Coldplay – Parachutes (Clear EcoRecord LP on Parlophone)

With their debut major label 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.

Martin adds newfound 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 cliches ring true because he 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.

Tracklist

Don't Panic

Shiver

Spies

Sparks

Yellow

Trouble

Parachutes

High Speed

We Never Change

Everything's Not Lost

Version: Clear EcoRecord Vinyl LP

Released: 14^th August 2025

Catalogue Number: 021732630865

Condition: New Sealed