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To say there has been a lot of anticipation for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida, is an understatement. Having enlisted legendary leftfield producer Brian Eno, borrowed their album title from a painting by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and made tantalising remarks about sonic reinvention, the world has been curious (to say the least) to hear what the `new' Coldplay might sound like. Viva La Vida definitely makes some departures from the band's usual formula, which happens to be one of the most commercially successful rock-pop blueprints of recent years. The plangent chords, emotive melodies, stadium-rock rhythms and universal lyrical concerns remain, but Martin and co. have gone out on several limbs here, incorporating instrumental tracks ("Life In Technicolour"), using subtle North African and Latin elements ("Yes", "Strawberry Swing"), and overhauling previously strict verse-chorus-verse structures in favour of slightly more avant arrangements. The old Coldplay still shine through (see tracks like "Violet Hill" and the title song) but even their classic sound feels more muscular and confident. The band's new flourishes, cosmetic and self-conscious as they may be, are enough to make Viva La Vida a welcome break from the old routine--Danny McKenna
 THE Perfect Album, 2008-11-20
Carlsberg don't make albums, but if they did....
This album honestly is perfection. I'm still currently listening to it non-stop after purchasing Viva La Vida the day it came out. Every song on it has its own style and each is just as good as the other. Its a shame there are only 10 songs but I just cannot get over how fantastic Viva La Vida is! Obviously a 10 out of 10. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy it. Everyone I have spoken to so far agrees that this is a fantastic album
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What's this? New Coldplay material so soon after the release of Viva La Vida? In fact, Prospekt's March is a collection of songs that were chiefly intended for the band's fourth album but which didn't get finished before the deadline. There are eight tracks in total, some new, some new-ish and a couple of re-workings of older material. Amongst the re-imaginings is a largely decorative Osaka Sun mix of "Lovers in Japan" and a version of "Lost" that includes an unlikely guest vocalist in the shape Jay-Z--incredibly, it seems to work. Of the new material, the piano interlude "Postcards from Far Away" is the shortest and most coruscating work, while "Life in Technicolor (II)" is larger but slightly less successful, adding only cursory elements to its predecessor on Viva La Vida. More alluring are the gigantic "Glass of Water", the experimental "Rainy Day" and the beautifully melancholy "Prospekt's March/Poppy Fields". A mixed bag then, but one that's generally more enjoyable than not. --Danny McKenna
Nice Suprise, 2008-11-26
After being treated to the brilliant Viva La Vida, clearly the best album of the year, up pops this little beauty, and what a lovely suprise it is.
Depending on what you read this ep contains tracks that either didn't make it onto the VLV album or were written not long after.
Whereas the likes of Keane, The Killers, Razorlight and Snow Patrol to name but a few have not kicked on this year after early promise, Coldplay have gone from strength to strenght and any of these new tracks could and in some cases should have made it onto VLV's track listing.
Vocally and lyrically Chris Martin is much improved and with Brian Eno on board Coldplay really have turned things up another notch.
I loved the instrumental 'Life in technicolor' and often wondered how it would sound with a vocal and now i know because mark ii is quiet possibly their best song yet and what a pity it didn't find its way onto the album.
If nothing else it is worth buying this ep just for this version alone.
Other tracks that will be familiar are remixed versions of 'Lovers in Japan' and 'Lost' complete with a Jay-Z rap in the middle that doesn't work for me and spoils an otherwise brilliant song if i am honest.
'Glass of water' and the funky 'Rainy day' are brilliant tracks, as good as anything they have done before and if either had appeared on Viva La Vida inplace of the disappointing 'Yes' then the album would surely be hailed as a masterpiece, as good as anything out there.
The remaing tracks are 'Postcards from far away' a fifty seconds snipet of Chris on the piano, whilst 'Prospekt's march/Poppyfields' and 'Now my feet won't touch the ground' sound very much early Coldplay and would fit nicely on debut album Parachutes.
This is a must for all Coldplay fans, especially if you liked Viva La Vida.
