A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
2002 Ratings: #67 / 259
User Score
2002 Rank: #89
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Entertainment Weekly
Displaying a cohesion rarely heard in albums these days, ”A Rush of Blood” bobs from one majestic little high to another.
90
AllMusic
At this moment -- before issuing the two highest-selling albums in the world in 2005 and 2008 and becoming an international stadium sell-out presence -- Coldplay were coming to grips with their music's power and possibility, a young band hungry, bright-eyed, and primed for stardom.
90
NME
Coldplay did the hard part. They made a second album that’s significantly better than their first. It’s a belter.
80
Drowned in Sound
'A Rush of Blood to the Head': a bit like 'Parachutes' but with better words and the chords in a different order.
80
Q Magazine
A collection of vastly moving songs that will render stadiums as intimate as bedrooms. U2, Radiohead... Coldplay? It would seem so.
80
The Guardian

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.

80
Rolling Stone
Coldplay might be out of step with rock orthodoxy, but their sheer conviction has made them a global sensation.
80
Sputnikmusic
If you have not bought this album yet, I reccomend it very highly as it contains some truly wonderful moments that have catapulted Coldplay into rock's super league.
70
Slant Magazine
From the quiet string-imbued “Warning Sign” to the piano-driven “Amsterdam,” Coldplay has once again delivered pure acoustic beauty.
70
Alternative Press
A patchwork quilt of wispy Britpop ballads soaring majestically in an effort to overcome their own blandness.
70
No Ripcord

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.

Bimapolis
95

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

Nightwing734
80

The Scientist is one of the few songs from my childhood that still hits like a brick

BradTasteMusic
64

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

80

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.

Dangus
100

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

cmfedy
86

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

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Track List

1Politik
5:18
90
2In My Place
3:48
90
3God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
4:56
85
4The Scientist
5:08
94
5Clocks
5:06
94
6Daylight
5:27
83
7Green Eyes
3:42
80
8Warning Sign
5:30
84
9A Whisper
3:57
75
10A Rush of Blood to the Head
5:50
89
11Amsterdam
5:19
88
Total Length: 54 minutes

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