ear telling you they suck. It’s widely appealing for a reason. The guitar on Shiver is really great. Favorite songs were Shiver, Spies, Yellow, Trouble, and High Speed.

Considering my memories of Coldplay, I expected to not like this album. I was pleasantly surprised. It's an entertaining listen with a fair amount of variance from track-to-track.

This is a sleepy little album that frankly, I find to be pretty dull. It’s hard not to think of music like this as just something you would hear at Starbucks all the time, which also kind of ruined that Norah Jones album. I hate Starbucks.

Este álbum es especial, quizá porque hay un par de temas que no usan la guitarra electrica y la banda muestra su calidad magnífica. Me gusta

devo ancora trovare un album dei Coldplay che non sia da cinque stelle, nonostante non sia uno dei miei preferiti nella loro discografia, ciascuno di loro ha una cifra singolare che me li rende speciali a modo loro. l’onestà disarmante di questo lo rende davvero splendido.

i loved this album. the instrumentals and lyrics are forlorn and pensive. Chris martin sounds amazing. it’s interesting to see how coldplay used to sound and compare it. my favourite song was Trouble.

2.5/5. Aggressively fine

pretty alright

No. 286/1001 Don't Panic 4/5 Shiver 3/5 Spies 3/5 Sparks 3/5 Yellow 5/5 Trouble 5/5 Parachutes 4/5 High Speed 3/5 We Never Change 3/5 Everything’s Not Lost 3/5 Average: 3,6 Pretty good pop rock records. Some stand out songs.

Not great.

no

it’s pretty good

Good

The highs on this album are pretty high, and it's far better than anything they've done recently. I would have liked some more variation, or just some more energy at some points of the album, but overall this was a really solid album.

coldplay.. een band die niet over één, niet over twee, maar over een ganse kudde paarden getild is... crap in het kwadraat

Haters gonna hate. Þetta er nostalgíuplata fyrir mig og mjög svo kósý. Margir hittarar og er með flestöll lögin vistuð á playlista. Frábær tónsmíði að mínu mati og svo miklu betra stöff en nýja dótið þeirra. Har­aldur Freyr Pollapönk­ari hefði betur tekið giggið.

Fínasta plata, rúllar ljúft og eldist vel. Yellow ber auðvitað höfuð og herðar yfir önnur lög, en önnur fín lög þarna eins og Dont panic og Sparks.

Some of Coldplays absolute best arrangement. Makes beautiful use of acoustic and introspective lyricism.

People forget how good early Coldplay was before they sold out. 7/10

Good album but some lyrics are so dumb

A beautiful surprise it was, I never understood why so many people liked Coldplay so much, it was even difficult for mt to get the comotion they caused last year on the tours by Brazil and Argentina, I think I have never given them a proper chance. This album introduced more elaborated melodies and sensitive lyrics. Thank you.

'mid

Not listened to this since since 2000 and due to my tastes changing it is not as good as I remember haha

So many good songs on one album. But something about it is a little cringe.

I want to like Coldplay but I really can’t stand his voice or the sound of the music so… 3 stars for pretty good production

coldplay before they went mainstream. so much better than their new stuff. 8/10

Amazing album, love Yellow and Sparks!

- Predictable, kind of soulless, boring. - AI generated music before AI generated music was even a thing. - A corporate idea of what music sounds like come to life via some label who invented Coldplay in a lab to print money. - The lead singer of the band said this was a bad album, apparently. Makes me wonder if this album got a lot of bad reviews or something. It's not like it would be wrong for him to like or be proud of this album, I'm sure it was formative for a lot of people. - I dunno. I was over it halfway through and it just kept going. - Kind of hard to disagree with all the people who think that Coldplay is the audio equivalent of a "chick flick". Some chick flicks are fun, though. Romcoms are chick flick material, aren't they?

Fantastic album

Great listen. Could play on repeat and enjoy every time. Coldplay hasn't really been in my repertoire too much in the past but I can see the appeal. Loved Sparks, Yellow and Trouble.

Not all of the Coldplay hate is warranted. Solid musicianship and songwriting. The comparrrisons to U2 and Radiohead are apt. Radiohead especially with this album. The tracks are disorienting with their speed and tone. Spawned some undeniable hits, didn't quite move me enough for 4.

Is this a 5 star album on it's own? Probably not. Is it a 5 star album because it was pivotal in my upbringing? Absolutely.

Classic. Sad and a bit soulful

Some nostalgic hits in here. Absolutely love the song Yellow although that may be a little bit of a cliche but who cares!

One of their best

U2 but make it boring

Meh. Samey-samey and a bit depressing.

Radiohead but much worse

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dont panic- 4 shiver- 3 spies- 3 sparks- 3 yellow- 2 trouble- 2 or 3 parachutes- 4 high speed- 3 we never change- 2 everythings not lost- 2 or 3

Very interesting composition. Liked how every song felt different and unpredictable. Made me also listen to Jeff Buckley.

Hardly exciting but perfectly digestible.

I do not consider myself a Coldplay fan at all. I was a big time hater for most of their career…HOWEVER. I did enjoy this debut album. They’ve evolved into something entirely different but this is a fine listen. Even good at times.

I like the piano intros in the songs Trouble and High Speed. I don't like whole album, though. It was pretty boring.

Hiçbir şarkıyı sonuna kadar dinleyemedim sabredip. Spies şarkısı 9 yaşında bi çocuk tarafından yazılmış diye düşünüyorum. Çok zordu, bi daha sakın dinlemeyeyim.

The tracks are indistinguishable from one another. It is impossible to tell when a song ends and the next one starts. It is just bland and Chris Martin's howling on top.

really beautiful

very pretty

Coldplay is one of those bands that got a lot of what I always thought was unwarranted hate from music snobs. Sure, they’re a little boring, but they make pleasant, and occasionally great, music. 4/5 Highlights: Shiver Yellow Everything’s Not Lost

The hot streak of great albums continue. Always been a fan of Coldplay's first 4 albums. The first two in particular are great.

4.5 if I could

Good sound. Catchy tunes. Good for calm listening.

I still don't get Coldplay. I listened to it...

Such a good album. All the feels.

Magic

Very casual engaging album. Enjoyed from start to end. Will be listening again in times when need relaxation.

If AI had to create what white people music looked like, it’d be Coldplay. 3.5

Love this album.

Nice alternative album. Coldplay was really good until they weren’t, and this is the really good version.