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Coldplay were faced with a difficult choice as they set to work on X&Y. They could either follow Radiohead’s lead and use their enormous success and financial security as a springboard to a brave experimental future--or they could play it safe, repeat the tricks used on the 16 million-selling A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and consolidate their position as one of the biggest bands in the world.  In truth, despite the Tetris-inspired artwork and presence of teaser track "Talk"--which steals its melody line from electro-futurists Kraftwerk’s gorgeous "Computer Love"--X&Y is more the latter than the former. Fans will be delighted by "What If?", a piano elegy that takes flight on strings, and slowly builds towards a Beatles' "A Day In The Life"-style climax, while the likes of "Fix You" and hidden track "'Til Kingdom Come"--originally written for country hero Johnny Cash--proves Martin’s skill for simple, affecting songwriting remains intact. One development, however, comes through the judicious inclusion of some rather pleasant synthesiser work--see "White Shadows", where Martin gently beseeches "Come on love, stay with me" over a gentle Eno-esque keyboard wash. Fair enough: the experimental albums can come later. --Louis Pattison More Coldplay |  |  |  |  | | A Rush of Blood to the Head (CD) | Parachutes (CD) | Coldplay: Live 2003 (Limited Edition DVD with Live CD) | Coldplay: Look at the Stars (Paperback) |
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AWESOME, 2008-05-08
Look, I won't waste your time with a big lengthy review - I'll ge to the point. BUY THIS! You will fall in love with every track though not necessarily straight away, most are "growers" and you may find that a year after you bought it a song you hated in the beginning has really grown on you and you love it. Don't let the whiny naysayers put you off - this is AWESOME. It's all in the title, really:)
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Music doesn't come more touching than Parachutes. With their debut single alone, the 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 (unconditional yet unrequited love) with the shakiest of voices and a backdrop of epic guitars that rouse and tug at the heart strings. For 10 tracks on Parachutes, he comes out with these, adding new-found meaning to the most tired and overused rock sentiments--love found, love lost, love unrequited, hurting the ones you love and the struggle that is life--over acoustic guitars and emotionally fraught rock. And for once, all the clichés ring true, thanks to Chris Martin genuinely sounding like a man picking over the bones of his life and soul, coming up with equal parts reasons to be cheerful and seriously depressed. Not that Parachutes is a depressing album; there's too much conviction to the guitars and hope in Martin's words for that. Instead it's a beautifully tender balance that comes as close to perfection as anything that's come before it. --Dan Gennoe
"Theres nothing here to run from, cause everybody heres got somebody to lean on", 2007-09-05
7 years on and Parachutes still sounds great. The first time I ever heard of or saw Coldplay, was on the much missed channel 4 music show hosted by Jo Whiley. The video for `Yellow' was shown and I was hooked instantly "You know I love you so".
A lot of music fans at the time dismissed Coldplay as a poor Radiohead tribute act, but I always felt they owed more to the Verve (no bad thing and possibly benefited from their demise) but regardless of how derivative Coldplay were, `Parachutes' is possibly one of the finest debuts of the past 20 years. Coldplay hit the UK music scene just at the right time at the turn of the century, when British music was in need of a boost following the end of the so called Brit Pop movement, and they delivered to those who took the time.
Compared to their later albums this is obviously their debut album. By that I mean it has degree of honesty about it, and there is less of a commercial feel to the sound that feels more personal to the band, which is fine by me. Highlights for me are `Don't Panic', `Shiver', `Spies', `Yellow', `Trouble', `Parachutes' and `Everything's not lost'. So that's 7 out of 10 tracks on a debut, hence the well deserved 5 stars.
Some would argue that Coldplay never topped this album, personally I am not sure about that as bands or artists record different style albums at different points in their career, so maybe that's a debate for a different review, but what I will recommend is that if you have discovered Coldplay via the massive selling `X+Y' album, get Parachutes and hear where it all began. A group of university lads finding their feet and producing inspiring musical brilliance. You won't be disappointed or fail to be touched by Parachutes.
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![Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends [VINYL]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B-n5PaxGL._SL160_.jpg "Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends [VINYL]")
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To say there has been a lot of anticipation for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida, is an understatement. Having enlisted legendary leftfield producer Brian Eno, borrowed their album title from a painting by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and made tantalising remarks about sonic reinvention, the world has been curious (to say the least) to hear what the `new' Coldplay might sound like. Viva La Vida definitely makes some departures from the band's usual formula, which happens to be one of the most commercially successful rock-pop blueprints of recent years. The plangent chords, emotive melodies, stadium-rock rhythms and universal lyrical concerns remain, but Martin and co. have gone out on several limbs here, incorporating instrumental tracks ("Life In Technicolour"), using subtle North African and Latin elements ("Yes", "Strawberry Swing"), and overhauling previously strict verse-chorus-verse structures in favour of slightly more avant arrangements. The old Coldplay still shine through (see tracks like "Violet Hill" and the title song) but even their classic sound feels more muscular and confident. The band's new flourishes, cosmetic and self-conscious as they may be, are enough to make Viva La Vida a welcome break from the old routine--Danny McKenna
THE Perfect Album, 2008-11-20
Carlsberg don't make albums, but if they did....
