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Picture the scene.
Glastonbury.
Last week in June.
A band come on stage, only a small minority of people have heard of
them. They play a few guitar songs that you would have to listen to, to fully get their
message and truely enjoy.
All of a sudden, the singer declares the next song is the song we'll all
be singing for the rest of the year. Big words, he can't follow them up can he?
Trouble was he could. That song was 'Yellow', a track from the album
'Parachutes'. The second release from the album, it propelled them to the super-stardom
that Travis received the year previous. Despite the cries for a new original act and
others that Coldplay were a manufactured band, they have succeeded in taking Europe by
storm.
The album itself, consist of Ten tracks, nine of can be called full
length songs, although the last one does contain a hidden track. Listening to 'Parachutes'
for the first time, you may have heard track 2 before, 'Shiver' was their first release
but passed by unnoticed really. However the more you listen, the more you'll love the
tracks. From the excellent 'Spies' to the soothing 'Everything's not lost', you be
listening to it over and over. Not to find a hidden message or learn the words, but
because it demands it. Try ignoring this and you'll fail miserably. It's a simply
spellbinding album, that you have to listen to once more.
I can easily see this album pushing the new eagerly awaited Radiohead
album 'Kid A' for album of the year. 'Parachutes' has that quality that makes it stand
above other albums, the kind that was contained with in the Verve's 'Urban Hymns'.
Therefore, I conclude with this remark.
Listen to this album. Soon.
Just remember to listen to lead singers at massive outdoor festivals
in future.
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