A Rush of Blood to the Head achieves precisely what it sets out to do. It sounds like an album ready to take on the world, and win.
Not the classic that many have suggested then, but still worthy of a large portion of the praise that is being heaped upon its broadening shoulders.
This was my favourite album growing up, so it has a lot of sentimental value to me ;~;. Plus the vibe of the album sounds vintage in such a unique way, and I love it.
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Fun fact: What I wrote previously was the first review I ever wrote for this site :^>. Here's something more in-depth...
I believe the concept of this album is the complicated nature of relationships and people. Everybody experiences everything ... read more
The Scientist is one of the few songs from my childhood that still hits like a brick
The music is very well made on a technical level, but the writing leaves songs feeling extremely hallow, and the songs are often very predictable and unrewarding. Even at the highest moments, this album feels to some degree, really unapologetically boring
This album is, in my opinion, better then Parachutes, but I'm not big on how frontloaded the project is and it really drags at times. All in all, a good album at the end of the day.
This easily deserves the 100 it gets from me. Four different songs got 100 rating on it, two of them I already knew before, and the two others I have never heard of. The 100 ratings were The Scientist, Clocks, A Rush of Blood to the Head and Amsterdam. I am a fan of the old Coldplay, I haven't heard all of their new music, but the ones I've heard aren't the best, nothing what they used to be, which I am sad about since their best music were the old ones, Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head ... read more
still riding the high of listening to this album on an empty, midnight flight to rhode island, where i could watch the city lights from way up while chris yapped in my ear
1 | Politik 5:18 | 90 |
2 | In My Place 3:48 | 90 |
3 | God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 4:56 | 85 |
4 | The Scientist 5:08 | 94 |
5 | Clocks 5:06 | 94 |
6 | Daylight 5:27 | 83 |
7 | Green Eyes 3:42 | 80 |
8 | Warning Sign 5:30 | 84 |
9 | A Whisper 3:57 | 75 |
10 | A Rush of Blood to the Head 5:50 | 89 |
11 | Amsterdam 5:19 | 88 |