Parachutes

In various times, I've really enjoyed this album, however on this listen the one-note-ness of it all really came forward.

Decent album.

Was mid. Like Radiohead but mid 4/10

An easy listening collection of songs that has great melodies and lyrics. Not super unique in anyway but takes the best parts of several genres to put together a great album.

No tengo yo hoy el mood de llorar pero bueno es una pasada este album

Mellow and intimate, but feels too one-noted. It's still enjoyable, but doesn’t pack the same punch as some of their other work. Still a good debut album. Best song: Yellow (yes, it's beautiful) Worst song: We Never Change Cover check: Looks like a cozy and safe space

*puke*

A snapshot from a moment in time. Excellent early Coldplay.

Not as bad as i thought it would be but still rather beige

Wonderful mellow vibe and voice

Great era of Coldplay! I enjoy the overall somber vibe, although it can be a bit repetetive over the course of the 41 minute runtime.

Very pleasant, nostalgic album for me. As much as I enjoyed it, it has very little range. Listen to just a couple of the songs here and you basically get the full album feeling.

The beatles is way better

I didn’t realize how many of these songs I know. Awesome overall album

Great 😁Screw the haters

Good first showing for Coldplay, it's little wonder they lasted for decades.

3.5

I don't know what people have against this album. Parachutes showcases Coldplay when they were at their best. The songs are absolutely beautiful. Breathtaking. This album gives me so many memories. Some good, some bad. But overall, this album makes me who I am.

Boring. Clocks is OK.

REALLY????! music to break your own arm wanking off to

Great album, already knew more songs and added more songs to playlists than I thought I would have.

Good listen.

Super boring. Just the bends era Radiohead but significantly worse.

HOW THE FUCK did a band with at most two good songs, who ran out of ideas ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, become one of the biggest bands on the planet. HOW.

This is a really good album. I’ve always loved Yellow and Everything’s Not Lost. I haven’t listened to the whole album in 20 years so this was a nice listen. Probably not going into rotation at all, but a good little occasional reminiscing album.

A pretty incredible intimate debut album full of ache and emotional depth … I remember how beautifully captivating Chris Martin’s voice was when this first hit.

Coldplay have a couple standout tracks, but otherwise 99% of their work sounds like background muzak piped into a Starbucks to me. Adult contemporary listening that you just kinda hear more than listen to. This is the first time I've heard this album in its entirety and my thoughts above remain the same. That said, when I was in college and they first hit, my gf at the time, M, had a soft spot for "Yellow" because it reminded her of her sister's new marriage. I remember she thought it was such a dumb song, but it hit her in the feels regardless because she loved her sister so. Because she was the first girl I ever loved, and due to her overwhelming interest in astronomy, I could not help but associate the track with M, myself. So I put the song on a mix for her, downloaded illegally from Napster and burned onto a CD-R, early 2000s-style. And now I'm forever among the ranks of dudes who put Coldplay on a mix for a girl he loves.

i don’t have enough estrogen to enjoy this album. hard pass.

I really like Coldplay’s first few albums.

Mellow, but grand pop-rock as always. Good album, but not their best.

Bueno

A few great songs like Yellow, Spies, Trouble and Parachutes. I did feel the album was very repetitive but the general album set a nice background tone for peace

2.5 Where the rubber hits the road. Outside of the singles, esp. "Yellow," the harmonies carry the best songs. However, as an album, this is why we still have a torrent or overearnest, emotionally pleading male singers that everyone thinks are honest. When its honestly dated and derivative.

Listening to this album made me extremely nostalgic… and kind of sad. It was so good and it reminded me of when it first came out and I basically wore the CD down. And how great Coldplay were when I saw them live at the Hollywood Bowl. The rawness and indie vibes of this particular album really hold up after 25 years. What made me sad was how their later music, so much more slick and poppy sort of turned me off to the band. After listening to it again though I may have to put it back into the rotation.

Maybe nostalgia won, but I enjoyed the slow croony vibes here.

I thought Yellow would make me like the rest of the album. The rest of the album made me dislike Yellow.

Pleasant, polished, and eerily artificial. Parachutes is the sound of background music giving up

Annoyingly ok

Onaangename stem. Op Yellow na weinig dynamiek, dus een beetje saai.

Zeikstem

OH MEIN GOTT ICH LIEBE DIESES ALBUM

Over all a well-made album. Some great production and instrumentation. A bit bland for my taste but it was an enjoyable listen.

Really enjoyed this 8/10

Sparks Shiver Don’t Panic

apart from yellow and sparks, i've never listened to the rest of this album and i absolutely adored it

wow they didn't suck

Their debut is easily Coldplay's best and there are some very strong moments on this album. My personal favorite is Don't Panic. However most of the album is sentimental and mediocre, which would be the hallmark of their work to come.

Better than last album of their I listened too, quite nice but after all it wasn't anything crazy. Instrumentally the best, the vocalist CAN sing but I am not a big fan of his voice. Still cool.

Schön aber nix besonderes

Very Radiohead-esque. Not I might listen to more of their stuff. It's not as poppy and cliche as I thought it might be.

i so badly wanted to like this more than i did. the production is nice and clean. very straightforward, but nothing wrong with that. there is some pretty good stuff on here! 'yellow,' 'don't panic,' and 'trouble,' are all pretty great! unfortunately a lot of the album is mind-numbingly boring. unfortunately, i do think coldplay is often unfairly shit on, which ends up making their output a bit underrated, ultimately, but after listening to this album, i can kind of understand why they have the reputation they have in popular culture. nothing here is bad, but boy, can it be a bit dull.

There's a lot of harsh criticism you can throw at Coldplay. They're the poor man's Radiohead. They're dad rock for a new generation. It's easy to hate them. On the other hand, "Parachutes" was a wildly successful debut album and it's simply because it's well made. There's a humility of a band that just starring off but who were soon destined to become stadium filling super stars. I saw Coldplay live towards the end of their tour for this album. They were already playing packed venues and introducing faster paced songs from what would become their second album. My ex and I debated between seeing Coldplay or Depeche Mode. She won and even though I still think Depeche Mode would have been the better show, Coldplay still impressed me, even if I hate to admit it. Hate them all you want, "Parachutes" is still an incredibly accomplished album.

Love de Coldplay sound

Moody and British

A whole album of tedious songs about how the singer longs for the object of his affection, half-pronouncing every word while strumming his guitar. This is the kind of guy I would hate to have at any party I hosted, and this music literally put me almost to sleep, although the final (non-hidden) track Everything's Not Lost was a bit livelier and had some structure and build to it, just tipping this over to two stars.

Why couldnt Coldplay have stuck with this sound?

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eta um dos poucos deles que presta. ...parece radiohead...

