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 like REAL music, rather than mass produced pop music, Coldplay 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 happy to say perfectly.
The two released singles from this album, "Yellow" and "Trouble" are brilliant, but do not steal the limelight of the rest of the album. The music perfectly accompanies many daily "routines" such as work, play, relaxing and waking up.
Favourite tracks are the up-tempo "Shiver", the popular single "Trouble". If you like Travis or the Stereophonics, this is in my opinion much better than both bands. It has the odd blue bits, like Yellow, and also has the up-tempo, up-lifting songs... "Shiver" being a good example.
For the more blue of you, "Spies" is excellent. Nice echoey, blue, up-lifting acoustic guitar, and subtle electric with heaps of crazy effects. Then their is the main guitar part. This is simple and lovingly done. The drums are simple and repetitive, but still strangely nice, using snare rim shots to great effect. Lyrically, it doesn't tell a story very well, but gives good imagery somrthing which I prefer involving spies and underwater exploits.
Another fairly blue track is "Sparks", it includes a fair bit of piano and acoustic introduction. And the usual hint of electric guitar. This song has a dream-like quality to it. Simple, yet very effective.
Im gonna skip straight past the Yellow and Trouble, because they are singles and I don't like reviewing them, because people have heard them TOO MUCH!
On to Parachutes, another fairly down-tempo, yet musically exciting tracks. Short lived as it may be, it easily bridges the gap between Trouble and High Speed.
Interesting drum rhythms, light guitar, and a good smattering of interesting lyrics: "We've been living life inside a bubble / We've been living life inside a bubble / Confidence in you is confidence in me, which is confidence in a higher thing... / Can anybody stop this thing?"
If you havent experienced this yet, buy Coldplay's Parachutes...A prized jewel in a gold-quality album.
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emotion-fortified "Shiver", Coldplay proved they could shift between elated and crushed in a breath as singer Chris Martin poured out music's oldest chestnut (uncondit...
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Advantages: Some lovely songs, very mellow and emotional. With mostly great lyrics, and brilliant music throughout, this really is one of the must-own albums of the new century. Disadvantages: A few rather duff lyrics, and it won't be appreciated if you are too cynical about the hype that surrounds the band. Don't be, or you'll miss out
ClangerWrangler 25.03.2001 (25.03.2001)
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