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Coldplay is a British rock band, formed in 1997. The band's members, Chris Martin ( guitar, lead vocals, piano/ keyboards), Guy Berryman ( bass), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Will Champion ( drums, backing vocals), met each other and formed the band while they were students at University College London. The band enjoyed both commercial and critical success relatively early in their existence through their first full-length album, Parachutes, and the single "Yellow". Along with the acclaim, Parachutes was sometimes criticised for bearing a strong resemblance to the music of Radiohead in their The Bends - OK Computer era. The band's second full-length album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, was generally considered to be musically and lyrically more mature and sophisticated, and less obviously the product of one particular influence.
Parachutes was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000 and won the Best Alternative Music Performance award in the 2001/44th Annual Grammy Awards.
Coldplay's second album "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" won two grammy's in 2002. In July 2003 they recorded a live DVD and CD, "Live 2003", at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.
Coldplay has a huge fan base, particularly in Europe and in the U.S.
1 Discography
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all releases are on the ParlophoneParlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. The "£" trademark is not the British pound sign, it's a German "L" for Lindstrom. During the war, the Transoceanic Trading Company was set up in label in the UK and Capitol in the US.
1.1 AlbumAn album is a packaged collection of related things. The most common types of albums are record albums and photo albums''. Photo albums collect a series of photographs in a book. Some albums have compartments which the photos may be slipped in to; older ss
1.2 DVDDVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. DVDs are similar in appearance to compact discs. History During the early 1990s there were two high density optical stos
- Live 2003 (2003, filmed live at Sydney's Horden Pavillion); #13 US album chart
- Maximum Coldplay (Unofficial Documentary)
- Coldplay - Back to the Start (Unofficial Documentary)
1.3 EPs
- Safety (1998, released independently, UK only, limited to 500 copies)
- The Blue Room (1999, released on EMI Int'l in the US and Parlophone in the UK)
- Trouble (2000 - a live EP, recorded in Norway, different from the single of the same name, Norway only, released on the EMI label)
- Sparks (2000, never commercially released but promotional copies are widely available, contains a live version of Yellow and a B-side from The Blue Room)
- Clocks (2003, a live EP, recorded in Rotterdam, Netherlands, comprising of three separately-sold singles that go together in a large gatefold case, released on EMI international, limited production)
1.4 SingleAlternate meanings: Single (disambiguation In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. It is often accompanied by severs
- Brothers and Sisters (1999, released on the London based Fierce Panda label in the UK, Universal/Island in the US)
- Shiver (2000, released on EMI Int'l in the US and Parlophone in the UK) #35 UK
- YellowYellow is the color of light whose wavelength is between 565nm and 590nm, or is a mixture of red and green light that appears to be the same color. Yellow is one of the subtractive primary colours ( primary pigments), and its complementary color is blue. (2000) #4 UK
- Trouble (2000) #10 UK
- Don't Panic (2001, Europe only, excl. UK - separate editions were sold in Denmark, France, and the Netherlands)
- Mince Spies (2001, released only to the pre-Parachutes Coldplay fan club, consists of a cover of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and a remix of Yellow, limited to 1000 copies worldwide)
- In My Place (2002) #2 UK
- The Scientist (2002, everywhere except US) #10 UK
- The Scientist DVD Single (2002, UK Only)
- Clocks (2002: US Radio. 2003: Worldwide, excl. US) #9 UK; #29 US
- Clocks DVD Single (2003, Worldwide, excl. US)
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (2003, Europe only, excl. UK)
- Remixes (2003, UK only, limited to 1000 copies)