En l'an 2000, alors que le nouveau millénaire ouvrait ses portes sur un paysage musical en pleine mutation, un groupe britannique du nom de Coldplay émergeait des profondeurs de l'underground pour offrir au monde "Parachutes", leur premier album studio. Loin de l'exubérance tapageuse de la Britpop finissante ou des expérimentations électroniques naissantes, "Parachutes" se présentait comme une oeuvre d'une humilité désarmante, une collection de chansons introspectives et mélodieuses qui allait pourtant marquer durablement les esprits et poser la première pierre d'une carrière météorique. Dès les premières notes de "Don't Panic", l'auditeur est enveloppé d'une atmosphère particulière, un cocon sonore à la fois feutré et chargé d'une douce mélancolie. La guitare acoustique, omniprésente, tisse des arpèges délicats, soutenue par une basse discrète mais essentielle de Guy Berryman et la batterie subtile de Will Champion. La voix de Chris Martin, alors moins assurée qu'aujourd'hui, se pose avec une sincérité à fleur de peau. "Shiver", l'un des premiers singles, introduit une dynamique rock plus affirmée avec ses guitares électriques légèrement plus incisives, tout en conservant cette mélancolie latente qui traverse l'album. On y sent l'influence lointaine de Jeff Buckley, notamment dans les envolées vocales de Martin. L'album regorge de moments de grâce pure, comme "Sparks". Ballade acoustique, d'une simplicité biblique, est une déclaration d'amour timide et sincère. La mélodie est d'une beauté désarmante, portée par quelques accords de guitare et la voix émouvante de Martin. C'est le genre de chanson qui semble avoir toujours existé, intime et universelle à la fois. Et comment ne pas évoquer "Yellow" ? Ce titre est devenu l'hymne involontaire de l'album, le single qui a propulsé Coldplay sur le devant de la scène internationale. Avec son riff de guitare électrique instantanément reconnaissable, sa progression harmonique simple mais diablement efficace, et son refrain fédérateur. "Trouble", autre single marquant, repose sur un motif de piano mélancolique et entêtant. C'est une complainte, une confession d'erreurs et de regrets. Chris Martin y expose ses faiblesses, sa peur d'avoir blessé l'autre, avec une honnêteté poignante. La chanson monte en intensité de manière subtile, sans jamais perdre de sa finesse. Elle illustre parfaitement cette capacité du groupe à créer une émotion forte avec une économie de moyens. L'album porte bien son nom, "Parachutes". Il y a cette idée de se laisser flotter, d'une descente en douceur, parfois angoissante, mais toujours contrôlée. Si "Parachutes" n'a pas la grandiloquence ou la complexité de certaines de leurs productions ultérieures, il possède une pureté, une innocence et une authenticité qui restent profondément touchantes. Critiquement, "Parachutes" fut bien accueilli, salué pour sa maturité et sa sensibilité. Commercialement, ce fut un succès grandissant, posant les fondations de la future "Coldplaymania". "Parachutes" n'est pas un album de révolution musicale, mais une affirmation sublime du pouvoir de la mélodie simple et de l'émotion sincère. Il a révélé un groupe capable de toucher le cœur d'un large public sans sacrifier son intégrité artistique. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, "Parachutes" conserve intact son charme fragile et une porte d'entrée idéale dans l'univers de Coldplay, un rappel que la beauté réside souvent dans la simplicité et la vulnérabilité. Un 4 sur 5 pour un album annonciateur d'un groupe au destin hors du commun.

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Went in expecting some flavor of budget Radiohead given the discourse I've heard/seen regarding the album, definitely more than that. The lead vocalist has a really calming voice and it was a great wind-down album given how wild of a day I had when I listened to this. I could easily see this becoming a part of my regular rotation when I'm in the mood for some moody alt-rock :>

Pleasant but boring

Coldplay is muzak as are Nickleback and Creed. Cringe and boring. Bland. Just a bunch of.. nothingness.

A lot of people discount Coldplay based on what they've been putting on the radio for the last decade or so, but this debut album is actually perfect from start to finish.

Overall: 2/10 Well, I hate Coldplay. I always have and I always will. They bore me to tears and Chris Martin sucks as a vocalist and a person. This entire album went in one ear and out the other and I quite honestly forgot I was even listening to it at all. Straight up garbage, thank you Coldplay. Fav Song: Shiver didn't suck that bad Least Fav Song: Yellow

I liked like half of them. I can see both sides to the argument about Coldplay but don't feel strong enough either way to pick a side. Rating: 3.7

Yellow is a good song, I guess. Otherwise a soft-rock-snooze-fest.

Coldplay’s Parachutes is like the opposite of me: it doesn’t obnoxiously take up space. It’s musical parsley, it’s there and you don’t mind it, if you’re weird you eat it and if you’re a freak you ask for more. It’s designed to soundtrack the purchase of slacks at a department store, or a trendy bait shop that sells slacks also. The End

What a divisive band! These reviews are wild. I’ll admit, all the Coldplay hate had prevented me from checking them out. Turns out I don’t really regret that. I know Yellow and The Scientist and would probably recognize more. And I’ve always thought those songs were fine. I came into this with an open mind. I liked a few tracks. I didn’t like most of it. I wouldn’t call myself a hater. I tend to think if people get joy out of music, there’s value in that. I’ll say this just wasn’t for me. Is it his falsetto that I don’t like? Is it what gets all the hate? Also, my recent complaint of all the albums we’re getting lately being from the 90s has been heard. It’s an album from… 2000!

Don’t care for this album. It’s mid with only a few good songs, if this album was a rush of blood to the head i would’ve given it a 5/5 but it’s not so it’s a 2/5.

Feels warm and cozy.

The end of the 1990s brought many great albums, and how did we usher in the new decade? Boring, beige, pedestrian music. A dull uninteresting album from a boring band. I would only recommend this album to someone on their death bed, and just so they wouldn't feel so bad about dying.

7.5/10. A really good chill album with fall vibes.

Never really got into Coldplay. They just feel like background music. And this album showcases that. Spies was reall nice, and Yellow is always good. The rest were just eh. Best song: Spies

I just love coldplay

What a way to start the millennium with an album that is almost perfect. Every song on it is fantastic and gripping and entertaining, it is a complete album with excellent pacing to keep you engaged with it from start to finish.

yellow

Parachutes is the debut album from British band Coldplay, which was an international commercial success. Driven by the success of a few hit singles, including "Yellow" and "Don't Panic" - the album made the band into international stars. The album, and the band, have found somewhat constrained critical success, as the band sounds quite a bit like their contemporaries, with a sound like early Radiohead, or a "soft-rock U2."

Love this album. Puts you in a spacy sort of mood.

Brings me back to HS. Great album. Piano needs to be brought back to more music.

The best Coldplay there has ever been. Garden State using Don't Panic as the start of the movie was perfect for a perfect soundtrack. Every song is just good. 40 Year Old Virgin made a gay joke using Coldplay and now every insecure hetero man hates them. Viva La Vida and everything beyond it feels like a 40 year old dad fighting to stay relevant with his kids, but those first two albums will live on.

