Politik (track)
by Coldplay
Year: 2002
From the album A Rush Of Blood To The Head (track #1)
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Politik appears on the following album(s) by Coldplay:
- A Rush Of Blood To The Head (track #1) (this album) (2002)
- Live 2003 (track #1) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/16/2026 13:25 |  Liedzeit | 10,504 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 02:04 |  imacgill | 32,586 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 23:12 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 18:22 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 01:34 | stareaterogni0n | 5,516 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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Squonk007 08/28/2025 19:44 | #310744
Yes I like it and one of the best on he album
talinhosgameplay 07/12/2024 05:27 | #304251
Reminds me a bit of what Swans would do in future, more specifically parts of the album Glowing Man which is the one I have more familiarity from Swans reminds me of this one.
The outro alone deserves a grammy.
lleon79 07/07/2017 16:24 | #193885
What a way to begin an album. As it's been said before, one of the strongest openers of the past decade.
Coldplay at their best
Space-Dementia 08/26/2015 17:33 | #148608
This is by far the best song Coldplay ever put out.
One of the strongest openings tracks from the last decade. In my opinion the bridge and ending of this song is the best piece of music Coldplay has ever made. So powerful, just complete trance.
My personal favorite Coldplay song
A powerful opening track which shows you that Coldplay means business
really cool and original coldplay song
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