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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Music doesn't come more touching than this. With their debut single alone, the emotion-fortified "Shiver," Coldplay prove they can shift between elated and crushed in a breath, as singer Chris Martin pours out music's oldest chestnut (unconditional yet unrequited love) with the shakiest of voices and a backdrop of epic guitars. For 10 tracks on Parachutes, he adds new-found meaning to the most tired and overused rock sentiments--love found, love lost, love unrequited--over acoustic guitars and emotionally fraught rock. And for once, all the clichés ring true because Chris Martin genuinely sounds like a man picking over the bones of his life, coming up with just as many reasons to be cheerful as seriously depressed. Not that Parachutes is a depressing album--there's too much conviction to the guitars and hope in Martin's words for that. Instead it's a beautifully tender balance that comes as close to perfection as anything that's come before it. --Dan Gennoe
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: For the most part, the CD doesn't disappoint. A few words would describe the music: moody, melodic, atmospheric, lo-fi. And yes even depressing at times. But the band's seemingly depressing music comes across to me as uplifting in a strange way. Both the lead singer's soaring voice and the soft guitar playing are hauntingly beautiful. It reminds me of standing out in the middle of a beach watching the sunrise. In any case, if you're into bands like Travis (similar sound), Radiohead, and (the lighter side of) The Verve, you'll definitely love Coldplay. Standout tracks include "Shiver", "Yellow", and "Everything's Not Lost" (a very uplifting, jazzy song if I might add!). By the way, the music video for "Yellow" is probably the only video I've seen where the lead singer is walking on the beach singing in front of the camera the whole time!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: "Don't Panic" is a stunning album opener, with the immortal line, and pseudo-motto for the band, "We Live in a Beautiful World". (An earlier version of this song can be found on the "Blue Room EP, without that guitar riff during the "Beautiful World" chorus.) "Shiver", in the UK the first single from the album, starts off with a great riff and then showcases an interplay between vocals and guitar. One of the "harder" songs on the album. "Spies" starts off with the electric guitar whaling away, to give room to the quiet vocals of Chris Martin, with the rest of the ban then joining in. One of the better songs on the album. (It also is the opening song on their current US tour: with the stage still dark, opening music of Ennio Morricone, yes he of the "spagetti westerns", eventually giving way to the band coming on stage and starting "Spies". If you have a chance to catch them live, don't hesitate! Go! Run!) "Sparks" is a quiet song, with Chris leading on accoustic guitar and leading to a haunting chorus. It reminded me of Fiona Apple's most "desparate quiet" songs. "Yellow" is the track that put the band on the US map, and while of course not bad, I find it to be one of the less compelling songs on the album. But a good "singalong" rocker, for sure. "Trouble" is another piano-led, softer song. Then comes the title track "Parachutes", lasting all of 41 seconds, with Chris on accoustic guitar. After that, the album loses direction for a while, till we get to the closing track "Everything's Not Lost", which is a fitting finale as it nearly sums up what Coldplay is all about: strong melody, touching lyrics, emotions all around. "Parachutes" is the best album of the year, so far... I know it is technically a Year 2000 album, but oh well... (Incidentally, the album's music samples which you can click on at the top of the page, are pretty good and representative of the album.) 
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I can normally listen to and enjoy atmospheric music or more tempered rock music with original sound twists, but this is neither. This is simply Oasis at a slow pace. It has neither the atmospheric tones of Radiohead or the sorrowful guitar riffs on some of the Pumkins more relaxed tunes (See "Spaceboy" - Siamese Dream). The album comes close at times, but it's just missing a certain element to push it into the territory that these critics want to place it in. Perhaps the album drones on too much without enough variety between songs. If you suffer from insomnia I would suggest you chew some valerian root and listen to this album for 30 minutes.
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...and 1/2 stars (recommended if you like moody music), January 3, 2001
They Live In A Beautiful World..., February 12, 2001
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