Coldplay cannot possibly deserve half the hate they get considering how good this album is. It's 10.5 tracks of perfectly distilled radio-ready pop rock. Catchy & surprising production with effective lyrics; pretty without making you want to retch. If it's guilty of anything, it's success - this sound ended up being replicated and refined beyond all charm through the 00s and early 10s both by Coldplay themselves and many shit bands imitating them. But the earnest tastefulness of this album survives all that. 4*

I desperately want to shit all over this album, but it’s just not called for. The sound here is so beautifully realised for a debut. It’s remarkable. We’ve all heard Yellow a million times, but I really enjoyed listening to it in context. The electric guitar keeping the beat does this interesting discordant thing in the verses that I never actually noticed. It’d sound awful by itself, but wrapped up in the production it’s just glorious. Such an easy, easy listen. It’s a shame about…you know… *gestures generally at everything Coldplay did after 2010* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Way more boring than A Rush Of Blood To The Head, which is saying a lot

never goes past pleasant but at times his voice really gets to me. Granted it is a 2.5 or something because it comes in and out but I didn't feel like it would go up on a second listen so didn't bother and frankly I can see it going down in score as no individual song left an impression on me. I did like Viva la vida so maybe I just need them to tweak this sound a bit

Don't Panic 3.4 Shiver 3 Spies 3.2 Sparks 3 Yellow 3.5 Trouble 3.2 Parachutes 3 High Speed 3.3 We Never Change 3 Everything's Not Lost 3.1 Score: 3.17

Easiest 5* ever. My favourite band, my one celebrity crush and "Don't Panic" is on of my fave songs.

pretty solid albums. you can really hear the difference between music from the current gen to the music from like the 80-90s. feels like a remodeled retro house.

7.5 / 10 Nice album, can see it's appeal and how the sound has been influential-ish in soft-rock. A tad too unidimensional / repetitive for me though.

Music to drive your ford focus to a garden centre to. Boring, insipid and hard to imagine getting excited about. The few times that they try to “rock out” come off like David Cameron breakdancing after too much Eton Mess.

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Early Coldplay is great. Yellow has been in my rotation for years. Trouble and Spies are favorites too. It's all good mellow pop/rock. 4.5, rounded down to 4.

I had my reservations on Coldplay and never really thought much about them before listening to the album. Their music is actually worth the hype, and after listening to Parachutes it's safe to say I'm no longer a hater.

Listening to Coldplay is like listening to nothing.

Incredibly pleasant album, noting negative to say.

What a perfect album. Absolutely amazing from front to back. No misses

Pretty solid

Not gonna lie, I was not looking forward to this album. I remember Yellow and never connected with that songs, so I actively avoided this band. I heard stuff on the radio but normally didn't listen. This felt a little like U2; great musicians but not a style I'm drawn to. Listening to Don't Panic, I felt it like it was way too repetitive, and the last album I listened to was electronic. Honestly I really tried with this album but it felt so melodic and uninteresting, I felt was bored, I need something more, and this didn't offer that really. For me, this felt like it was britpop with less energy. I would have liked to listen to the music without the singing. Standouts: Shiver, High Speed

This is the best Coldplay album, you won't change my mind.

yellow

I've only liked two songs from here: "Don't Panic" and "Yellow". The other songs were alright to me. Coldplay is one of those bands I struggle to get into. I am not saying they are bad, but it's not for me. I usually like one or two songs on their albums.

Best coldplay album. standout songs: Shiver Sparks Yellow

Not my bag

The Good: If the plane shows issues, we can jump out of it! The Bad: Who the hell wants to jump out of an airplane? The Ugly: Parachutes that don’t open… Wow, didn’t know there was so much hate towards a single band who’ve done nothing more but be successful… Myself, I was not on the Coldplay bandwagon, so to speak, when they emerged in the 2000… but, like many, I found their hit songs easy to hum-along-to. I recall thinking that this band was the “lite” version of Radiohead… call me crazy. 3 1/2* as this album isn’t bad at all…

Banger

Not as polished as AROBTTH but still a solid 4

you know what. i’ll say it. ‘yellow’ still kinda gets me in my feelings. even still, once you clock how badly chris martin wants to be thom yorke and how hard he’s trying to emulate radiohead’s softer, more acoustic side (e.g. ‘fake plastic trees’), it becomes impossible to unhear it. (i feel like this is super obvious in the interplay of piano and guitar in a minor key [??] on songs like ‘trouble’), and of course in chris martin’s vocals, his use of falsetto, that trailing off inflection, etc. in this sense it has the shape of good music but it is not actually good, and it’s certainly not interesting. at least on viva la vida they had some crazy strings and moments of dynamic percussion. this album just goes straight through you.

yeah whatever that was fine. pleasant enough but not that interesting.

background music for me

Looking back, it's hard to grasp the change Coldplay have had, and it's a bit difficult to separate their work from the image they've built over the years (not too loved by music fans, I'm no exception). That being said, I tried to be as objective as possible. Parachutes is a very 2000s mix of folk, pop and a bit of rock at times. I have to say that I expected to dislike this record more than I did. I feel the record works best when it leans into more simple compositions. Martin has some good vocal performances, especially when he sounds a bit more raw (like in "Shiver" or "We Never Change"). This, coupled with the acoustic guitar, is the strong point of the album for me, when it turns almost into folk, feeling more personal and almost vulnerable. I think my favourite song was "Shiver", good performance from Martin, good chorus and a nice guitar riff. "Trouble" was good too. Starting with a simple piano ballad, the song remains almost minimalist until we reach the chorus, where it's a bit crammed but still not bad. "Yellow" is a very difficult song to judge, as it has been overplayed until it developed a life of its own. Within the record, it's one of the most energetic tracks. The chorus is as catchy and memorable as ever, although the lyrics are overly simple for my taste (as in most of the songs, being honest). Most of the other songs, I didn't particularly care for. I didn't actively dislike them (besides maybe "Spies" and "Everything's Not Lost"), but I found them bland and forgettable. Overall, it's a pretty tight record, a consistent sort of folk-pop with not too deep lyrics. Besides having pretty big radio hits that remain catchy, I don't think it's a particularly remarkable record, but it's also not as bad as Coldplay's fame would suggest. I think this record, while not spectacular, does suggest Coldplay could've had a life beyond the often overproduced and saccharine pop they chose in later projects.

Better than I expected even if it isn't my absolute favorite. Brought back some nice nostalgia

Calm album, I warmed up to it as it went on

Well made, yellow totally carries the album but the rest of them are ok as well

Hot take: Yapping on about Chris Martin and Bono being pretentious and unoriginal is about as pretentious and unoriginal as Chris Martin and Bono themselves. Having said that - this is pretty mid.

People who hate on Coldplay hate as if they have nothing better to do. This isn't the greatest album on earth, but hating something just because it's popular doesn't make you cool. This is a solid debut album. I like Coldplay - always have, always will. Suck it.

Feels gimmicky with over reliance on falsetto. Soulless.