This album honestly is perfection. I'm still currently listening to it non-stop after purchasing Viva La Vida the day it came out. Every song on it has its own style and each is just as good as the other. Its a shame there are only 10 songs but I just cannot get over how fantastic Viva La Vida is! Obviously a 10 out of 10. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy it. Everyone I have spoken to so far agrees that this is a fantastic album
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On Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head, the melodic excellence of Parachutes remains, as does the delicate soulfulness of Chris Martin's voice. But now different styles are approached, as the band develop even further beyond their debut album (and the numerous Radiohead comparisons that dogged them at first). "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", for instance, has a thumping voodoo quality, while the hypnotic "A Whisper" has a wild vocal arrangement recalling Jefferson Airplane. Beyond this, each of the 11 tracks--from the literate power ballad "In My Place" to the 60s-style mantra "Daylight"--are given room to breathe, gradually reaching an ecstatic crescendo where Martin and that huge Coldplay piano ride over a pulsing rhythm and orchestrations that are powerful but never overblown. "Give me real, don't give me fake" says Martin in the opening "Politik" and it's an appropriately uncompromising demand, for A Rush of Blood... is without doubt the most heartfelt and emotionally liberated album to top the charts in ages. --Dominic Wills
the best, 2008-06-13
Simply the best is all that needs to be said a must have for any music collection
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![Viva La Vida: Prospekt's March [Deluxe 2 x CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31EM3DrwnSL._SL160_.jpg "Viva La Vida: Prospekt's March [Deluxe 2 x CD]")
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What's this? New Coldplay material so soon after the release of Viva La Vida? In fact, Prospekt's March is a collection of songs that were chiefly intended for the band's fourth album but which didn't get finished before the deadline. There are eight tracks in total, some new, some new-ish and a couple of re-workings of older material. Amongst the re-imaginings is a largely decorative Osaka Sun mix of "Lovers in Japan" and a version of "Lost" that includes an unlikely guest vocalist in the shape Jay-Z--incredibly, it seems to work. Of the new material, the piano interlude "Postcards from Far Away" is the shortest and most coruscating work, while "Life in Technicolor (II)" is larger but slightly less successful, adding only cursory elements to its predecessor on Viva La Vida. More alluring are the gigantic "Glass of Water", the experimental "Rainy Day" and the beautifully melancholy "Prospekt's March/Poppy Fields". A mixed bag then, but one that's generally more enjoyable than not. --Danny McKenna
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To say there has been a lot of anticipation for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida, is an understatement. Having enlisted legendary leftfield producer Brian Eno, borrowed their album title from a painting by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and made tantalising remarks about sonic reinvention, the world has been curious (to say the least) to hear what the `new' Coldplay might sound like. Viva La Vida definitely makes some departures from the band's usual formula, which happens to be one of the most commercially successful rock-pop blueprints of recent years. The plangent chords, emotive melodies, stadium-rock rhythms and universal lyrical concerns remain, but Martin and co. have gone out on several limbs here, incorporating instrumental tracks ("Life In Technicolour"), using subtle North African and Latin elements ("Yes", "Strawberry Swing"), and overhauling previously strict verse-chorus-verse structures in favour of slightly more avant arrangements. The old Coldplay still shine through (see tracks like "Violet Hill" and the title song) but even their classic sound feels more muscular and confident. The band's new flourishes, cosmetic and self-conscious as they may be, are enough to make Viva La Vida a welcome break from the old routine--Danny McKenna
THE Perfect Album, 2008-11-20
Carlsberg don't make albums, but if they did....
This album honestly is perfection. I'm still currently listening to it non-stop after purchasing Viva La Vida the day it came out. Every song on it has its own style and each is just as good as the other. Its a shame there are only 10 songs but I just cannot get over how fantastic Viva La Vida is! Obviously a 10 out of 10. I would recommend anyone reading this to buy it. Everyone I have spoken to so far agrees that this is a fantastic album
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