01) Don't Panic - 10,0 02) Shiver - 10,0 03) Spies - 10,0 04) Sparks - 10,0 05) Yellow - 10,0 06) Trouble - 10,0 07) Parachutes - 10,0 08) High Speed - 10,0 09) We Never Change - 10,0 10) Everything's Not Lost - 10,0 TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100) Current ranking: 4/347 Here's another five star album! Coldplay's first four albums are among my favorite albums of all time and I really liked that band. After that they went completely into pop, which is not really to my taste, but it has to be acknowledged that they are good at it too ("A Sky Full Of Stars" or "Paradise" are great live!). Given that I was at their concert two months ago, I can confirm that "Yellow" is still a banger! And I can confirm that listening to them live has rediscovered my long-lost love for this band.

Peak coldplay

i remember my best friend showed me The Blue Room E.P. and it felt like peering into another universe. in this world, Coldplay is considered a second rate Radiohead ripoff and never crossed over, never shed their influences, and never quite sounded distinct. maybe "Bigger Stronger" ends up played during a radio segment displaying OK Computer's influence on the British music scene. they have a few bangers, but they at most have 1,000 ratings on their first album. they become a curiosity at best -- a Panchiko with a label deal that puts them in debt for the next decade. however, instead of doing that, Coldplay became Coldplay. this has made a lot of people angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. i, for one, am Coldplay neutral. i know that it's easy to turn them into a punchline, to say their brand of rock is bland or non-descript, and to compare their work as a sinister lead-in to the Chainsmokers-collaborating pop monster they would become in the 2010s. however, personally, there's some significant charm for me in the post-Britpop sound in general, and Coldplay are a prime slice of that sound. it harkens back to the 70's studio rock record -- not to say that it's exactly like a Fleetwood Mac or a Carole King record, but that its elements are recorded in such a way that the songs feel as if they've always existed (i'm inexplicably reminded of Jon Brion on a few of the instrumental touches - a glockenspiel on "Sparks", or how the lead guitar bends around on "Trouble"). maybe the lyrics are too vaguely psychedelic to sink one's teeth into, but a lot of the time, it's not about the words you write, it's how you sing them. Coldplay always had the sense about them that they got remarkably lucky and seized upon it. you could call them sell-outs or softies; i doubt you could call them derivative in good faith. we all know what Coldplay is supposed to sound like -- they sound like "Yellow", or "Trouble". they sure as hell don't sound like "Bigger Stronger".

i know this is crazy but

Pre-listening thoughts: I’ve heard this is Coldplay at some of their best. I know a few songs but hoping the entire record isn’t as slow as Sparks despite it being a good song Post/during listening thoughts: this is like objectively good but for whatever reason I’m just not clicking with it as much as I thought I would. I love Viva la Vida (song not album, haven’t heard that one all the way thru) and was hoping for more big pieces like that I guess. Or like Clocks like that is such a good song. There are some bangers though. I mean it’s good I’m just not as eager about it as most. 7/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nah Fav tracks: Shiver, Sparks, Yellow, Trouble Least fav tracks: didn’t dislike any per say but was bored a little

Happy to have the opportunity today to reflect upon what some may see as my irrational aversion to Coldplay. After all, I like Radiohead and have sometimes been melancholy. . And, to be fair, most of these songs aren’t terrible. I think my issue with this band is that there’s nothing here I haven’t heard before. They’re ok, but not special.

I wanted them to have more energy, but what they brought was a 3.5.

I can see why Coldplay is so popular. I would listen to this again.

It's fine. Yet another album where the band's good at doing what they do, but I just don't care for what they're doing. Pretty sure I'll feel this way about all Coldplay albums, if there's more on this list.

quite enjoyable, chill. very easy listening

Tuve este álbum pirata cuando era broca cochi, me encantaba. Sigo sintiendo que es lo mejor de Coldplay, es un disco suavecito pero lleno de atmósfera tranquila.

Safe radio music. Your mum would like it.

It’s hilarious that Coldplay is such a controversial band. Its funny that people care that hard. But yea, had they kept this energy for later albums things could have been different. i feel like a lot of albums would be getting half stars if that were possible. but then thatd be a scale of 10 i guess.

This is the definition of a 3 star album. Not great, not bad. Just okay. Listenable, but not overly enjoyable.

Wish there were half stars. Hard to rate this the same as other four stars but hard to give it just three just on the strength of its singles. Definitely benefits from being easy enough listen to ignore the lyrics. Really prefer smaller budget Coldplay.

7.8

Just like not good really. Uninteresting.

I imagine this was part of the prepare yourself for the sweet release of death

For such a vocal-centric record, the writing is really nothing spectacular, and I can only take so much of Chris Martin. But darn if there aren't some great melodies. Shiver and Yellow are the stand outs. Spies is kinda boring.

2599 - This is alright, but it's a very niche type of pop rock music. It's sort of like Verve but even more commercial sounding, or Blur but swagless.

Overrated band and probably their best record. Just some lovely, occasionally beautiful 2000z rock 7.9

I can understand why this is many people's favorite Coldplay album - it's so comforting and embracing. But the soft acoustic and piano-driven sound, Martin's warm, held-back vocal performances, and straightforward lyricism have always held it back for me compared to some of their later 2000s works. I personally never liked the song 'Sparks' all that much but 'Yellow' may be one of my favorite Coldplay songs - it's tear-jerkingly nostalgic for me and always hits a beautiful melancholic spot. I wouldn't hesitate to call it one of the greatest love songs of all time. I also like the opener 'Don't Panic' quite a lot but yeah overall not the biggest fan of this one. It's nice to vibe to in the background though.