My first coldplay album ever and even songs, didn't have to listen to them much. First thought was "now this is gonna be the most boring album listening experience". Before that put a curtain around myself and listened to only classic legendary rock groups from 60s-80s or metal stuff. I thought these are gonna be blank, indistinguishable songs with boring lyrics about love or how beautiful life is. Oh, how wrong I was. The wall around me broke more and more with each song I listened from that album, reluctantly adding songs to the "obscured" playlist. The wall around my music taste was completely destroyed by the "Yellow" song. Now I think I begin to understand what it means to be a music lover and listen to everything. Such beautiful vocals on this album, such beautiful acoustic and piano pieces. No aggressive or out-of-line songs in this album, truly a new experience for me and quite a magic one, had to listen the whole album twice to really enjoy the first half of songs after "breaking the wall". Songs saved: 6/10.

I like parts of this but it's a little too earnest.

Oh here we go... an album that came out at a time in my life when I was too cool to listen to this type of music. Glad I don't have those hangups anymore because "trouble" is a mood.

6/10 Radiohead; but scrubbed of all the weird, interesting bits.

Such a beautiful classic, takes you through feeling sad, relaxed carefree and nostalgic. Enjoyed whilst revising pure but really need to be in a field in the evening sun and cold white wine despite the fact I'm not really into white, just would pair good with this album. Reminds me of my mam.

I really, really liked this one. It’s introspective, melancholic, and atmospheric in a cinematic way which is absolutely brilliant. Every track stands on its own and brings somebody awesome to the table. There is absolutely nothing I would change about this album. Favorite Tracks: Don’t Panic, We Never Change, Shivers, Sparks, Yellow, and Parachutes (brilliant interlude).

I know some people like to hate on Coldplay, but I love this album. I don't love the more recent stuff, but this album is such a perfectly chill listen.

2.5 the only listenable coldplay album? faves: yellow

Current Coldplay is Imagine Dragons level of awful. "Parachutes" Coldplay was fantastic.

Parachutes is a solid, if somewhat sleepy, debut from Coldplay. The first half of the album takes its time finding momentum — with the notable exception of "Shiver," which injects some much-needed urgency early on. Chris Martin's vocals are emotive, but several of the early tracks blur together in a haze of acoustic melancholy. Things pick up considerably around "Yellow," where the band starts to show more range and confidence. From that point forward, the album builds a more compelling atmosphere, with stronger melodies and better dynamics. "High Speed" stands out as a personal favorite — a moody, understated track that hints at the more layered, ambient direction they'd explore in later albums. Overall, Parachutes is an uneven but promising introduction, better remembered for its highlights than its cohesion. Favorite song: "High Speed"

right out of the gate. Coldplay had it

Yellow is great.

Yellow is such a banger, otherwise consistent but mildly forgettable album. Shades of pre-Kid A Radiohead, Dave Matthews, etc.

Man, late 90s to early 2000s really was the heyday of sad boy mellow guitar cry bands like Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, and apparently early Coldplay. I get that people (a loud minority) dislike the mainstream Pop route they are going into nowadays, but I found Parachutes different and actually really enjoyable. Admittedly, you have to be in the right mood for it.

Раз в полгода я стабильно переслушиваю альбом "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh" французской группы Magma. Как оказалось, перегруженная музыка на короткой ноге с авангардным джазом, скажем так, здорово "очищает сознание" и вырывает из рутины. С той же периодичностью я опускаю иглу на "Highway 61 Revisited" Боба Дилана - концентрат светлой грусти обволакивает и заставляет погрузиться в себя, что порой жизненно необходимо. Раз в год я ломаю зубы о "A Love Supreme" Джона Колтрейна - нечеловеческой гениальности музыка, которую я всё никак не могу распробовать. И так же раз в год я обращаюсь к дебютному альбому британцев Coldplay, чтобы в очередной раз обнаружить, что ни единой ноты из него не помню, хотя память у меня неплохая. Каждый год я натыкаюсь на дифирамбы значимости и умопомрачительную статистику продаж "Parachutes", каждый год я задумываюсь о феномене популярности Coldplay и каждый год я слушаю этот альбом, будто впервые. И ведь это в самом деле хороший альбом, симпатичная инди-мозаика из осколков брит-попа, собранная с оглядкой на U2 и Джеффа Бакли, но по одной только богу известной причине он каждый раз проходит сквозь моё сознание навылет. Чрезвычайно уютный и мелодичный, он в меру красив и сделан на совесть - комар носа не подточит, но все песни на нём словно сливаются в одну и оборачиваются кристальным ручьём, а ваш покорный, сколько бы ни пытался хоть немного из него зачерпнуть, - всё утекает сквозь пальцы. Абсолютно заслуженно расхваленный "Parachutes" создан для мечтателей и романтиков, ну а во мне желчи, видимо, больше, чем я думал. Что ж, до следующего года!

Clearly you're all in or you're all out. I am out.

104/1089 - Very similar to Radiohead's "The Bends" but mellower and with a worse-sounding accent. That being said, "The Bends" is one of my favorite albums so I enjoyed this one too.

What a debut album! This album is quintessential Coldplay with some of their best hits and I highly enjoyed it. I don’t think I’d ever listened to this album in full but I definitely would in the future and recommend this album to others!

Coldplay will always be special to me. Their early stuff still stands out today. "Parachutes" is a forever classic. The underrated song of the album is "Shiver". I enjoyed every song on it. 5 stars for "Parachutes".

Este es uno de mis favoritos. Es increíble que esta banda haya alcanzado su cota más alta con la primera canción de su primer disco, pero así fue con Coldplay. Don't Panic es su mejor canción.

I know this album gets criticized for being bland, inoffensive music, but it’s honestly so well executed there’s really no denying that it’s an excellent album.

Very nostalgic from high-school years. Iconic of the aughts. Not my favorite style overall but I’ll never say no to a listen. Beautiful floating harmony and a wonderful and iconic use of falsetto.

