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Rating: - We Live in a Beautiful World
This is beautiful music. I distinctly recall direct comparisons to Radiohead at the time of this release, and I must say, I can draw virtually no comparisons between the two artists. Radiohead stinks. Radiohead is useless noise. Coldplay really delivers some beautiful, oftentimes powerful melodies throughout this disc. Sentimental moments abound here. Minimalism WORKS when it is executed correctly, and "Parachutes" is a testament to that. This album is extremely relaxing and even gives me the chills at times. Songs like "Don't Panic", "Shiver", "Sparks", and "Trouble" are tremendous achievements. Solid album through and through from a terrific band.

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Rating: - Yet another hit!
Coldplay delivers yet another hit album. Parachutes delivers on the growing quality of Coldplay repertoire. You won't be disappointed with picking this up, especially if you are already aware with what Coldplay did with their full album debut.

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Rating: - I have the excellent U.S. release and thought I'd put in my 2 cents.
Sure, if I don't own this, then I don't know about the *COMPLETE* packaging, but not many people are...well, not crazy, but...well, *FORTUNATE* enough to have 45 bucks, just laying around to spend on a release that offers *TWO* new songs. Call me crazy but...

It's very, very mellow.

Anyway, at first, none of the songs really stood out...

But flash forward 7-8 months, and this is quite a nice, relaxing, and very, very soothing alternative CD.

And Chris Martin's voice for the most part, fits right in!

My favorite songs are:

Don't Panic
High Speed
Sparks
Trouble (nice piano)
Everything's Not Lost ... Read More

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Rating: - one of my favorite cds of all time
this cd is a work of art. listen to it when you want to relax. i used to listen to it to go to sleep.

it is beautiful. go buy this right now if you don't have it already.

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Rating: - "A spiderweb and I'm caught in the middle."
Coldplay gets some crap in more serious circles because of their sappiness and pandering to the mainstream, but at least on their debut album, they ain't bad. At times singer Chris Martin's falsetto can get annoying, but in general he fits the tone he's creating, and while the lyrics are never as deep or touching as he seems to want them to be, they get the job done without being too egregious. His piano playing can be a bit simple, but he can come up with simple tunes that are still effective and catchy. The instrumentation isn't particularly important to their style, but their guitarist is competent at his job of keeping things lively and nothing about the rhythm is bad either. Really, it's ... Read More