In what is deffinitively their masterpiece a flawless album with no down notes I can point at. Perfect execution and I dont even like this band amd feel they are overrated. This was their first big and last finest moment. Happy it exists

ersti zwei songs vieel cooler alsi gmeint han. aso ha viel ghört dass die erste albe vo coldplay super sind. aber shiver findi suuper gitarre isch huere hässig und dynamik isch riesig vom song. jo sie sind alli gääl. d songs vorher hani halt null kennt und sind au chli a mir verbi zoge. yellow kenntmer halt mega und isch würklich no schön. aber jaaa er seit chli viel alles seg gäl. wies d chords am schluss ändered isch seeehr cool. trouble isch sehr purple rain vom text her haha. hübsch? text sind scho sehr seicht und jo. aber de chli parachutes interlude isch schön gsi. we never change au reecht schön, aber wirds glaub niemeh lose. everythings not lost isch cool mer ghört endlich mol de guy am bass (er heisst guy) und sie sind chli muetig mit de chords.

okok han nöd so bock gha zum s lose aber don't panic isch ganz ehrlich extrem schön hahahaha shiver het au schöni ruhigi gitarre aber s gitmer jz nöd so vill ich verstah sochli was sie mached glaub und es isch nüt mega krasses sber sehrsehr schön villes het sehr e wärmi jaa jz bi troible ischsmer chliii zu poppy und schmalzig aber I get it we never change wieder rechr apathisch poaaah aber extrem schön HAHAHA SIE HEND HIDDEN TRACK das isch sooo 90/2000er everything's not lost findi jz s erste lied woni rechr langwilig find joo sie hend en hey jude welle mache am schluss aber s hetmi jz nümme packt hahahaa und de hidden track isch jz au kei offebarig gsi aber gude album

i didnt hate coldplay i just never got ecited for them and therefore never listened to an album all the way through, this is actually decent and i really like Shiver

What's this? I got Coldplay's debut album within 10 days of them releasing their newest album? How fun! Anyways, I know a lot of people don't like Coldplay, but I've gotta say... they started out on a good foot. Parachutes may not be the best debut album I've ever heard. I've heard so many that I honestly don't even know which one I'd call the best. However, Parachutes is also far from the worst debut album I've heard. This is a great album. A lot of what I really liked in A Rush of Blood to the Head is still here. There really isn't even much of a noticeable difference between the two in quality. Then again, I got Rush of Blood like a year ago, so my memory of the album isn't perfect. Still, I know what I liked about that album and it's also here in Parachutes. The sound is pleasant, yet also somewhat emotional. This is obvious in songs like "Yellow" and "Sparks" which are some of the highlights of this album. I like Chris Martin's voice. The writing is solid. I can definitely see the overall comparisons to early Radiohead that people have made with early Coldplay. Of course, I like what I've heard from Radiohead more than what I've heard of Coldplay, but I still really like Coldplay's first two albums. I don't really know which one I like more. Both are quite good. 4/5.

Sehr entspannt, war ok

I was working at EMI when this album came out. It's an excellent debut. Alas, they were dead to me after this.

I used to think early Coldplay was the best Coldplay. Turns out it is all pretty mid.

I think this is on the list for "Yellow" and that's not a good enough reason. 2.5.

Words cannot describe how much I hate this band. Personal enjoyment: 1/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

genuinely nice to listen to if you look past whatever preconceived notions you may have about the band and listen to it a few times. i probably still won't think about it that much though. i'll think of it as a "good" album but won't be able to recall any of the songs

Erstaunlicher weise waren da Songs drauf von denen ich dachte sie seien viel jünger. Konnte man gut entspannt im Hintergrund laufen lassen, passte zur Herbststimmung.

Iconic

Wow this is so not for me. Yes they are competent musicians but it boggles my mind who this is for. And why Chris Martin sings the way he does. He seems to be apologizing in every song and that gets tedious. At least no song is much longer than three minutes.

Ive been a big fan of Coldplay for years so while these songs arent new to me it was great to have a listen through the album as a whole.

Back in the day, Coldplay put out really solid records. This one is a bit slower and more bloated than 'A rush of blood to the head', but it's still pretty good. 3.5 stars

We seem to have a collective amnesia about the quality of Coldplay as a band in the early days, in large part due to Chris Martin's antics as well as their deterioration into musical dust as the years have passed. Make no mistake -- Parachutes, and then A Rush Of Blood To The Head (which this review is not at all about) remain one of the greatest 1-2 punches to start a musical career in contemporary musical history. With timeless songs as Yellow, Shiver, Trouble, and Sparks, Parachutes (which this review is completely about) is an album that almost is unfairly lumped in with everything the band did post-X&Y for no other reason other than the fact that they were weirdly made by the same collection of people. When Coldplay is dead and gone, and we have removed the context that exists around them and their career, this album will hopefully live on as a great piece of work.

Calm and beautiful

Top heavy with great singles, but the second half of the album isn't as strong. Great songwriting.

Coldplay… Nem era tão ruim, mas não consigo pensar em outra coisa que não seja: ”O que será que aconteceu com os músicos da banda?” As músicas nem são tão ruins, e tem alguns conceitos inesperados vindos do Coldplay, seria a banda shoegaze? Fica o questionamento. Melhores músicas: Piores músicas: 2/5

I wanted to hate this because their hits are annoying, but I found this to be a nice listen. Maybe they're an ok band after all? 3.5 stars.

I obviously know the hits from this album already, haven't heard the deep cuts before, it's pretty good. I always discounted Coldplay back in the day as being a super lame pop band. Chris Martin has such an interesting voice, I really like it on these older tunes that are more indie/rock than pure pop that they went into later on. The production on this album is awesome, such cool vibes, I love the sounds on Spies in particular. This is the perfect morning album.

Good songs, and a good album. Put it on and it passed me by before I realised. Not sure it had the desired impact.

Okay so it’s Coldplay and that’s going to stir up a lot of opinions. Personally I think their first two albums are fantastic, and everything else can be forgotten

Nicht so meine Musik, aber ok

solid

Ich mag Coldplay. Außer den bekannten hits, yellow, trouble, dont panic eher ein langsames Album. Da fehlt mir etwas Energie. 3/5

Classic

Technically good, beautiful voice, simple but effective instruments and rhythms — it's pretty decent for a first listen. Not too long or too short, not experimental but occasionally tries to break out of certain clichés (even though they end up creating new ones). Like anyone with nothing to hide, it’s a bit too smooth. It feels like buying an IKEA table — it does the job, but that’s it. But maybe I’m only being critical because they pulled it off with this kind of music? I’m not sure. This could probably be said about many artists on this list.

Meh

White bread. Toyota Camry. Meat and three veg. Beige curtains. Mid-strength lager. Coldplay. Do yourself a favour and listen to something better. One star.