Honestly, going in to this a bit biases because I’m not a huge fan of Coldplay’s sound. Feels very crafted and careful in a way I think is boring. Trying to keep an open mind. Cover kinda sucks though, like the typeface is a little self-serious and the moon is whatever, doesn’t really connect with the title. Let’s go: 1 yeah okay, this is a great album opener! The acoustic is a nice foundation, the lyrics are hopeful while not being too corny— I esp like the “Yeah they do” moments, good personality— and it doesn’t try to be all that and a bag of crisps. 2 Lyrics are a little heavy-handed on this, but damn if the vocals themselves aren’t full of talent— that falsetto is immediately impressive. Drums on this are great, weird lil shuffle feel— gives the song something. To hang its hand on. I don’t think it’s blowing me away, but it’s solid and better than I thought it was gonna be so far, especially given it’s a debut. I can totally hear myself hearing this in 2000 and being like damn, these guys got something— I’m just jaded by the 2025 Coldplay lol. This track probably goes a bit long, but last chorus has good energy so I’ll allow it. 3 I really like how each of these first three tracks really feel like their own thing, yet still cohesive. Gotta be the vocals that keep them intertwined, he has a really distinct voice that gives the instrumentals flexibility behind him. Not fucking with the lyrics, the vagueness of the titular “Spies” and what they’re metaphor for is pretty uninteresting to me. Still a good listen, the drums are really colorful (common theme so far) Andy he guitar is pleasant. The engineering of this record is top notch, btw, the levels are immaculate— haven’t even thought about it because there’s nothing to notice. 4 Oh dude, this song! I really really like this song! He has a bit more fry on the vocals that build to his hooks really well, gives some really emotional weight. The drums are really pleasant and patient, the riff as complimented by bass and piano touches is frankly beautiful, and his chorus’ falsetto is just arresting. If I were to nitpick, I’d say it could be a couple clicks slower? Damn, the acoustic guitar is so well miked, it’s so bright and dynamic. Some real interesting chords in the second verse. I latch on to “sparks” I found harder to do with “spies.” Like the outro, fits well. Just a top, top notch track. 5 Oh dude why do the drums sound like that? The snare sounds super out of tune or something or just sewed wrong. Uh can’t really say much about this song, the lyrics and vocal performance are phenomenal, and the instrumental around those is a good vessel to carry them in. I think the hook’s subtle layering of vocals and the bass being a bit high in the mix is my favorite part, and when everything cuts out for “you know I love you so,” it’s really perfect. God yeah I’m trying to see this song through the eyes of like a Y2K alternative music fan, and like, yeah it’s poppy, radio ready, all that— but it’s also just a complete song (besides the snare inexplicably sounding like hotdog water). Can’t really argue with the legacy too, it still gets play. 6 Yeah man Chris Martin is just a really good singer huh? Piano and bass layer really well on this, acoustic guitar takes more of a backseat which is think is due, so good choice/sequencing. Love the bits about the “spider web,” and love every time he says “trouble.” Lil bridge seemed kinda pointless. Woulda liked to see the melody evolve somehow, not every song can rely on new vocals to heighten the tone. 7 title track being a sub-min solo singer-songwriter track is a cool choice— problem is, I think this is his work vocal performance so far. The song feels like a fragment more than an interlude or the like/- which, since this record is 10 songs clocking around 40 minutes,— feels like a waste of time, gotta make those 10 count more than this one dude. 8 not sure I feel about this one— vocals are unusually forgettable and the lyrics are a little tepid, but the hook is nice and I stick with the song. Just gotta reiterate how phenomenally mixed and mastered this album is, besides the snare in Yellow I have zero complaints and I am a picky motherfucker. Coulda built to something, but kinda didn’t— which works with the songs that assert themselves. 9 This one skew towards wholly forgettable. Bridge feels a bit more substantial, but the verses and chorus don’t have the same personality as previous tracks— which matters on a 10 song album. I’d chalk this up to a debut album kinda thing 10 Don’t really feel like the piano-led ballad sound plays to Martin’s vocal strengths— I think his powered in his ability to rise above the instrumental around him, but his performance feels a little exposed without that context (esp at such low registers). Honestly the development of this is really nice, I like what it grows into— until the last minute-thirty or so of outro. I really like the lyrics and the stripped down aesthetic of that last bit, but think I’d prefer that bit excised from the five minute song it’s tacked onto and developed into something a little more complete. Feels too disparate. I’d say on the whole I really enjoyed this listen, and while I thought there were parts that were outshined by the moments of true excellence, it’s a seriously impressive debut record.

A classic 🥹 Aus der zeit, als coldplay noch cool war

Outstanding album and debut. Even if I don't like their newer stuff, this one will always be in a special place. Fav Track: Don't Panic

Mi pare poco Coldplay, ma anche poco particolare, fino a "Trouble" che stranamente mi piace, pur essendo molto caratteristica.

It's just all too "meh". Lacks any real momentum. The only song that gives me anything is Yellow.

For a debut album this is a pretty good album. Although I have never really taken to Coldplay I cannot deny they are some good tracks here.

it's nice music to shop by. Or fall asleep to. Which I did once.

Really only a couple good songs on here. Not bad but many of the songs sound the same

Every once in a while there's a hint of a temperature above tepid — the intro to "Shiver", "High Speed" has some nice bits — but Coldplay is dedicated to stopping any momentum in its tracks. Do they punch it up when they play stadiums?

Encore mieux que l'autre !

Definitely the early 2000 soundtrack.

Very good start from Coldplay. Preparing "A rush" which I feel i s a bit better produced. Anyway I had always listened to this albums without distinction. Very nice for a Monday morning.

Nothing exciting in this album, this is very and too slow even for me. It's not bad either... It's on the edge of being boring...

It’s pretty and sweet, and after Trout and the Captain it sounds like honey, but unlike its follow-up, I kinda struggle to listen to it without getting fed up.

Brutal. The only parachute needed is for jumping out of a plane to get away from this hot burning pile of trash.

They may have fallen into the trap of being overplayed, but Coldplay can make some pretty music. Sad songs with hopeful lyrics hook me every time.

I just didn’t have fun.

74% Best: Shiver; Trouble Must-Hear? No

Excellent album love it!!

Not my favorite band tbh

Good stuff, my style, hard to give a 5 though. 4/5

I want to hate this album but it holds sentimental value. When my son was an infant, he is 20 now, he loved the song Yellow. It would soothe him to sleep even if he was being fussy. I can't give it 4 or 5 stars but a 3 seems fitting.

This was a fun reminder of a particular time in my life.

Très bon

6/10 I haven't listened to this allbum for years (if I ever had in full), but went into this thinking I was going to enjoy the nostalgia of it a lot. Coldplay were what got me into music - I have a very specific memory of my mum showing me X&Y on her ipod when I was about 8 and listening to the whole thing while playing the parachute game. I got my own ipod for my birthday a couple of months later and from there I was away, finally developing my own music taste. So Coldplay were a starting point for me and for all the shit they've put out over the years I can't help but have a soft spot for some of their earlier stuff. Not remembering what was on this album, I assumed it would be Coldplay at their stripped back best. In a way, it is, but so many of these songs just don't stand on their own. Yellow is undeniably a fantastic song, but so much of the rest of the album is forgettable - I'd forgotten it before and now I'm sure to forget it again. Listens: 1

Was a little bit depressing but i liked it

Their second record is one of my alltime favourites. This one is good but not as good as „A Rush Of Blood To The Head“. But the guitars here are nosier than I expected it. That’s a plus.

Some alright ones but listening all the way through makes me want to top myself

So so so good. I love it. Not a single song I didn't thoroughly enjoy.

Glad when it ended.

Dear God this was not enjoyed by me. Initially I was glad to see Coldplay, as I don't really know much of their music but I know they are polarizing. Now I don't get how they're polarizing. It's bad.

Coldplay is the generic brand Radiohead. Really dull actually. Can't totally discount it as the production is good and appeals to so many, but fuck it's boring.

Super fucking garbage

Resonates so much even after a billion playthroughs.

Modern classic, britpop perfection. Wish Coldplay hadn’t forgotten how to make this kind of music.

Sounds like that early 2000s

Yellow is the stand out track for me. A lot of nostalgia from listening to this in high school.

Dreadful.

As a metal head scoring this ao highly after Anthrax seems wrong. Biased as I've heard it a lot but second only to AROBTTGH.

