Coldplay • Parachutes
Capitol Records 724352778317
33-RPM 180 g LP
Originally released in 2000, Parachutes is Coldplay’s debut LP. The album contains ten tracks, including their first top-five hit, Yellow.
The music can be described as a combination between alternate rock and Britpop, and many of the songs have a slower, almost melancholy, tempo. In an interesting contrast to the music, many of the tracks feature lyrics that are positive or happy in feel, a combination which is somewhat reminiscent (to this listener, anyway) of the late Lou Reed’s Perfect Day.
The sound quality is good (but not exceptionally so), with reasonable dynamics. As is to be expected for music of this genre, imaging is pretty flat in terms of depth, but left-to-right panning is used to good effect.