To be honest, I came into this with my own set of feelings about Coldplay. In particular, I'm not a fan of their hit song \"Yellow\" which is on this album. I was excited to reassess my feelings about Coldplay. Oftentimes, I prefer earlier work by popular musicians because popular music doesn't always appeal to me. I am pleased to say that I was correct in my earlier assessment. While many tracks on this album are tolerable, they are made intolerable by the sameness that permeates this album. Lulling guitars and instrumentals with occasional falsetto for 10 tracks doesn't work for me. Every song on the album is better than \"Yellow\" but none good enough to build my enthusiasm. 2/5

Yawn

Over produced, pretentious and boring. The fact that this album is 7x platinum says more about the lack of musical taste of of 7 million people than anything else. If I could give this a negative rating it would still be too high

Subestime 100% a coldplay

high quality vintage coldplay

el mejor coldplay siempre es el anterior

qué increíble. Lo triste que me pone cómo se vendió Coldplay al *establishment* no tiene nombre. No se veía una traición tan grande desde Judas iscariote

All Coldplay sounds the same to me and it’s perfectly fine. 3.5

Coldplay is diet-Radiohead. It’s easy to consume and rarely challenges the listener in anyway. I don’t really understand why this album was so successful. It’s fine. This is what I hear when I’m getting my teeth cleaned.

The white bread of music.

I've always been kinda anti-Coldplay just based on radio play and thought maybe this album on this list would prove me wrong. It certainly did not do that.

Parachutes ist bekanntlich das Debüt Album von Coldplay. Ich habe dieses Werk erst spät angehört, als das erste Live Album erschien. Ich kann Coldplay nur so beschreiben: sie können tolle Melodien zaubern mit wohligen Sounds und Mitsingeffekt. Gemischt mit unwiderstehlichen Charme, knapp am Kitsch vorbei. Das muss man erstmal hinkriegen!

This was super "meh" for me. A big part of the rating system for me is if I end up letting an album play more than once without feeling the pull to grab my phone and change it to something else. The last few have had a lot of moments where I realize its played through and its looping back and I am not mad at all about it. This....did not have that, I was pretty acutely aware of the moment the first song started again. I don't think the songs were "bad" they just were all kind of boring and they felt "safe". I guess its no surprise but I've never listened to much Coldplay and this album is not going to change that around for me anytime soon

Meh, but yellow is real good

I'm most familiar with 'Yellow' & 'Shiver' from this album, and I do like those songs. I overall have no real strong opinion on Coldplay - there are some songs of theirs I like and some I don't care for. But my overall impression of this album was just....bland. Very beige. And thus, relatively boring. I don't see myself coming back to this album anytime soon, except for the 2 songs I already knew and knew I liked, and also the final track 'Everything's Not Lost', which I had never heard before but I did enjoy.

got this for the day after the band seemingly announced their final stretch, a kind of emotional announcement for me even as a critter who likes things to be Manageably Finite. there are few bands out there that hit the marks of Comfort as well as coldplay does, depending on the song and era the emotional impression is either that The Song Is Speaking To You Directly In An Intimate Setting, or The Song Is Throwing A Party That Everyone Is Invited To And You Dont Need To Come Its No Pressure But It Will Be Very Happy When It Sees You Arrive. obviously the former is where the magic lies in this very beautiful record, which ive been underrating p hard. there is an earnest and inviting and hyper-populist quality to all of coldplays music that i think deserves a lot more respect simply because basically no one else has worked so hard at this specific craft...the lack of self-aggrandizement and ability to speak across so many demographics genuinely reminds me of CCR or something. early coldplay is not my personal favorite, ive spent the most time in the post-viva la vida lush maximalism (x&y splits the difference rly well becoming my favorite of theirs currently), but the What If The Bends Was Sweet stuff is growing on me. and they got way way way better takes on palestine then radiohead too lmao

Unique, and so talented - love it

Typisch Coldplay...

Seeing the reviews for this album, there appears to be two sides to this album: “Fuck Coldplay” and “Fuck you for hating Coldplay”. Personally, I feel rather indifferent to Coldplay. I’m not inclined enough to particular care for them. And that applies very much to Parachutes, but to be honest, I’m a little disappointed too. The first two tracks (Don’t Panic and Shiver) had this kind of alternative rock vibe that I was digging. I thought that maybe Coldplay was much more of a different band at this beginning stage, like more of an actual rock band rather than whatever they became today. I was a little nervous I might actually like the album (god forbid). But then the album softens and it just becomes a Coldplay album. It doesn’t help when Chris Martin’s vocals get a little grating when he goes for the high notes. I still don’t know what I honestly think about Coldplay and that even applies to the roots of the band’s discography. Favorite track: Yellow Other hits: Don’t Panic, Shiver, Sparks

I need this album on vinyl. It starts so soft and smooth. This is such an album you can listen to with people but at the same time by yourself and feel so many different emotions. I would walk around my house singing all day if I were Chris Martin. AND IT WAS ALLLLLL YELLOWWWWWW I feel like Coldplay is a band where you either like them or someone told you they weren't cool, so you pretend they aren't good. We Never Change is a song I've never heard, and I'm really happy I finally did. all in all 7.5/10

I have a soft spot for Coldplay. This is probably the best album in their discography and that doesn't mean a lot. Fav Track: Shiver

Nice cozy songs.

Very strong debut by one of the biggest bands of their generation. It never hit me just how much heavy lifting Jonny Buckland is doing here. Despite his inexperience, even starting out it's obvious Chris Martin is a really natural frontman and marries some really mature progressions with singable melodies. To my eyes, however, he's had a remarkably uneven track record with his lyrics — some of them are understated and affecting: "spiderweb, and it's me in the middle," from "Trouble"; others are ham-fistedly first-draft material: "I know you won't listen to me / 'cause you say you see straight through me," from "Shiver."

Tepid, tedious and overrated.

This is beyond rubbish. What drivel. Like a soft rock Cranberries rip off. Hate it

I can’t stand ColdPlay. But I’m going to listen anyway.

Ach ja. Das erste Album… schön. So ein aufgeräumter Sound, tolles Songwriting zwischen Komplexität und Eingängigkeit. Ein Gitarrensound zum Niederknien - Don‘t panic… Hintenraus etwas schwächer, aber insgesamt ein zeitloses Stück Musik.

it was definitely all yellow

I hate current Coldplay as much as anyone else, but this is a genuinely good album. In fact it's so good they spend the next 20 years recording variations of it, and everyone got fed up - but this first iteration was great.

Sounds like high school. Miss it

Bedre end forventet som album, men også præcis lige så ufarligt som forventet.