These guys are so boring. Not particularly offensive. Nice safe middle of the road three stars. Who cares.

Pretentious. I like other stuff they’ve done.

First half is unbelievable, second half tapers off a bit. Slagging off Coldplay doesn’t make you cool. If Don’t Panic was a recently unearthed Elliott Smith B-side everyone would lose their heads over it.

Look....not a Coldplay fan, but I understand why people like them. Just doesn't do much for me for the most part. Can see the talent, nice background music, not worth playing again imo.

Never realized how much Chris Martin sounds like (or aspired to sound like) Jeff Buckley. There are some really superb songs here.

פשוט טוב

I always found it interesting that the band apparently hate this album. I mean, yes, lyrically pretty basic, but their most recent material is far more rudimentary in lyrical terms than this and overloaded with synthetic party-pleasing Calvin Harris vibes. Some of the tracks on this are actually quite beautiful. It's not A Rush of Blood to the Head, but that's in a league of it's own (in Coldplay terms) Oh, and this album is one of my album anniversaries this coming half term in school. 25 years old. What??

Classic, loved coming back to this album

The entire album I get like I was in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. The early seasons. I hate Grey’s Anatomy.

Ничего примечательного, но в принципе неплохой альбом. Такая музычка для грустного сидения у окна с меланхоличными надеждами на будущее в дождливый день... Иногда, тут и там, всплывают какие-то интересные звуки, типа реверснутого дилея или тремоло-свеллов, но в общем и целом альбом довольно гомогенный и однообразный, все песни очень похожи. Можно пропустить, но под нужное настроение приятно зайдёт

100% pure, concentrated blandness. They obviously know how to play their instruments... But fuck me it's bland... M A K E C O L D P L A Y H I S T O R Y

It's really easy to hate Coldplay but I've got such a soft spot for the early singles

Much gentler and more subdued than the Coldplay we’ve generally come to know in the past two decades. While there’s been unique and engagement development in most song structures, the samey timbre of the entire album does begin to get stale near the end. Martin’s lack of vocal range makes this all the more obvious, although he does work creatively within that limited range. Listened to: on the subway. Favorite tracks: Sparks, Yellow

Yellow will always be one of my absolute favorite songs. The rest of the album is just okay, but I’m giving 5 stars just for Yellow.

eh. white guy guitar, not totally my jam, but not horrible

easy 5, one of my favorite albums of all time! it’s just fantastic all around. this is the coldplay i love the most. yellow is one of those songs i simply haven’t gotten tired of yet through all these years. mainly because i truly love the original sound of it. it’s kind of alt rocky and that guitar riff is the best part about it. just never gets old to listen to. sparks is really, really nice to play on acoustic guitar. and while listening to this for the millionth time i now want to learn the short title track, parachutes. i also see the weird coldplay hate shines through in the review section. i’ve never understood it, but then again i don’t understand humans.

I'm a little biased cuz I grew up loving coldplay....

It is good but also kinda boring lol. Best from Coldplay anyway

Liked it a bit better than I thought. Still sort of plain and unexciting to me.

My favourite album from Coldplay. When they had some soul. Ruined everything after their third album.

This was a surprisingly great album. I never thought to look at their older work. I think Shiver, Spies, and High Speed were my favorites. Have to listen again.

so classic its silly they really are good sleep music or maybe I am just tired

Love it it's a lot of songs I've cone across on the radio

Kinda slow, only recognized one song. Nothing stood out much

They can clearly play and write songs but their output is just so uninspiring.

I mean, it's a classic, no matter how much of a marketing company Coldplay has become.

Disclaimer: I have been anti-Coldplay since the early 2000s. They were inescapable in the UK, leading to many jokes and conversations about how stuff like Yellow was a joyless dirge. This seed of distaste blossomed throughout their even more insufferable Viva La Vida era, and I generally hold the view that they are the nadir of a kind of soft rock which offends me on an elemental level. That said, in the spirit of this project I want to approach this album with an open mind - I genuinely hope that an end-to-end listen will challenge my views! ------- We were right to mock them. It sounds like the backing band from Ricky Gervais' fairly-funny "Life On The Road". Boring and smugly sentimental. Favourite tracks: Spies had some decent bass? Meh...

Pari kivaa kappaletta, muuten aika yhdentekevää.

Mellow indie rock - Don't Panic is a great opener! Britpop style vocals in places (Shiver) following up from Oasis/Pulp/Blur tradition Yellow reminds me of the Snow Patrol slow indie to come Best track - Don't Panic

Warning: This album causes ED

Bias for Yellow!!

i like this album more than their others, its prob their best

I felt I should have been drinking a glass of red wine while making dinner on a Saturday night while listening. It was all mellow.

Bring on the mems! ✅✅✅✅ Don’t Panic ✅✅✅✅ Sparks ✅✅✅✅ Yellow Vibes to match the title: I am thoroughly adrift and also.somehow cocooned, in simple chords and committed falsetto.

Modern-day Coldplay may be new age pop music gone terribly bad (though to be fair, I haven't really listened to modern-day Coldplay...), but this album was really good and still felt current: brooding, emotional, and a hint of angst simmering beneath the surface. Would go back!

Yellow and Trouble are A+ songs

Heavy nostalgia, but Yellow still slaps. Definitely Coldplay’s best album.

markedly better than their second album, which is markedly better than the next and so on and so forth. I still think Chris Martin is the reason people started using the word “cuck”

cinik: jedini dobar coldplay. usporedbe s travis ću se pravit da nisam vidila.

Meni najbolji colplay a cinici bi rekli i jedini dobar. Ko i invisible band od travisa daje odgovor na pitanje šta bi bilo da su radiohead nastavili snimat samo the bands.

ok

Not a fan of Coldplay but I liked sparks.

Yellow invokes memories of summer in cornwall in 2001, all in-all a very unoffensive album. I know Coldplay isn't everyones cup of tea, but their earlier music is a part of my childhood. Giving it 4/5 but out of 10 I'd probably give it a 7.

I'm a Yellow apologist but this was boooooooring

You can hear the Radiohead 3/5 somewhat enjoyable

Peak 00s pop

I too am annoyed I have to admit to maybe liking Coldplay

I don't get it, I thought I hated Coldplay

Bland as get out.

1. Don’t Panic - 7.4/10 2. Shiver - 8.5/10 3. Spies - 8/10 4. Sparks - 9/10 5. Yellow - 8/10 6. Trouble - 8/10 7. Parachutes - 6.5/10 8. High Speed - 7.8/10 9. We Never Change - 9/10 10. Everything’s Not Lost - 8/10 7.5/10

Keith - 6/10 Ross - 6/10 Caylum - 9/10

Great album

Dreamy sleepy sappy

It’s fine. Chris Martin really made a career of writing pathetic guy music. 3 stars because Shiver is an amazing song and so is Yellow.

Probably the definitive Coldplay album? I still don't love their lyrics but it’s from a time when Coldplay was good. An easy listen overall.

