History Music / Parachutes

* LonelyPianoPiece: "Trouble"

* StalkerWithACrush: Highly believed to be what "Shiver" is about.

->''We never change, do we?\\

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However, the album attracted criticism from listeners who felt that its moody alt-rock sound was [[FollowTheLeader uncannily similar]] to that of Music/{{Radiohead}}, particularly their 1995 album ''Music/TheBends''; some outlets proposed that at least some of the album's success was attributable to listeners who had been alienated by Radiohead's [[NewSoundAlbum electronic and heavily experimental]] ''Music/KidA'', which was released later in the same year (incidentally, the switch in style on ''Kid A'' came about in part from the heavy amount of Radiohead imitators that emerged following the success of ''Music/OKComputer'' in 1997).

It spawned the hit singles "Shiver", "Trouble", "Don't Panic", and "Yellow", the lattermost becoming the band's BreakthroughHit and one of their {{Signature Song}}s. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 8.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011 and winning a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Music Album.

However, the album attracted criticism from listeners who felt that its moody alt-rock sound was uncannily similar to that of Music/{{Radiohead}}, particularly their 1995 album ''Music/TheBends''; some outlets proposed that at least some of the album's success was attributable to listeners who had been alienated by Radiohead's [[NewSoundAlbum electronic and heavily experimental]] ''Music/KidA'', which was released later that year (incidentally, the switch in style on ''Kid A'' came about in part from the heavy amount of Radiohead imitators that emerged following the success of ''Music/OKComputer'' in 1997).

I'll be round, I'll be loving you always.\\

Here I am and I'll take my time.\\
Here I am and I'll wait in line always.\\

It spawned the hit singles "Shiver", "Trouble", "Don't Panic", and especially "Yellow", the band's BreakthroughHit and one of their {{Signature Song}}s. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 8.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011 and winning a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Music Album.

However, the album attracted criticism from listeners who felt that its moody alt-rock sound was uncannily similar to that of Music/{{Radiohead}}, particularly their 1995 album ''Music/TheBends''; some outlets proposed that at least some of the album's success was attributable to listeners being alienated by Radiohead's [[NewSoundAlbum electronic and heavily experimental]] ''Music/KidA'', which was released later that year (incidentally, the switch in style on ''Kid A'' came about in part from the heavy amount of Radiohead imitators that emerged following the success of ''Music/OKComputer'' in 1997).

[[caption-width-right:324:''Oh, how I love you so...'']]

-->--'''[[TitleTrack "Parachutes"]]'''

It spawned the hit singles "Shiver", "Trouble", "Don't Panic", and especially "Yellow", the band's BreakthroughHit and one of their {{Signature Song}}s. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 8.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011 and winning a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward. It also made several lists of the greatest (British) albums of all time, and was seen as a remarkably impressive debut effort.

However, the album did gain some sour rep for people seeing its alt-rock sound to be similar to ''Music/TheBends''-era Music/{{Radiohead}}, and people proposed that the some of the album's success was attributed to people being alienated by Radiohead's electronic and heavily experimental ''Music/KidA'', which was released that year.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Neither the ambient tone nor the Music/U2-esque larger-than-life stadium anthems that the band would be known for are present on this album. Instead, it's an extremely dry, subdued record bordering on easy listening, which is largely why the band have disowned it.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Neither the ambient tone nor the Music/U2-esque larger-than-life stadium anthems that the band would be known for are present on this album. Instead, it's an extremely dry, subdued record bordering on easy listening, which is largely why the band have disowned it.

It spawned the hit singles "Shiver", "Trouble", "Don't Panic", and especially "Yellow", the band's BreakthroughHit and one of their {{Signature Song}}s. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 8.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011 and winning a GrammyAward. It also made several lists of the greatest (British) albums of all time, and was seen as a remarkably impressive debut effort.

* HiddenTrack: "Life Is For Living"

# "Everything's Not Lost" (7:17)

** "Shiver" is 5 minutes long.
** "Everything's Not Lost" is 5.5 minutes long minus the silence between that and "Life is For Living".

'''''Parachutes''''' is the debut album of English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Coldplay}}, released in 2000 by Creator/ParlophoneRecords.