Det må være ca. 20 år siden jeg sidst hørte det her album. Til gengæld så hørte jeg det, og ikke mindst efterfølgeren, ret meget i starten af ‘00erne. Dengang blev Coldplay kaldt pølsmandens Radiohead. Der er også nogle sammenfald mellem lyden på Pablo Honey/The Bends og Parachutes/A Rush of Blood to the Head. Men der må al sammenligning også ophøre. Radiohead fortsatte med at udvikle sig som kunstnere, Coldplay blev til en regnbuefarvet fest af knæklys og andre gimmics. Når det er sagt så er Parachutes sgu et meget fint album. Jeg husker A Rush og Blood som et bedre album. Gad vide om det stadig forholder sig sådan. Vi må se om det også er på listen.

i enjoyed a rush of blood to the head a lot more than this. very bland, but nothing i would turn off if it came on again

Meh

Coldplay siempre fue una banda hitera. En mi caso, uno de los últimos recuerdos de MTv. Luego de escuchar hasta el hartazgo por ahí y por la radio sus singles, hoy toca finalmente un álbum. Música tranquila, de mañana, para viajar en ruta. Nada más para agregar.

Is it weird to like Coldplay in 2024? Probably. Do I still really like some of their albums? Probably.

Lullabies for adults, but (yawn) it works.

Thought I might have been missing out by never giving Coldplay a chance but I can confirm I'm all good. Good enough technically but don't care Will I listen to again: 0%

I was once on a bus at Disney World having a deep discussion about Coldplay and if you could just like Coldplay or if you could only love or hate Coldplay. At that time I was not a Coldplay fan arguing it all sounded the same. Chris Martin's voice is so distinct yet always the same, and the instruments just always have the same balance of everything. I was also in my 20s and wasn't drawn to the existential lyrics. Listening to a whole album also some variety (I would argue Martin's voice is still one note). I liked the guitar on Shiver and Spies and Sparks were interesting. Now that I am older I appreciate the lyrics more now. They have grown on me but I don't love them. So future self wins the battle declaring you can just 'like' Coldplay.

Pretty music. Its okay. I like Yellow and Shiver.

I can never quite decide how I feel about Coldplay. I want to feel the emotion he’s feeling but can’t quite get there, and I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because his voice isn’t my favorite, maybe there’s just something that feels too manufactured about it. It’s fine music, it just doesn’t hit my soul like I want it to. I do like Yellow a lot, and Shiver was a nice surprise. Overall don’t love it though.

Great album

The music is bland and uninspiring. Chris Martin's voice sounds like an animal in pain. I've never heard a coldplay song I liked and this just solidified the fact that they do absolutely nothing for me. At least Kolaps and Limp Bizkit are entertaining to hear what the hype about them being awful was, this was just a generic waste of time. And not even in the "this was okay but not for me" way some of these have been where I just leave it playing. I'd rather sit in silence than listen to this.

I know Yellow but some of these other songs are heavier than I expected from Coldplay.

Couldn’t do it. Coldplay ain’t my shit. I tried. Got through like 3 songs.

Better than I expected but I prefer their later work. Does have some fun elements of The Beatles and Nick Drake.

Very boring, all equal... at least the songs are not so remarkable or protagonists to be annoing

Geht so

-this is solid for a first album. Everyone loves making fun of Coldplay and I’m only closely familiar with their more recent songs, but there’s not much I can say that’s bad about this one. My mom used to play High Speed for me and it’s fucking transcendent -Favorites are Don’t Panic, Shiver, and High Speed

Its so chill and exactly Coldplay. Many songs are recognizable and the vibe is consistent.

24 years and still not a fan. Yawn rock.

When Coldplay really had their moment twenty years ago or so, they were everywhere. My roommate played them all day long, my good friends played them in their cars. I even remember when Paradise came out years after I thought we were finished with them, and a buddy sat me down and was like ‘listen to this!’ all excited, cranking up the volume. I will always hate Coldplay. It has nothing to do with the songs themselves, some are really quite good. But it’s that voice. That grating, sickly, whiny voice, and he uses it in the worst way in every song. The only time it ever worked for me was on this album, on the song Yellow, because to me, that’s the color of his voice. His jaundiced, ear-scraping voice. That’s the only song I’ll tolerate from them, and even then, in small doses.

4/5

In an alternate universe, Chris Martin was rightly clocked as a sort of crap Nick Drake, the band played the indie circuit for a couple of years, and wrapped up before they were 30 so they could all go off to work in the city. I remember thinking 'yellow' was a stunner at the time. Not much going on beyond that. Passive-aggressively pleasant. How they now routinely pack the biggest stadiums is a total enigma to me. Album is ok in itself, albeit no indication of greatness.

Rather boring. I don’t like the singer.

If you ignore the ego that they become, it's a great album.

Eines der besten von Coldplay

Buena escucha promedio, corte rock relajao supongo, se siente como si cada cancion durara 20 minutos, no resalta ninguna cancion (todas suenan igual), buen album para escuchar disociando. Fuera del prejuicio personal a coldplay, fue un buen album inesperadamente, lo volveria a escuchar, pero lo mas probable es que se me olvide, por ello un 6/10

You get bulled nowadays for listening to Coldplay, but idc I enjoyed it it’s nice fuck off

Good album

I love this album, have done since it came out

You know what? This is really good. Definitely bedwetters, but really good

4.25

Already very familiar with this album and have loved it since it came out.

Never the biggest Coldplay fan but it isnt a bad album. Some good songs.

Damn. I really like this. I always pass off Coldplay as overrated. Listening to this on headphones in airport and I really like it. Easy 4 stars.

Lovely. 4.5

The soundtrack of my youth, feels a bit tired in places

Just too boring. For people with sleeping problems.

Perhaps it's because I was distracted by work, but the album didn't grab me. Perhaps I should listen to it again?

The best thing about this album is the song “Yellow”. One of their best songs. "Trouble" is an ok song. Most songs are just ok, if not boring.

has some nice tracks but it gets old and way too boring after a while

Gotta love Coldplay's old albums. They scratch some sort of musical itch.

Some of my favorites are on this album. The album flows pretty well, although Yellow is definitely more upbeat compared to the rest of the songs l.

Bounces off my brain as Generic. Not my sound

Really want to give this a 3.5, a very good debut. What happened Coldplay? Why you go like that?

I mean, they have some good songs, but otherwise they're so boring

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Beautiful. Listened to it since i was a kid, so instant classic.

Hadnt listened for agws, but it had aged well.

Classic start to the 2000's. Saw this tour, paid $9.47 to see them play all 9 songs and nothing more. Great album from the outside, "Don't Panic is a nice intro to what Coldplay will become over time. "Yellow" is perhaps my favorite song of that initial decade, and "Shiver", "Spies" and "Trouble" all provide star power. This is the first Top 1000 album I have been served up over the last 2 wks that actually was a Top 1000 album. The last 3 tracks are all a bit flat. Not the masterpiece that "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" or "X&Y" would be but it still stands up today. 3.5 stars.

