Product Description

'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' is Coldplay's second album and the follow up to their 2000 debut 'Parachutes'. With theirRadiohead, Verve and Jeff Buckley influences, Coldplay continue along the same lines as their previous work, although this album is more energetic and less melancholy. Includes the first single taken from the album 'In My Place'.

Track Listing

1. Politik
2. In My Place
3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
4. The Scientist
5. Clocks
6. Daylight
7. Green Eyes
8. Warning Sign
9. A Whisper
10. A Rush of Blood To The Head
11. Amsterdam

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #218 in Music
• Released on: 2002-08-26
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
On Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head, the melodic excellence of Parachutes remains, as does the delicate soulfulness of Chris Martin's voice. But now different styles are approached, as the band develop even further beyond their debut album (and the numerous Radiohead comparisons that dogged them at first). "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", for instance, has a thumping voodoo quality, while the hypnotic "A Whisper" has a wild vocal arrangement recalling Jefferson Airplane. Beyond this, each of the 11 tracks--from the literate power ballad "In My Place" to the 60s-style mantra "Daylight"--are given room to breathe, gradually reaching an ecstatic crescendo where Martin and that huge Coldplay piano ride over a pulsing rhythm and orchestrations that are powerful but never overblown. "Give me real, don't give me fake" says Martin in the opening "Politik" and it's an appropriately uncompromising demand, for A Rush of Blood... is without doubt the most heartfelt and emotionally liberated album to top the charts in ages. --Dominic Wills

Customer Reviews

the best
Simply the best is all that needs to be said a must have for any music collection

great album
fantastic , thats all i can say .. ive had the cd/album for a while now , and i would like to comment how wonderful and powerful it is , love every track !!

thankyou coldplay !!

see u ..

Vinyl - Awful sound!!!!
This review is for the vinyl issue of the album. Opinions of lyrical content aside you should be aware that this sounds terrible on vinyl. The second side is about half an hour long and cut far too close to the end of the side. It hasn't got a great tone throughout but side 2 is really really rough. Side 1 doesn't sound especially nice either. Should have been cut on 3 or 4 sides instead.

Looks nice, sounds bad.