History YMMV / ColdPlay

* SeasonalRot: As mentioned above, the stretch between ''Mylo Xyloto'' to ''A Head Full of Dreams'' is one where fans will have complaints on at least one album, if not all three, and gave fuel for the dissers who call Coldplay bland. This ended with ''Music/EverydayLife'', a more experimental album considered to be one of their best.

* SeasonalRot: As mentioned above, the stretch between ''Mylo Xyloto'' to ''A Head Full of Dreams'' is one where fans will have complaints on at least one album, if not all three, and gave fuel for the dissers who call Coldplay bland. This ended with ''Everyday Life'', a more experimental album considered to be one of their best.

** Ditto ''Music/GhostStories'', as the return to the moodier and sadder sound of the first three albums (or rather the sadness overdose due to the album reflecting Chris Martin's CreatorBreakdown) was not universally welcome.

* ContestedSequel: After ''X&Y'', it's hard to find a Coldplay album that doesn't suffer from this case.
** ''Viva la Vida''. While most loved it, there was a sizable minority who detested the "pretentious" direction and wanted a return to the old simple, poppy style.
** ''Mylo Xyloto''. Fans have either fallen in love with the new, colorful, poppier direction or lambasted Coldplay for "[[ItsPopularNowItSucks going mainstream]]".
** Ditto ''Ghost Stories'', as the return to the moodier and sadder sound of the first three albums (or rather the sadness overdose due to the album reflecting Chris Martin's CreatorBreakdown) was not universally welcome.
** While less divisive than the previous album, ''A Head Full of Dreams'' still has this. One camp finds the album a nice remedy to [[DarkerAndEdgier the previous one]], while the other side thinks the album is too colorful, even for the standards of the band that made ''Mylo Xyloto'', and tries to overcompensate for the previous album. A third camp goes the extra mile, not having liked either this album or ''Ghost Stories'', and claim Chris Martin has lost his tact for songwriting.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''A Rush of Blood to the Head'' in comparison to its predecessor ''Parachutes''. Chris Martin himself considers it to be a SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, as he does not look back very fondly on ''Parachutes''.

* ParodyDisplacement: In spite of the massive success "Viva la Vida" was, there exists a lot of younger people who don't know the original song yet are familiar with its VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} themed parody "WebAnimation/FallenKingdom" by LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez.

* ParodyDisplacement: In spite of the massive success "Viva la Vida" was, there exists a lot of younger people who don't know the original song yet are familiar with the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parody song of it, "WebAnimation/FallenKingdom" by LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez.

* ParodyDisplacement: In spite of the massive success "Viva la Vida" was, there exists a lot of people who haven't heard of it, yet are familiar with the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parody song of it, "WebAnimation/FallenKingdom" by LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez.

* FandomRivalry: Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the names and aesthetics are. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before ''Chromatica'' released and that the similarities weren't enough to accuse them of plagiarism.

* FandomRivalry:
** There's the seemingly endless rivalry with Music/{{Radiohead}}, due to the critics comparing both bands in the beginning of the career, [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks accusing them of copying Radiohead]]. Though it seems to be one-sided, as Chris Martin himself admits to be a big fan of Radiohead and a lot of Coldplay fans are also fans of them as well, or at least respect their influence on the band and music in general.
** Comparisons between Coldplay's fictional planet Kaotica and Music/LadyGaga's fictional planet Chromatica were made quickly, with Lady Gaga fans accusing Coldplay for plagiarizing Lady Gaga due to how similar the names and aesthetics are. Coldplay fans rebutted with the fact Coldplay had worked on the idea before ''Chromatica'' released and that the similarities weren't enough to accuse them of plagiarism.

** There's the seemingly endless rivalry with Music/{{Radiohead}}, due to the critics comparing both bands in the beginning of the career. Though it seems to be one-sided, as Chris Martin himself admits to be a big fan of Radiohead and a lot of Coldplay fans are also fans of them as well, or at least respect their influence on the band and music in general.

** Ditto for ''Mylo Xyloto''. While some fans still consider the starting point of their AudienceAlienatingEra, a lot of fans have come around on it, feeling that it is a solid album on its own right with some overlooked gems, and that a colourful pop album would be a hard sell for longtime fans of their earlier alternative sound.

** Ditto for ''Mylo Xyloto''. While some fans still consider the starting point of their AudienceAlienatingEra, a lot of fans have come around on it, feeling that it is a solid album on its own right with some overlooked gems, and that a colourful pop album would be a hard sell for a longtime fans of their earlier alternative sound.

** Ditto for ''Mylo Xyloto''. While some fans still put it on the AudienceAlienatingEra as well, a lot of fans have come around on it, feeling that it is a solid album on its own right with some overlooked gems, and that a colourful pop rock album would be a hard sell for a longtime fans of their earlier "alternative sound".