A very solid album but one that is in a style that bores me. I'd give it a 7/10 or so but that means 2 stars for this list because nothing should be below an 8 here.

Gear: Grado Hemp Artwork: 🪐🪂❓ Mix: 😲🙂👌 Musik: 🤔😮‍💨🤷‍♂️ Wertung: 🪂🪂/5

Favorite Tracks: Yellow Spies Trouble

Such a great album. Say what you will about Coldplay, this album is fantastic. Reminds me of high school.

First listen. Wow.

Dense and already so so so so mastery songwriting. What the hell happened in the following years…?!

I traveled back to the year 2000 and listened to Coldplay’s debut album for the first time. I’ll admit, I was dreading it. “Yellow” was one of the most overplayed songs of my childhood and Coldplay was inescapable. But I found the album solid and enjoyable, with a seamless flow. That said, Coldplay’s other music is basically as melodramatic and self-serious as “Yellow” is. I don’t think I would return to this album unless I wanted to wallow in self-pity. I enjoyed reading a bit of background about the band, and how the use of the word “yellow” is basically random and meaningless—the band was hoping to find another word to fit, but none did. I enjoyed the last song, and I love a good hidden track.

5/5, feeling generous. Great debut album, yellow is an all time classic.

Coldpiss.

greige

Classic Coldplay - super chill. I liked all the songs, but they do all tend to sound similar.

I mean. Does it get any better?

I think I like their follow up better. This is solid and the songs are good, but it's a bit too same-y and formulaic.

Fav: Yellow Least Fav: We Never Change Yellow is such a perfect song. Rest of the album was rather nice with the exception of a couple dull moments. Even the weakest track was nice to listen to and proves early Coldplay was good, especially when you see what they’ve become…

The breakthrough of 2000s alterna-pop.

This is a very good album. Most of the songs are really strong. It's a slow one, but a good one.

the only coldplay song that’s ever got me so hype is viva la vida and yeah that’s it’s such a boring album like okay yeah we were all yellow i GUESS

Better than its successor, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Synths definitely have their place as an instrument, but I think Coldplay's music is much stronger without it. And following this idea, the band's attempts to come across as "Radiohead incarnate" are less obvious in Parachutes, with a slew of focused, powerful, slow-tempo songs paving the way for a great deal of 21st century music. The vocal is pretty good, and distinctive from other contemporary modern rock bands. The mixing is done perfectly – almost a little too perfectly – but with the deceptively simple music, it elegantly tows the line between too bland and too pretentious. Fantastic guitar playing. I dig the acoustic sound. Most of the music is centred around the guitar and vocals, and there's a fresh yet melancholic atmosphere here that I haven't seen many other albums achieve. The lyrics are consistently really good (enough to get the album banned in China upon its release). I do wish the sounds were a little more varied between tracks, but I also admire the commitment to one sound. It's a good sound. 4/5 Key tracks: Don't Panic, Sparks, Yellow, Everything's Not Lost

Sobrevalorado

The love for Coldplay on this site is fucking WILD. This is bland muzak for people who found David Gray a bit too edgy. So lacking in character I can't feel enough feelings to hate it. The argon of the pop world.

Mostly empty. 2+/5

Probably best one from CP

Ok, mellow. I remember Yellow being big when this came out, but I never got the hype and still don’t. 3/5

Fantastic debut album by Coldplay. Picking up the alternative britpop sound from Radiohead I love the melancholic and lush sound. They’d go to bigger things but intimate and sensitive Coldplay from the first 2-3 albums are their best.

Excellent, would’ve benefited from a bit of editing.

The strong songs on this record are good. Still not sure how Coldplay became one of the biggest pop/rock bands in the world. These songs have almost no edge whatsoever and it only gets worse as their discography goes on, but then again maybe that's what got them their wide appeal.

1. dont panic - 1.5 2. zhiver - 1 3. zpiez - 1 4. zparkz - 2.5 5. yellouu - 3 6. trouble - 1.5 7. parachutez - 0 8. zpeed - 1 9. change - 1.5 10. lozt - 1.5

Turns out watering down Radiohead makes for some grocery store classics 🤷

Managed to avoid this for 24 years, so with some trepidation, I leapt in. They're nothing special. Most of the 10 tracks are indeed pleasant enough, often consisting of standard dad-pop fare with the occasional folksy ballad. They're innocent and inoffensive in general, but in turn, they're also exceedingly generic and immediately forgettable. Impossible to hate, but impossible to generate any emotion for. Blandness personified.

Such a classic. There are some filler songs but ultimately worth listening to cover to cover

I've always been a Coldplay hater, but I did like listening to some of this .... 3.5

There was a period when I thought I might be into Coldplay, because I discovered that I quite liked Yellow, and Til Kingdom Come has been one of my favourite songs since watching The Amazing Spider-Man however many years ago. I tried listening to one of their recent albums, and didn’t really get much out of it. I clearly should have started at the beginning, because Parachutes is really quite good. It’s quite top heavy, I don’t remember as much of the later songs as I do the first few. But on the other hand, having actually actively listened to a full, acclaimed Coldplay album now, I can see where they’ve been influential on subsequent artists I’ve liked. And that has had an effect in my appreciation for them. I can see how this has been influential. That would be enough to land it at least a three on my rating, but I can also see how it had been influential on a lot of music I really love, and that pushes it up even further. I still don’t think I’m fully sold in Coldplay. But Parachutes is not just a good, solid Pop Rock record, it’s arguably the definitive Pop Rock record of the 2000’s. Every other Pop band that took cues from Alternative sounds like this, but none of them had quite the staying power. And there is a reason for that. None of them ever reached the heights that Coldplay did. And, although I still can’t identify what it was that defined those heights, I cannot deny that they existed. Parachutes is a good album. I’m not sold enough to declare that Coldplay are a good band, but this is worth checking out. Let go of some of the cynicism, embrace some Poptimism. Parachutes is good enough that it appears on this list. There’s a reason for that

Not a huge fan. 3.8 stars

I just adore this album

Yellow is good some of it is not bad but not good

How would Chris Martin sound without his trademark whinging? 🧐

A little boring, but generally listenable

A hill I will die on is that early Coldplay is superb! Although they have been shit since 2005. Simpsons: yes

Good music for monging out. Yellow and Trouble were stand out songs.