Good melodies. It's a bit dull though. Stand out song - Trouble

Ok. A little mellow. Maybe I'd like it better when I'm in a mellow kind of mood.

Coldplay in Reinform

Bit of an old-school Radiohead vibe, but more mainstream. Lots of strummy midtempo/slow songs Highlight: "Shiver" (nice falsetto in chorus and strummy guitars through the song), "Trouble" ( (piano ballad), "Everything's Not Lost" (piano ballad, reminds me of Randy Newman--bluesy tinge in vocals--with a rousing chorus at the end), "Life is for Living" ("Hidden" track that's better than at least half of the listed tracks with a relaxed sound to it and a horn section) Notable: Don’t Panic (musically sounds like a Fleetwood Mac song with a funky backbeat)

Average

Strong debut album from Coldplay. Strange to look back at how a breath of fresh air they were at the time.

So, so bland. There are times that Chris Martin sounds like Dave Matthews, and then he sounds like a 10-year-old whose balls haven't dropped yet. The falsetto in every bloody song is damned annoying. I hope I never have to listen to another full Coldplay album again. So bland.

#547. Look, there's nothing wrong with this. It's not bad or anything, I'm just not the target demographic. This is for middle aged wine moms, not me. 3/5: fine.

This album takes me straight back to high school. I don’t think I could listen to a new Coldplay album start to finish and “Parachutes” is Far from the best album in the world but I still enjoy a listen.

I know it’s cool to hate on Coldplay, but this is a good album.

I glanced over the track list and expected that I'd give this one a 4. I think Yellow and Trouble are two on Coldplay's best songs. But then I listened and found that every other track was just boring.

It felt a little too angsty for me. Not enough uppers to balance out the fEeLiNgSsS.

everyone’s so tough until yellow comes on

I vigorously groaned when i saw I had this album, but then also remembered I listened to it a fair bit when it first came out and before Coldplay became limp. It is still very much coldpay like, but it has slightly more of an edge to it compared to what came after for coldplay. Yellow is still a great song. It was not and if i listened to it objectively, it is worth the 4 stars I have given it. ssssh dont tell anyone

"Don't Panic" klinkt nog steeds fantastisch. "Shiver" was ik een beetje vergeten, ook behoorlijk goed. Beetje jammer dat het zwakke "Spies" zo'n beetje het langste nummer is. "Sparks" kende ik op de een of andere manier niet, ook heel mooi. Geldt ook voor "Yellow" en "Trouble" natuurlijk, maar die vallen weer in de categorie te vaak gehoord. Goed, daar kan Coldplay niks aan doen. "High Speed" ook goed hoor. Net als "Everything's Not Lost". Hoe kan het zo mis zijn gegaan met deze band? Al met al echt een absurd goede verzameling nummers. Ik heb ze rond het uitkomen van dit album live gezien in een van de kleinste tenten op Lowlands met maar een paar honderd bezoekers. Als je dit album hoort, kun je je eigenlijk niet voorstellen dat ze toen al niet op het Alpha-podium stonden. Vooruit, vijf sterren, al was het maar omdat ik net zie dat Pitchfork het een 5,3 heeft gegeven.

it's ok

Wisselend. Wel erg goeie nummers tussen. Vooroordeel over Coldplay wankers.

only good coldplay album

A classic, wish they furthered this sound and went more radiohead instead of selling out.

Album was fine. Feels like the kind of album I should develop a connection with but didn’t. Nothing really caught my ear outside of Yellow and Don’t Panic which I’ve heard of before and enjoy. However, solid production and it clearly cohesive. An album I’ll have to revisit.

So good

Some nice songs here but unfortunately when I think of Coldplay I think of the singer who I think is a complete KH.

Honestly, forgot how great this album is. Musically, but also emotionally. First 5 of the project

Great album. Really draws you in to their sound.

Ok, I don't think I've ever heard a whole Coldplay album before. I remember hearing a few of these songs when they came out but I can't remember one time I ever played Coldplay on purpose. I had 0 liked songs from them on Spotify and, spoiler, that didn't change today. I know they get a lot of hate in a Nickelback-esque sort of way but I don't really have any feelings about that one way or another. Three songs in, I'm ready to move on. The music isn't bad, it's just...blah. Chris Martin sort of seems like he wants to be Thom Yorke and wanting to be Thom Yorke is never a good thing. I have nothing to base this on and I could be completely wrong, but just by listening to this album, I feel like Chris Martin is the kind of guy who if you asked him 'what's the best song ever written?', wouldn't hesitate to name a song from one of his own records. Thom Yorke would do the same. I mean the vocals here aren't bad, but it's like someone asked a semi-capable AI to generate a 'generic white guy' sounding vocalist. It would totally be Chris Martin. As for the rest of the band, I can't really comment, there was nothing of note except I remember thinking one of the bass lines was kind of cool. And that indifference, to me, is worse a lot of the time than music I can say something negative about. So, Coldplay? 2/5 and I hope this was a one and done for this list.

Good songs. Coldplay is not really my type. I did find this to be their better album.

Oh my god I

okay, nostalgic but not really my vibe

Nothing but straight heat I can't put into words how much I wish all of Coldplay died in a plane crash after the first two albums, people talk about the Radiohead influence in this album but I hear so much Jeff Buckley too, yeah sorry this is banger after banger I love you early Coldplay

Beautiful Album

Solid consistent album. Good background chill music

4,5 (i've listened 4 times now, I really like this) I've been looking forward to this. Coldplay have been on my listen-to-list for ages. A controversial band, loved and hated. I know the hits: Viva, paradise, yellow, sky full of stars, but have never gotten around to listen thoroughly and make my own opinion. Although I have a lot of respect for Chris Martin as a human being, pop-cultural influencer and songwriter. So much radiohead inspiration here, that's cool. But still in a pop setting. It's more like sob rock. Like doesn't "High Speed" and "We Never Change" sound so much like "Subterranean Homesick Alien"? And isn't that song a homage to Bob Dylan's "Sub. Homesick Blues"? So it goes Bob Dylan -> Radiohead -> Coldplay I wonder who Bob was inspired by for that song. And when i'll make my entré onto that list haha. It's very pop, but just enough of the alternative to call it something else. I also love how it's holding back from going "all-in" on full pop. Like they are probably very young here and are very aware about not being too mainstream at this point haha. Love the simple rockband setting. Like it's just drums, bass, electric, acoustic and his vocals. Oh, and the backingvocals are so good. I think this album is very influential. It feels like this album has shaped so much pop rock in the 21st century, especially in the 2000's: Maroon 5, The Script, The Fray, Snow Patrol and all that sobby raspy male voice stuff. It's almost perfect that it was released in the year 2000. Love the coverart. And how the title track is only 40 seconds And that there is a ghost track. Love stuff like that. I'm giving it 5 (would give it 4,5), for grapping my attention so much, and because I feel like I will listen to this a lot. Favorite tracks: Don't Panic Sparks Yellow High Speed We Never Change Fun fact: Coldplay is number 6 most streamed the last 28 days right now. Just checked. I had no idea that they still are this big. That's crazy.

