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Universal acclaim- based on 395 Ratings
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Mixed: 20 out of 395
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Mar 17, 2023Parachutes, Coldplay’s debut album, is a masterpiece of alternative rock music. There are several great songs, and i could never not mention the iconic “Yellow”, a sentimental and beautiful song. This record is very cohesive and it follows an acoustic vibe, great to play in rainy or moody days.
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Oct 14, 2021Um grande e icônico álbum de estreia! É o Coldplay em sua verdadeira essência, um álbum honesto, puro, emocionante e aconchegante!
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Apr 20, 2020One of the best albums ever made! Is unbelievable how good it is, the lyrics and the meaning of all the tracks are brilliant, beautiful and painful, just amazing.
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Apr 20, 2020El mejor disco de Coldplay, sin dudas. Canciones memorables que estremecen y marcan tu vida.
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Apr 15, 2020
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Mar 27, 2020
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Nov 27, 2019This debut album is light, whimsical, and reflective. Great on a rainy summer afternoon or evening. Free of later theatrics and bombast, Parachutes succeeds by being simple and intimate. Shiver is a highlight and as loud as this album gets. It never overstays it’s welcome either. One of Coldplay’s stronger outings
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Nov 26, 2019A wonderful debut album.
Don't panic sets the tone from the first seconds.
Everything's not Lost a beautiful closer.
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Oct 4, 2019A pleasant, beautiful, cohesive, yet more-or-less forgettable album. While Parachutes is a very pleasant album to listen to, and the lyrics are simple yet well-written, it adds brings nothing new to the table, which is why some listeners may find this album forgettable.
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Sep 28, 2019Um belo álbum de estreia. Simples, porém funcional e sincero. Menos é mais, e Coldplay acertou em cheio.
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Mar 31, 2019"Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah they were all yellow"
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Sep 12, 2017This album is a perfect example for the whole being greater than the sum of it’s parts. Each track compliments the one before it as they compile together to create a beautiful ode to missed opportunity and lost love. Martin’s vocals haunting while perfectly blending with the rest of the quartet. This album is perfect.
Favorite Tracks: “Shiver”; “Spies”; “We Never Change” -
Sep 3, 2017
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Aug 8, 2017What a start for a band, which pretty much opened the new era of brit-rock. Yellow and Trouble are you typical "coldplay-ish" songs, High Speed is extremely refreshing while Don't Panic is a 2-minute classic
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Apr 13, 2017beautiful album. Simple words express strong emotions. One of my fav album in 2000 decades. And one of classic that Coldplay today could not produced again.
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Jan 31, 2017Beautiful, poignant and somber. This album is perfect for almost all moments in life, it's Coldplay's most emotive and cohesive albums in their discography. As far a debut albums go, this is the gold standard, definitely their best album.
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Aug 12, 2016Parachutes is one of best debut album ever. Every songs are meaningful and potentially can be single (not only Yellow, Trouble, Shiver). Someone of the peoples said this album "Very boring". But they are not understand pure music art.
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Jun 14, 2016This album is beautiful.
Don't Panic, Yellow, and Shiver are awesome songs.
But that's not all. All of the songs are great.
Awesome Alternative music. -
Jun 5, 2016I'm not really a huge fan of Coldplay. But their songs are really good. "Sparks", "Yellow" and "Trouble" are the really good ones out of all of this album. Good album.
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Jan 22, 2016Up to the title track this album is a masterpiece but it wanes a little towards the end though the final track is redemption enough. Of course we now know this was just the start and they've only got better with each subsequent record but I will always come back to their debut and enjoy it just as much each time and more likely even more so. The nostalgia value is priceless.
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Aug 14, 2015An album full of otherworldly music. The sad feels that Trouble's guitar chord emanates... The joy that is Yellow... The electricity of Shiver (My favorite song of the whole album)... The melancholy of We Never Change... LOVE IT
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Jun 14, 2015This album never gets old ! A Melodic combination of Chiming guitars and sweet vocals. Perfect atmosphere this album is. Utter Alternative music.
In Parachutes, Coldplay is an interesting version of Radiohead and a cold version of U2 -
May 15, 2015
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Oct 14, 2014I love the chilling quaintness of the entire thing. The guitar chords are great, especially on Spies, which reminds me of James Bond. It's great that there are only a few real climaxes, and the rest builds up slowly to those. It's a pretty genius record. Favorite track: Spies
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Sep 14, 2014This is one of the best record of the decade. After this, Coldplay had never sound the same again. They were real and true to their project the rest are good records but not like this one. Some of the others you cannot fell their essence i admit they are evolving.
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Jun 13, 2014É um album explosivo, é muito forte para um debut, chega a ser impressionante que coldplay consegue fazer músicas com batidas tão calmas e não apelar para os palavrões e xingamentos,belissímas músicas e um ótimo album.
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May 1, 2014Coldplay, with Parachutes, created a very strong album with a satisfying acoustic oriented album. Coldplay shook the musical world with this album, and wrote meaningful songs. Now upbeat, and somewhat dark, Parachutes is an album that leaves you wanting to listen to it more.
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Apr 19, 2014
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Sep 21, 2013Parachutes is a very impressive and strong debut album for Coldplay. Every track is excellent but among the most noteworthy is Yellow, Trouble, Shiver, and Don't Panic. Parachutes set the incredible standard that Coldplay has kept over a decade later.
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Aug 24, 2013Quite simply perfect in a quiet, understated, romanitc, haunting way. So evocative and personal that it can't help but affect you. Coldplay was never better than in this stunning first album.
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Although "Parachutes" brings nothing new to the table, Coldplay seems talented enough to transcend this early identity crisis.
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Combining bits of distorted guitar riffs and swishing percussion, Parachutes is a delightful introduction and also quickly indicates the reason why this album earned Coldplay a Mercury Music Prize nomination in fall 2000.
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Their debut album's secret arsenal comprises frontman Chris Martin's voice - prematurely aged for someone in their early twenties - and some supple, persuasive melodies. That and a great big side order of melancholy.