Yellow and trouble were good, the rest were just ok. Not the worst album on this list, but no where near god tier

People listen to Coldplay and voted for the nazis, you can’t trust people. Didn’t hate it, well produced but it didn’t exactly grab me. Just a little beige.

8/10 for falsetto

i was really excited for this album because i hadn’t listened to it before. i know it’s thought of as a super great album of the 2000s and was hoping to agree but i just don’t. like it’s fine but literally nothing standout

Very good. Better than their newer stuff

Pleasant listening, but it's mostly all a little wispy and whimsical-sounding to me.

6/10

This definitely surprised me a bit. I know the big radio hits from Coldplay but other than the other album on on this list I didn't know much of their music. I liked this one a lot more overall than "A Rush of Blood to The Head". The only song I knew "Yellow" in my opinion was one of the weaker ones. Still decently good. Makes me wonder if they had evolved in a different direction from this if I would have liked them more.

Oh Coldplay oh Coldplay, make albums like this again. I expected to give this 4 stars, as I like it but have always put it behind A Rush Of Blood To The Head in terms of elite Coldplay albums. Even if it’s not quite as good as the follow up, it’s still a masterpiece. I’m all for bands expanding their sound and reinventing themselves (see Radiohead for the best at this), but Coldplay has been reversing in quality for the better part of two decades now in my opinion. Their debut is incredible: Yellow, Trouble, Sparks, Shiver, and Don’t Panic are all incredible songs, and every track is at least “good”. Chris Martin is at his lyrical best here, and his vocals are fantastic and emotional. The band sounds as good as they ever will expect on AROBTTH.

I didn't hate this album the first 10,000 times that I heard it. But, unfortunately I worked at a record store when this came out, and we had the label reps calling daily to offer us prizes if we played it daily on the in-store system. This is where this album became my nemesis.

7.5/10

Plodding. And I still can't bear his voice.

Coldplay is coldplay theyve done well but don't deserve the level of praise they've had

Perhaps my favorite Mingus album. Great to revisit.

Very nostalgic

- anyone who says coldplay doesn’t make good music can kiss my ass just say you’re too good for mainstream music

3.5

Unclear how they toured on this album for a year and a half and became such a massive band. It's ok. It strikes me as occupying an uncanny position between the music of the 90s and the music of the 00s. Coldplay will become the 00s ... but just not quite yet.

this was WAY more boring than I remembered it being, and way more boring than its reputation suggests it should be. what a dreadful era of music

I always thought Coldplay was kind of boring, but I really really enjoyed this album! I was very pleasantly surprised. This may have turned me into a Coldplay fan somehow???

i was complaining online about getting this album on a friday night, and three separate people reached out and said that this was their go-to teenage depression album. which makes sense! what a bummer.

do i like it as much as when i used to listen to it over and over in middle school? no, but sometimes i need some pre stadium rock

grow up

So I thought I’d hate it. But there is a surprising amount of beautiful production and songwriting here! It sounds like a combo of U2 and early Radiohead just mixed and produced to perfection, but it doesn’t exactly feel sanitized. Towards the end of the record things begin to mesh together and feel like they overstated their welcome, yet the album isn’t that long. I’d say I can respect the ability but it lands fairly middle of the road for me. Shiver rips tho and Yellows melody is beautifully classic, (added that to the playlist)

Not bad nor is it good, perfectly mediocre. 2/5

The rest of the album was so boring that I almost enjoyed yellow in comparison

Timeless tunes.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Yellow is okay Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I never understood the Coldplay hate. I'm not a fan of their newer bubblegum style, but their first few albums were amazing.

Loved Coldplay as a kid and it's even better now. 10/10

Boring……well made but boring,

Certified classic

this is a good album

If The Velvet Underground is responsible for my recent second music enlightenment, then Coldplay is probably responsible for my first music enlightenment back in 2012 or so. Growing up I never really listened to any music beyond what played on the Top 40 station, and the '80s music that my dad listened to felt thoroughly uncool to me as a child. I don't remember the details for sure, but based on the timing (Mylo Xyloto was released in 2011), I think that "Paradise" was basically being played on repeat on the radio, I liked the song, and for the first time I made an effort to see what else this band had to offer. I remember many hours of sitting on our shared family computer and listening to terrible-quality Youtube versions of songs from Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, and Viva La Vida. For awhile I really just dug into the Coldplay discography, and then over time I began to broaden and find a lot of the other bands that stick out as early favorites of mine (Blind Pilot, Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Young the Giant, etc.). I created my all-encompassing ongoing Spotify playlist in February 2014, and added 31 Coldplay songs in the first two weeks (including 5 from this album). This is a lot of background, but the point is that, whatever anyone thinks of Coldplay in 2024, they were a huge part of my development, both musically and otherwise. So what do I think of this today? While I'm sure I've listened to this top-to-bottom before, it's been many years since then at this point. The nostalgia is for real, without a doubt. The first few notes into "Don't Panic" definitely brought me back immediately, and many of my favorite songs here are on the front side of the album. If I'm going to try to be objective here, I think my take is that this is still very good, but not particularly groundbreaking. Every song on this is enjoyable, the lyrics are strong, but when trying to be objective, something about it feels like they're a little short of something perfect. The back-to-back "Sparks" and "Yellow" section is definitely the closest it gets to perfection, but things fall off a bit after "Trouble". It helps to have 256 albums worth of context from this project. Coldplay has clearly moved on from the Britpop sound, and you can kind of see how something like Travis' The Man Who leads to this which leads to all of the Coldplay sound-alikes that would come after. I'm not sure how much Coldplay is on this list, but their next few albums are also very strong, and were favorites of mine at one point in time. I'm not much of a fan of Coldplay these days. This is not an uncommon opinion but I think after Viva La Vida their music got quite a bit more formulaic and pop-driven, and less interesting as a result. They've also been a massive stadium-pop-rock band for so long now that it's hard to think about this coming way before all that. Trying to strip that all away though, I can definitely still see the appeal of this 24 years later, and despite the music they're making now, there's always been real talent at the core. This is probably the longest review I've written yet, and after all that I'm giving it 4 stars. I think about this band very little today, and this album isn't perfect, but it's really very consistently good, and it's an important one for me personally. Still enjoyable all these years later. Favorite song: Yellow Other: Don't Panic, Shiver, Sparks, Trouble, High Speed, We Never Change, Everything's Not Lost 7/26/24

Ok but bit bland

I'VE JUST HAD THIS ALBUM. IT IS FUCKING MINGING. PARACHUTES PUNCH LEMONADE. IT IS FUCKING MINGING. SUCK YOUR DAD

Not bad. All the songs sound very same-same.