4.0

Boring

Milquetoast

I’ve never been the biggest Coldplay fan, so I’ve never listened through this album, it was good, favorite song was everything’s not lost, I’m a sucker for a slow building piano song so that one got me.

Always a favorite. Brilliant, sad, well made

Felt like a pretentious white girl. Not interesting. Predictable. Generic.

Now we don't have to wonder what would have happened if Radiohead decided to pursue broader appeal.

white music but still very good

I loved this one when it was new. You could release this today and it would be a massive hit all over again.

The start of something special. Even if you aren't a fan of the bloated global act that Coldplay is today; their debut has all the markings of talent.

Didn't even have to listen to know it's a 5...but I listened anyway because it's so good. Personal connections to music can easily outweigh the quality itself, but in this case, it's just so solid. What a way to announce yourselves to the world.

Special guest reviewer says: epic sometimes minor key melancholy without causing pain, Yellow is a headbanger. Better than the White Album. So good.

May cause drowsiness and dizziness; do not operate heavy machinery.

I could see being in a different time or place in my life and this album being very important. I'm not currently in that time or place. It was ok.

I’m curious to see what my group thinks of this one. It was a favorite of my wife when we meet, so I’m quite familiar with it. I don’t love it like she does, but it’s definitely not a leave the room type album for me either.

So boring, didn’t enjoy.

Although basic they are good. Good lyrics and I’d love to see one of their legendary concerts

this album would have been worse if not for yellow so boring, so inoffensive, i get why they were huge but fuck off personally

The instrumentals are okay but boring, and Chris Martin's vocals and lyrics are so wishy washy. I can't abide him. I was on a train journey that was about the length of the album, and it felt like the longest journey of my life.

I wanted to hate this but it's not actually that bad. It's certainly better than things like Travis and David Gray, but it doesn't, at any point, stray into acutally good territory. I think the thing that annoys me most about Coldplay is how many people say they're their favourite band. It's like saying your favourite colour is beige or your favourite food is plain rice. It just makes me despair for humanity a little.

"Parachutes" is the debut album by British rock band Coldplay. Alternative rock, post-Britpop, indie rock and soft rock are the Wiki-listed genres. OK. The album was produced by Ken Nelson, Chris Allison and the band. And the band is Chris Martin (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboard), Jonny Buckland (electric guitar, vocals, piano), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will Champion (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The album had commercial success reaching #1 in the UK and #51 in the US and was mostly well received critically. "Don't Panic" opens the album. Acoustic guitar, drums and weary vocals by Martin. Buckland's electric guitar is going up and down the scales. A nice guitar solo and layered vocals. "Shiver" is much faster at the start with a harder edge guitar. The song slows down. Martin shows his falsetto. Wow, there's a lot of Jeff Buckley influences in the vocals and song structure. A good song though. And speaking of good songs, a melancholic acoustic guitar begins "Yellow" which goes to, at this point, that classic guitar riff. Pretty straight-forward vocals and lyrics as Martin sings about undying selfless love as yellow is the brightest color. Martin brings out his emotional vocals and relationship honesty in "Trouble;" he sings about the stupid things he's done to his girlfriend. Piano and slow drums. This album is alright. Coldplay has always been one of those bands I've never sought out or really hated. The influence of Jeff Buckley is evident in the musical tone, vocals and lyrics (being mostly about relationships). The music can be slow and I admit to losing attention several times. Overall, the album has several decent songs (the ones mentioned in the previous paragraphs) with the rest being just OK to me.

Coldplay when I still liked them.

p862. 2000. 3 stars. Proof that just because something sells millions, it's not essential listening. Yes, they can knock out a decent tune, but there is a lot of filler and it becomes bland background noise reallll fast.

mid

We have our 6th 1 Billion plays (Sparks) and second 2 Billion plays (Yellow) by Coldplay. A formative band for us Millennials that still sets that melancholy mood when we are feeling not quite emo, but pretty darn close.

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It’s the most milquetoast of ironies; Coldplay, a band with so amazingly few characteristics to remark upon have, for a quarter of an actual century, managed to inspire the most intense of reactions from seemingly all who hear them. Good or bad, you have an opinion on Coldplay. And that opinion is either “world-beating stadium-eating monsters who have totally reinvented what it means to continually reinvent yourself” or “Chris Martin is the audio equivalent of finding out your house has been flooded”. No in between. And this is the sense in which Coldplay actually matters. Not as musicians – fucking hell, imagine! – but as early bellwethers of the defining cultural shift of the 21st century – the embracing of antagonistic dichotomies. Coldplay is a significant early entry into the pantheon of things that we love to love or love to hate, a trend they commenced but that soon swept up the likes of Nickleback, James Blunt, immigrants, and latterly the environment. What do I think? I think we live in a beautiful world, and I think that’s a really true and fair thing to say. And I think the stuff around it that he’s singing to is lovely, too. In fact, I doubt you could objectively argue against that assertion. Really, everything here is absolutely as it should be. But then, that feeling again. That feeling that Coldplay isn’t good. Coldplay doesn’t care. Coldplay isn’t here to be anything else than another reason to hate my neighbour. Weird. I swear it just sounded like safe indie miserablism.

One of my favorite albums. First time listening to it in entirety

Don’t Panic and listen to this album. Everything’s Not Lost.

Nice to get an album I don’t even need to listen to today to know it’s getting a 5. I’ve loved this album for a while.

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If you’re struggling to sleep. Here’s your solution. Exhaustingly droning vocals surrounded by edgeless and uninspiring instrumentals. Honestly I feel like I went into this album with a good attitude. I was excited to hear their debut album, but my god thiw album is so shallow and boring. Seriously a great sleep aid if you need one though.

Sorry, but this is shopping mall music. No idea why this made this list. 10/100

"Trouble" is the stand-out track for me. The piano is hauntingly beautiful. The song is excellent for reasons that I am not able to fully articulate. Yellow is also great, but its hardly new or exciting for me. It has over 2B listens on Youtube Music alone. You'd have to have been living under a rock for the past 20+ years to have not heard it. Spies also started to grow on me over the course of the day and multiple listens. Overall the album is quite excellent for a debut/freshman album from the band. The songs flow together really well. My one critique is that there's really no songs that bump up the tempo or ever really get more aggressive in their approach to music making. What I mean is that there's nothing to punctuate the slow, mellow songs; there's never any sense of building and building and building until release, and so while the music is quite enjoyable, I could see the replay value decreasing over time due to the lack of variety in the songs. My comparison would be to that of Radiohead, where they punctuate their slow mellow songs with aggressive upbeat shredding songs to improve the variety of the music. I never got all of the hate for Coldplay. Probably just being overplayed? Or maybe it just fun to hate on them in the same way it's fun to hate on Nickelback?

Really nice songs with more variety and edge than their early reputation implies.

Don’t even have to listen to this today because this is one of my favorites of all time and I know it like the back of my hand. The romantic grunginess feels like a deeply personal journey, with emotional guitar riffs contributing to a sense of being lost and lonely, but with the slightest hint of direction.