Coldplay

From Helios 02/24/2024 01:53 | #302181

The first album it's amazing because it's "raw" and simple, the opposite of A Rush Of Blood, who shows that a good production can do wonders... but not forever. X&Y have some good songs but in Viva la Vida the love start to fade album by album, reaching the lowest point in Ghost Stories. In A Head Full Of Dreams I can handle some songs, but in Everyday Life you can sense that not only the "love" fade away, but their creativity (or maybe you can sense it since 2005?). Music Of The Spheres to me it's just an NPC album.

One of the best bands of the 2000s, their accessibility bridged the gap between the independent scene and the mainstream

From Goliath 01/09/2022 14:34 | #278942

Liked the first two albums, couldn't stand them after that.

The first four albums are some of the very best the 2000s had to offer. Took a big drop off after that unfortunately...

Had they squashed their desire to be “the biggest band in the world,” they well could have been among the best.

First 2 studio releases are terrific, although derivative of The Bends-era Radiohead and especially The Man Who-era Travis.

Second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head—while great—would have been even better had they swapped the limp Green Eyes for any of the b-sides from the sessions, especially Animals, I Ran Away, and/or Crest of Waves.

Very overrated on this site (cuz they're British), they were good when they started, but then turned into mainstream garbage. I wouldn't rate them more than 75 at best (just for "A Rush Of Blood To The Head").

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Coldplay album ranking:
1. X&Y 10.0
2. A Rush of Blood to the Head 9.5
3. Parachutes 9.0
4. Viva La Vida and Death and All His Friends 8.5
5. Ghost Stories 6.0
6. Mylo Xyloto 5.0
7. A Head Full of Dreams 4.0

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From micah88800 03/04/2019 16:34 | #233042

Parachutes is nice but a bit milquetoast. Their 2nd album is an absolute classic and one of the objectively best records ever recorded. 3rd wasnt quite as good but had the same style and some top songs, so was still amazing. Viva la Vida is the peak for me though. They were playing with creative magic in that record. Every song is so unique and ethereal and amazing. Pure bliss. Who knows what the hell happened after that though. They tarnished their opportunity to be one to the top bands of the era, but hey they have a billion listens on that Chainsmoker song on Spotify so good for them I guess. I wonder if the decision to sell out was done out of necessity because they were out of original ideas, or if they just wanted a big pay day. Hard to say