Don't understand why this is so hated

I feel like, Coldplay is quite overrated, and l think this album kind of confirms this. That is not to say that it’s HORRIBLE, but if this album represents their discography then that remains my opinion on them. However, I think Sparks actually really hits when you listen to it, it’s very good and probably why it’s one of their most popular songs. I may also be influenced because of its use in the editing community like instagram (if yk yk) I find Yellow kind of annoying to listen to because (at the risk of sounding snobbish) the song is distastefully overplayed and therefore I don’t like it. The rest of the songs in the album all sort of sound like variants of one another, obviously an album having a strict theme isn’t inherently bad, but I felt a little bored while listening to it. The outro/ending of Trouble was nice. I think that We Never Change sounds a bit like Sparks. I do like the use of the electric guitar (I think that’s what it is?). It just makes me feel a certain way and I’m not exactly a fan, but I can respect it. I don’t know if it’s an album you MUST listen to before you die, but maybe the music critics know better than I do. Also the hidden track scared me lol I didn’t realise that it was there.

You know what album you "need to hear before you die"? The album that makes you want to listen to Radiohead!

chris martin's voice kind of annoys me, and so do the bits of the instrumentation where it's stripped back and acoustic. some of it is catchy though, and it's not totally horrible.

Just not a Coldplay fan. Maybe it's his singing voice, but maybe just not enough "edge" to make their music compelling for me.

I thought that I would have been over this album that I listened to a lot in the early aughts but boy did this hit hard on a revisit. I’m sure that most of it is nostalgia but the first half really works and even though it loses steam towards the end, I love it.

I have to admit I have repeatedly stated I dislike Coldplay over past 15+ years, but haven’t listened to them in all that time. Yet I really enjoyed listening to this album- maybe I just needed a second go around with them.

Com toda certeza, Coldplay não é pra mim, acho muita paumolência.

If you ignore the fact that Chris Martin married a woman who sold scented candles with the smell of her own vagina, and betale the second coming of Bono, this record consist of excellent pop songs. Probably one of the best debuts in the early 2000s.

Generally boring

Coldplay of old is not as bad as their detractors say, but it’s still only ok. I’ve never understood the comparison to Radiohead, but I see how Parachutes sounds like the Bends era Radiohead. Trouble, Sparks, and Yellow are great songs.

Sparks and yellow

I've never understood the hype for this band. Back when we listened to the radio Coldplay was inescapable and I hated it with a passion. Well it has been a few years since my ears have been assaulted by this, so lets have a critical listen. This is generally bland and the singer has a voice that would drive any sane person to violence. That said it is well produced and there are some spots that are musically interesting which keeps this from being a one star.

Coldplay is just mid to me. I have enjoyed a few of their songs over the years. As for this album…..it’s ok. The only songs I recognized were Yellow and Trouble. Overall, this is a much, much, much more mellow album than I expected. Their big “hits” since then have been more arena-oriented. This album was mellow to the point of being sad. Need to be in a certain mood to give this a listen……or end up in a certain mood. 😔 Overall…..I give it a Meh.

I thought Coldplay gets way more stick than what they actually deserve, so I tried to approach this with an open mind. Was not familiar with their debut as X&Y (2005) was their first record I gotten into - and particularly liked as a teen. In theory, Parachutes (2000) should be working really well: as Britpop was clearly losing momentum by the end of the 20th century, Coldplay was trying to find a new way of building upon this legacy - the massive commercial success of this album clearly indicates they succeeded in doing so. But for God’s sake, this is such a boring album, with most of the songs sounding frustratingly stale - watered down guitars and generic piano bits everywhere. In a way, I think Parachutes may be responsible for pioneering this new era of white-middle-class-men making risk-averse music under the pretence of being a rock band: while they fill arenas and sell out stadiums, they just don’t have much to say about the world. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think popular music should always be clever or meaningful in particular, but if the music itself lacks some excitement in the first place, at least try making up for it by saying something relatable about the era you’re living in. Or women. Maybe, this is just how the early 2000s was. To be fair, I also remember myself being quite bored at the time.

A surprisingly good debut album, surprisingly from Coldplay.

I loved Coldplay back in the days, don't really dig their music after 2005 or so. Great album!

I listened to shockingly little coldplay until now. It's a very good album, super enjoyable listen.

Listening to this through headphones, in the evening, has helped me to remember why I liked Coldplay: it's like looking up at the stars and realising we are seeing them as they were a loooong time ago ... And we live in a beautiful world, yeah we do, yeah we do. There are some beautiful tracks on this album, and they still manage to get through. Shiver does just what it says: spine-tingling. And Sparks is just so pretty. And then there's Trouble ... Okay, I have to conclude that this is a good album. There, I've said it.

Good to revisit this 24 years after I bought it then first played it in the kitchen at Crossbrooks! Listening in a different house and kitchen I'm thinking of so much that has happened since then. 'Don't Panic' is still a great opener and probably my favourite track on the album. 'Trouble' was the first Coldplay track I heard and the reason I bought this album. It still sounds good, very accomplished for an early single. The same could be said of most of this, especially for a debut album. Overall it didn't grab me though, somehow the emotion isn't quite genuine, maybe too calculated, too smooth. I guess that's why I haven't played it for 10 years or more.

There’s a really specific, hazy nostalgia that I get from old Coldplay, and another really specific, subtle euphoric feeling that their guitars give when they lift off on songs like Yellow. ‘Don’t Panic’ and ‘Sparks’ were probably my favourites though - their soft, campfire song like sound really hits the spot. I think that after ‘Trouble’ the album kinda fades off though, which is why I’ve given a 4.

“People like Coldplay and voted for the nazis. You can’t trust people, Jeremy.” — In all seriousness, the first two Coldplay albums are some of my favourite albums of all time. Their music has been on a steady decline ever since, and frustration with their more commercial recent stuff is completely justified when you know the calibre of music they CAN produce but choose not to. But that doesn’t take away from those first two albums. Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head are exceptional. Parachutes is melancholy, dream-like, with an almost aching beauty. Timeless, too - and feels like it is aging very well. I love this album. Favourite track: Trouble

Another band with a great debut album that just didn't keep the sound up as they got more popular.