Parachutes - Coldplay

Advantages: Great album, fantastic group
Disadvantages: None

...kicks straight in immediately after Parachutes and is a nice relaxing vibe. After a couple of minutes of listening to this song it gets a little repetitive but Chris sings beautifully and that definitely saves the song from the scrapheap! 6/10 We Never Change: This song continues with the relaxing feel of the end of the album and Chris is singing about how he wants to live life and I feel like this song was wrote for somebody in particular (maybe ...
...very easy to listen to and once again Chris shows off his vocal skills to excellent heights. 7/10 Everything's Not Lost: This is a great ending to the album, fantastic lyrics, fantastic music, Chris sounds fantastic! This talks about counting up your demons and everything not being lost if you can just drive the bad things from your mind. This song is by far the longest on the album at 7 minutes 15 seconds, I don't feel bored of this song but anymore ... Read review

Advantages: Great vocals and melodys
Disadvantages: Bit short

...but it is. Slightly like Parachutes the song, this song is slow and silky smooth, a great song to round off an amazing album. There is not one bad song on this album and I couldn't reccomend it more highly. There's something for everyone, except for lads who like to sing-along. To you I say "Not a chance, mate". Hopefully they're good live as they'll be at Slane in Ireland during the summer and I'm going. C'mon!!!!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Very good album for people of all musical Tastes
Disadvantages: I almost let the overplaying of Yellow ruin it for me.

It was back in 2000 when Coldplay started to make a name for themselves. The debut single “Yellow” was being overplayed to death on the radio and TV and I found it was really starting to grate. It got so bad in fact that I put off buying the album deciding that Coldplay weren’t really worth bothering with and that one song was enough for me. A few months later I happened to hear a different track on the radio and thought that I might actually like ...
...They met at University and from there Chris Martin and the rest of the band decided they wanted to take on the world. Although Chris seems to have also made it his personal crusade to save the Earth as well. That’s getting ahead of myself though. They played a number of gigs around London and eventually seemed to catch someone’s eye and that someone decided to release a few of their tracks. From there things just kept getting better for Coldplay ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic debut
Disadvantages: Can be dull and boring at times

...kinda way. • Parachutes The title track is also the shortest track, but it really doesn't need to be any longer. All there is, is Chris Martin singing softly and playing a little ditty on his acoustic guitar. It might sound a bit rubbish, but the band have found acoustic suits them very nicely (many of their gigs are done this way) and this track is the best example. • High Speed Using the singing-then-pause-then-guitar formula to good ...
...Your decision really whether this is good or not, but it certainly stands it on the album as something different. It's not really wowing chilling out stuff, but it's not hard rocky stuff either. Bit weird. But Chris Martin's fantastic voice draws me back to it. • We Never Change Back to slow, soft, nice indie stuff with track number nine. You might find it maybe too slow, as it doesn't really get off its feet. You may find yourself wanting ... Read review

Advantages: quality not quantity(at last)
Disadvantages: too short for some

I was tempted to buy this album as I had heard the single "trouble" sounded different I thought so gave in to my temptation.And im happy to say i have been rewarded.For at least the last ten years, to do well in this musical field, you had to be a goodlooking celeb, not a musician. You had to be a Britney, or an westlife. Music produced for you, you just come along, sing 6 or 7 lines, record a video and release. But thankfully for people who actually ...
...exist. A band that have instruments. A band that "play music", an unheard of idea. Right, enough stuff about how much I hate pop music, and on to a nice little review of the album... At 10 tracks, and around 40 mins, this album is short-lived, but unlike most records, all the tracks are quality.Something i would controversialy say was missing from David's gray recent album.They do go for the old "quality not quantity" idea. And they do this I am ... Read review

Advantages: Powerful vocal talent
Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks

...Well almost, some of the tracks on this excellent album do remind you of Dylan at his best. David Gray has such a distinct vocal talent and most of the tracks on this album promote this. The mix of Gray's strong voice and the accoustic guitar combine to make a distinct easy listening sound, which is ideal for background music or close listening. This is certainly one of the best albums I have heard this year and is probably only eclipsed by Coldplay's parachutes. If you are into proper music, i.e none of that Britney rubbish, you will like this, it is great music.... Read review

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Advantages: Some good songs.
Disadvantages: Some awful songs, drab album cover

...I've always liked Coldplay. This album is nowhere near as high quality as Parachutes, their first album. Still, it is good effort with some good tracks like "Clocks", "The Scientist". There are a few drab songs on here though " Politik" is miserable, "In My Place" is just about bearable, "God Put A Smile On Your Face" is not very good. Green Eyes is pleasant and "A Whisper" is quite good too. I bought this when it came out and I think they have done better and can do better. Overall an average album with good bits and bad bits. The album cover is probably the worst design I have come across, it looks something like a 1970's computer that scientists do analysis with. I would recommend their first album "Parachutes" instead.... Read review

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Advantages: Good songwriting and musicianship, a distinctive vocalist
Disadvantages: Too retro for some, perhaps

...For all their retro cool image, and the lead singer's ridiculous ginger afro, Toploader are no fashionable flakes. The music on their first album is etched in quality, crafted with a tradionalists' love for the importance of songwriting over style. Onka's Big Moka might be the weirdest title of recent times, but it's also one of the most impressive debuts of 2000. Forget Coldplay and their overhyped Parachutes album...here is where you'll find some of the most deeply satisfying mellow rock of the year. Achilles Heel, in particular, is far superior to the studied melancholy of a Yellow or Trouble. While it does all sound rather 1970s, Toploader are by far the most intruiging new band of the last 12 months, and there's enough here to suggest their solid, often anthemic sound will soon evolve into something even greater.... Read review

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