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May 19, 2009

Coldplay Raise the Tour Bar With New Songs, Dazzling Spectacle and a Free Album

"We're going to reach the last row," says Guy Berryman
December 11, 2008

On the Road With Coldplay
June 26, 2008

COVER The Jesus of Uncool

Chris Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview
June 26, 2008

The Coldplay to Radiohead Connection: A Video Exploration

Recordings and Reviews

Prospekt's March

This EP collects recordings from the sessions for Viva la Vida, Coldplay's most sonically tricked-out record, but the new songs feel too conservative after Viva's world-music-laden sprawl. Though "Rainy Day" finds Chris Martin crooning brightly over strings and swelling electronics, the swooning...

2008 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

2008

X&Y

2005

Live 2003

2003

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

2002

Parachutes

2000

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Indeed Coldplay's sound — dulcet, largely mid-tempo, melodic, and very dramatic — bore plenty of similarity to mid-1990s Radiohead. Indeed, when Coldplay issued its debut, Parachutes (Number 51, 2000), the success of the album's easeful sound was widely chalked up to the group's having stepped into the breach Radiohead had left with the release of the experimental Kid A. But...

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