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Review
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Shamples |
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Review
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10/10/2002 |
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Label: |
Capitol |
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Released: |
08/27/2002 |
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Rating: |
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Here we have the sophomore effort from the brit-band best
known for their hit tune “Yellow” a couple years back. In this
release, they up the ante with superb well crafted songs while
managing to stray away from that dreaded sophomore slump
album.
The first song off the disc, Politik, walks you up the
stairs to the entrance of this album and greets you with a
soft, thought-out and powerfully put together dark song, that
pulls you right in, as if to tell the listener to take his or
her shoes off, relax and enjoy the rest of this disc.
In My Place is the first single released to the radio
stations and a good call in that the first musical hooks spark
a lighter, pleasurable song that is geared for radio airplay.
This will really give a shout out to random radio listeners to
discover this bands brand of music.
The third track here, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face,
is the real jewel of the album. If this ever gets released to
the radio stations, look out. It could propel them to that
next level in the media (not that I would like that.)
Seriously, this song alone is worth the price of the CD -
awesome tune.
The Scientist looks to be the next single the band will
release off this album. It slows the pace down a bit with what
starts off sounding like a lullaby. It’s a nice sweet song
that will grow on you with every new listen.
Clocks is another gem to the ears with its chiming keys
and graceful falsetto vocals, followed by Daylight, which is
yet another real solid song that grips you to be heard.
Green Eyes begins as a nice calm solo acoustic offering
that jangles into a great head bopping delightful groove,
while Warning Sign is right up there with the finest
songs off the disc. A Whisper gets right in your face
from the get go and is an alternative prog-rock type tune.
As the title track to this effort comes over (A Rush of
Blood to the Head), the perfect track record thus far of
no dud songs is left intact with another strong offering.
Amsterdam, which is a nice quiet piano
number that explodes with a powerful ending, closes the disc
out nicely.
From top to bottom, this is truly a magnificent CD. Every
single song has its own identity and fits right along with the
rest of the songs making this album a very cohesive endeavour.
Chiming guitars and keys are
all over the place. This is a
very interesting listen with songs that are tough enough to
stick around and not blow away into musical oblivion.
With comparisons to fellow bands from England such as
Radiohead and Travis, Colplay is churning out music that
betters the likes of Travis by far. Radiohead is a different
story with their broad spectrum of sounds and styles, but
still Coldplay comes across as a pre-wacky-experimental
Radiohead. And that is surely not a bad thing. Much deserving
of a four and a half
Planet rating.
Shamples
Rating: 4.5 Planets
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