Rank Coldplay's Albums
 

So, 1 representing their best and 3 representing their worst, how do you rank Coldplay's albums? Personally, I'd put A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD in a strongly leading first place, but X & Y is growing on me ("Fix You" is a masterpiece) and is already leagues better than PARACHUTES, an album with high highs and low lows; the only Coldplay album featuring some tracks I can't get through. So, your thoughts?

1.) X&Y
1a.) Parachutes
1b.) A Rush of Cold Blood to the Head

1. X & Y
2. A Rush of Blood to the Head
3. Parachutes

1. Rush of Blood to the Head
2. X & Y
3. Parachutes

1. Parachutes
2. Rush of Blood to the Head
3. X & Y

Rush of Blood
Parachutes
X & Y

X&Y
Rush of Blood to the Head
Parachutes

1. X&Y
2. Rush Of Blood
3. Parachutes

and this of course does not mean that i find parachutes to be a bad album. just not as good as the others.

1. Rush
2. X&Y
3. Parachutes

1. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2. Parachutes
3. X&Y

ROBTTH currently has 12 votes for first
Parachutes has 6
X & Y has 2

I'm not sure I could make an argument against that order, though I do SLIGHTLY prefer X&Y to Parachutes. ROBBTH is one of my favorite albums of the past decade.

1. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (easily)
2. Parachutes
3. X&Y (but could be in the two slot very soon)

1. ROBTTH
2. X&Y
3. Parachutes

(All great albums)

1. Parachutes
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5. Rush of Blood to the Head
6. X & Y

Fixed. :up:

They keep getting worse. More elaborate production can't make up for crappier songs.

You're absolutely correct.

Yo mama's so fat they had to release her in a boxed set!

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Shouldn't The Joshua Tree be on this list?

[runs out of thread]

X&Y is a bit underwhelming. Rush of Blood was their masterpiece and Parachutes was their other one. :)

Parachutes is clearly their best album. Rush... is a decent offering. X&Y is underwhelming indeed.

Holy hell, my least favorite Coldplay album is jumping ahead of the pack...I shake my head in utter bewilderment...

Too tough to vote. For me music grows on me and then fades. AROBTTH is probably my favourite but because X&Y is newer, i'd rather listen to it. Parachutes is also good but doesn't stand a chance to me.

What he said. :up:

1. Rush
2. Parachutes
3. X & Y

But they are all great albums IMO.

Wow, I cant believe the dislike for X&Y....I have already found 4 songs that I absolutely love. I think they are as good as their previous hits and Im still not through with the album.

What If
Fix You
Speed of Sound
The Message

X&Y and Rush of Blood are very close in my mind with Parachutes behind them....I probably picked X&Y because ive been listening to it alot lately.

If I can find 4 songs on an album, then I think its a success. Especially in this world of one or two hit crappy albums.

Okay, at current count, we have 27 votes for AROBTTH as Coldplay's best, with PARACHUTES a distant second with 15. Cool...X & Y should have more votes than PARACHUTES but as long as AROBTTH is being properly recognized as the best Coldplay album, I can't complain much...

Does anyone else think that this poll is needlessly confusing?

Thank god they don't have six albums!

How is it confusing? It has all 6 possible combinations.

Yeah, what he said!

Good choice on those 4 songs and for me i'd throw in Talk with a few other songs that are right there with those.

AROBTTH
Parachutes
X & Y

I'm also surprised at all the X&Y hate... I think it's their best record and has some excellent tracks on it (fix you, what if, white shadows, talk, hardest part, swallowed in the sea, kingdom come). I'd rank X&Y, Rush of Blood and then Parachutes. To each their own, but I highly suggest the people who have X&Y at the bottom of their list give it some serious relistening time...it'll grow on you big time.

I'm super pumped, seeing Coldplay TONIGHT!

MATT

Yeah, even Rush of Blood had to grow on me....In my Place is my fave from that album....X&Y will definately grow on you...I havent even listened to all of it yet....Ill check out the songs you said.

Have to agree, I love X&Y. I like their other two albums, but they have some weaker tracks that make it tough for me to actively listen from start to finish, where as for me all the songs on X&Y are great.

I like them all equally. I think they're all very listenable and they all grew on me. Coldplay isn't my favorite band or anything but I like their music.

It's too soon for me to rank! I know it's been two months but i'm still listening to X&Y! I am liking it more and more every time. Excluding that bonus track "'Til Kingdome Come".

Check back with me in a couple months where i'll edit this post...if I remember.

the concert tonight was incredible. They played a really great mix of new and old songs, the video screen was one of the best I'd seen at a show in a while and they sounded great. Chris Martin improv'd a few lines about Toronto, the miraculous plane crash where no one was hurt and Celine Dion. Overall, one of the best concerts I've ever seen (I see about 25 shows a year....) If anyone gets a chance to see Coldplay on the Twisted Logic tour, for the love of God, do it! Worth every cent I paid on ebay to get my floor tix!

MATT

1. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2. Parachutes
3. X & Y

Well, it's all subjective, of course.

For me personally - I love every song on AROBTTH, almost every song on Parachutes, and about half of the songs on X&Y (including the three you listed + Talk + Square One - The Message).