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PARACHUTES won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
In 2000, a small wave of British pop bands clearly heavily influenced by Radiohead's brand of anthemic mope rock arose, with Travis, Muse, and Coldplay at the forefront. Coldplay are the most clearly Radiohead-like, compared to the poppier Travis and the more electronic-oriented Muse, and their US debut, the 10-song PARACHUTES, should appeal to any fans of OK COMPUTER or THE BENDS who found KID A too weird for their tastes. (Coldplay even swipe a song title, "Don't Panic," from Douglas Adams, as Radiohead did with "Paranoid Android.)
The soaring yet depressing single "Shiver" is a masterpiece of swelling emotion, and the fact that the other nine tracks, even the instrumental fragment of a title track, sound like variations on its theme is more a matter of conceptual and musical unity than a lack of ideas. This album deserves the hype it got on release.
Recorded between November 1999 and May 2000.
Personnel: Chris Martin (vocals); Jon Buckland (guitar); Will Champion (drums); Mark Pythian (computer).
Audio Mixers: Chris Allison; Michael Brauer.
Recording information: Matrix (11/1999-05/2000); Matriz (11/1999-05/2000); Orinico (11/1999-05/2000); Orinoco (11/1999-05/2000); Parr Street (11/1999-05/2000); Part Street (11/1999-05/2000); Prinoco (11/1999-05/2000); Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales (11/1999-05/2000); Studios, Rockfield (11/1999-05/2000); Wessex (11/1999-05/2000); Wessez (11/1999-05/2000).
Photographers: Sarah Lee; Tom Sheehan.
Coldplay: Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin.
Producers: Coldplay, Ken Nelson, Chris Allison.
Rolling Stone (10/26/00, p.111) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Straight-ahead, melodic Brit pop that strives for 'significance' with a capial 's'....[The album] rises above its influences to become a work of real transcendence..."
Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #19 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...[They] hoist their blue guitars and tug on Radiohead's cape....evoking the forgotten shoegazers like Ride....Chris Martin makes early-'90s nostalgia seem like the next frontier."
Q (10/01, p.73) - Ranked #21 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"
Q (1/01, p.91) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000" - "...[The] soundtrack to cheap vino-and-fag sessions..."
Alternative Press (12/00, p.94) - 4 out of 5 - "...Shimmering guitars haunt tormented tunes, dark gravel growls vie with Thom Yorke-y high notes....songs dawdle out of either a gentle whisper of sound or an awesome blurge of noise..."
NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.77) - Ranked #6 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year" - "...Effortlessly moving and hugely popular at the same time..." Coldplay Parachutes Songs Parachutes Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews good seller
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solid album
classic coldplay!
Submitted by a reviewer (milford CT)
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Cant wait for the new CD A distinct Pop sound! Trouble and Yellow, Classics!
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Buy it only if you like the music....is not a love songs CD....It is still pretty good
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A great place to start understanding the group
This album, the debut of British Alt. Rock band Coldplay, is an acoustic masterpiece. Instead of drowning the songs with over-excessive electric guitars, acoustics are used in their place. The results are staggering, and they capture your attention. Sometimes, though, the songs get lost in their production, so some numbers blend together in the mind of the listener, but one does feel impressed by the group's musicality. The hit single, "Yellow", is the least effective of these numbers and will eventually be forgotten in favor of the rest of the album. This is the kind of album to play while you work on your schoolwork, or when you are in a similar stationary position. You can get lost in where the music takes you, but in an attractive way, a way that doesn't alienate you but still remains distinct and dramatic. Chris Martin's voice is very distinct, fitting the music and lyrics like a glove, probably inspiring Maroon 5's style of vocals. The only thing keeping this album from becoming one of the greatest albums period is that it stays soft when it could rock out. In favor of keeping the listener rapt in wandering attention, there are no dramatic shifts of style to different places. You end up in only one place instead of really going on one heck of a journey. But don't let that keep you from buying this album. If you love listening to music while working, this album will definitely be put on your list somewhere.
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