Parachutes (studio album) by Coldplay

Parachutes by Coldplay
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 215th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,717 votes)
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Award Top 50 albums of the 2000s (37th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (215th)
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Coldplay bestography

Parachutes is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Coldplay on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Coldplay is A Rush Of Blood To The Head which is ranked number 109 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,045.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,717 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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75/100
From 08/21/2025 22:39
Easily their best album. Nice melancholy Dream-Pop right through
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From 07/08/2025 22:52
One of the best albums of the 00’s along with a Rush of Blood to the Head. Sadly it went downhill for Coldplay after X&Y (which was also pretty good) because it seems they sold out :(
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80/100
From 10/05/2024 23:37
Only bettered by A Rush of Blood to the Head in my opinion... A fantastic album nevertheless...
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95/100
From 09/03/2024 15:59
Gran debut.
Se notan las influencias de Radiohead y Jeff Buckley aquí, especialmente de los álbumes The Bends y Grace pero con un enfoque más dentro del Pop-Rock. De cualquier modo, "Parachutes" sigue siendo muy agradable, melancólico y tiene excelentes canciones como; Don't Panic, Sparks, Yellow y Trouble.

Probablemente Parachutes sea uno de los álbumes más icónicos y representativos del Pop-Rock de los 2000s y creo que si a te gusta escuchar este tipo de rock (melancólico, melódico, suave) lo disfrutarás mucho.


Great debut.
You can notice the influences of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley here, especially from the albums The Bends and Grace but with a focus more on Pop-Rock. Anyway, "Parachutes" is still very pleasant, melancholic and has excellent songs like; Don't Panic, Sparks, Yellow and Trouble.

Parachutes is probably one of the most iconic and representative albums of Pop-Rock of the 2000s and I think that if you like listening to this type of rock (melancholic, melodic, soft) you will enjoy it a lot.
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65/100
From 01/01/2022 18:39
Beautiful album, not quite on the level of A Rush Of Blood To The Head but still very strong. My highlights are Don't Panic, Spies and Shiver. Trouble and Yellow are also nice though overplayed. Weakest tracks are We Never Change and Everything's Not Lost.
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85/100
From 06/18/2021 14:44
De uma doçura maravilhosa!
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From 03/04/2021 07:41
La douceur de ce premier album, de jolies mélodies, la découverte d'un groupe à la tendre mélancolie.
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80/100
From 12/25/2020 14:30
Sincere, emotional, direct, simple and beautiful. Their best album.
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From 07/15/2020 05:52
Beautiful album. A Rush of Blood to the Head is an improvement, but this is still well worth a listen.
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80/100
From 07/04/2020 14:05
Such a sweet little album with it's fair share of great tunes, never pushes any boundaries but most of the songs have a surprising amount of emotional depth and it's a very good debut album by anyones standards. Coldplay really showed so much promise her, it's a shame they never built on this as much as they could've.
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