Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
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Free Music Review: Best Band Since Led Zeppelin
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an amazing CD. Along with it's follow-up, X&Y, it's literally all that I've listened to for about a year. I'm not exaggerating, THESE TWO CDs ARE ALL I'VE LISTENED TO FOR A YEAR. It never gets old, which is a true sign of a classic in the making.Free Music Review: The British group at the top of their game
Hit: 5 Stars
While I own all of Coldplay's albums, "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" remains my personal favorite. A mix of lush melodies, driving rock beats and Chris Martin's heavenly vocals propelled the British band to fame and notoriety worlwide, and for once, the group deserves their hype.
There are almost too many outstanding tracks to go into detail here, and one must hear the music for themselves to gain an appreciate for it; however wordy I may be, even I cannot do them justice by merely seeking to describe their work.
My personal favorites off the album include "Politik," "In My Place," "The Scientist," and the stunning "Clocks," one of the best songs in the history of music as far as I'm concerned. Listening to these tracks, and the album as a whole, transport me to another world entirely, one that I get to visit whenever I need to.
Not that the band needs any help in terms of album sales, but I do hope that you will give them a try if you haven't discovered them already. You will not be disappointed!
Free Music Review: 6 months of listening to this one every day...
Hit: 5 Stars
...and I still go back to it, along with the other Coldplay cds, which I've bought, I think, all of by now.
I tend to fall in love with specific songs more than with specific bands, but not in this case. I find that the more I listen (to this cd in particular), then go back to other cds, then return, the more Impressed I am with their child-prodigy-like brilliance. Coldplay's music is sweet and yet profound...out of its time in a way.
Inspire is just too tame a word for what it does.
Free Music Review: Solid Pop Group - Future Superstars?
Hit: 5 Stars
Using a mixture of styles to infuse life into pop, Coldplay trounced the album competition with the second entry into their album discography. This album managed to garner three top Grammy awards: the Best Alternative Music Album of 2002; the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal of 2002 for the song "In My Place;" and Record of the Year of 2003 for the single "Clocks." In 2003 "Rolling Stone" magazine listed this album as #473 of the 500 greatest albums of all time. If Coldplay can translate the success of their first three albums into future albums, their place as icons of rock will be assured.
Though the music is fundamentally pop, the topics are often not. Written shortly after the events of 11 September 2001, "Politik" calls for understanding and love and asks us to view the reality that we are all one race. The style of this song is marvelous, mixing elements of grunge and alternative with mellow backing to create an unusual song with tragic undertones.
After the relatively heavy opening, "In My Place" is a soothing pop song. This song was recognized critically by its Grammy Award. However, the song fared less well on the charts, reaching only #17 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. The song did much better on both the U.K. and Canadian charts, where it reached #2 on both. The song is mellow and pretty, and easy on the ears; all attributes of a solid pop song.
The third song provides a third style in as many songs. This alternative pop song has a blues flavor to it and a faster beat than the previous two songs. The lyrics are simple, but the refrain is excellent and worth listening to multiple times.
Pop albums have to have a love song on them, usually more than one. I think there must be a rule about that somewhere. "The Scientist" is one of the most interesting love songs I can recall on a pop album. The lyrics are unusual in that the words try to describe love and relationships analytically rather than emotionally. These lyrics are great for geeks like me. This song was a single that reached #18 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart, and did reasonably well in the U.K. and Canada.
The fifth song on this album is "Clocks," which is a remarkable song that I never tire of hearing. The song does have elements that seem drawn from the Verve. However, this song is all Coldplay's, with elements of grunge and pop and rock all nicely executed with lyrics that beg to back an excellent movie about life and futures and pasts and missed opportunities and opportunities yet to be. Try not to read the lyrics too many times or you may find your life in them. This song reached #9 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart, making it the most successful single from this album in the U.S. The people at the Grammy Awards were smarter, bestowing Record of the Year on this song. It is fortunate that all the music on this album was less than this song, or I might never listen to any other album ever again.
I was delighted and surprised by "Daylight." This song has several retro elements that reminded me of the Doors and the Beatles with Verve to pull it all together. The clever music for this song makes this song my second favorite on this CD. The words are deliciously surreal and evocative. Oh, silly me, this is a psychedelic song, a rarity in this era.
"Green Eyes" is another bluesy song that almost has a country flavor. This song adds a little to this album, but is one of the weaker songs here. Even though I describe this song as being weaker, it is weak only in comparison to the rest of the music on this CD.
The strength of the music comes back with "Warning Sign," which I think should have been a single. This pop ballad is about love and regret. The song is mellow and melancholy, with excellent string music at just the right points.
I am much less enthused about "A Whisper," which I believe is the weakest song on this CD. I think portions of the song are too repetitive and sometimes downright annoying. There are portions of this song that are strongly reminiscent of Sting and the Police, and I like those portions, but three quarters of the "whispers" could have been eliminated to make a better song.
The title track is quite nice. The song begins with as an acoustic blues song. The song powers up in two steps to become solidly alternative. When the reverberation adds in this song becomes very powerful and excellent. The lyrics are complex and the most challenging of any on this CD. This song is one of the best executed songs on this CD and one of my favorites.
The closing song is "Amsterdam." The song has a Pink Floyd opening, an Elton John transition, and an acoustic alternative body. The harmony at the halfway point is nicely done, and helps carry the song into the piano bridge, where an organ is the leading edge of a bevy of electric instruments that finally kick in to finish off the album. This song was a good selection to finish out this album.
Coldplay is building a significant track record. If they can continue with the kind of musical quality they have had thus far, they will be on the edge of being rock superstars, and icon status will follow shortly behind.
Free Music Review: Great CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Some great music here. I don't think it is as good as Parachutes, but how many bands ever make a second album as good as the first. That said this is still a very good album. Coldplay are always a step ahead of the rest of the bands of their ilk. Chris Martin sounds excellent on this CD as do the rest of the band. "Politik" - "In My Place" - "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" are pretty darn near perfect pop songs that really show the bands ability to shine. Coldplay have created a large bag of beautiful and engaging songs, and this is only their second album. I think the lyrics are more interesting on this one than the other two albums, but "Parachutes", musically, was better. I find my self listening to this album a lot lately, a real great CD.