Line #8 Music/Parachutes


1	[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coldplayparachutesalbumcover.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:324:''"Oh, how I love you so..."'']]
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4	->''In a haze, a stormy haze,\
5	I'll be 'round, I'll be loving you always.\
6	Always.\
7	Here I am, and I'll take my time.\
8	Here I am, and I'll wait in line always.\
9	Always.''
10	-->-- '''[[TitleTrack "Parachutes"]]'''
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12	''Parachutes'' is the debut album of English AlternativeRock band Music/{{Coldplay}}, released in 2000 by Creator/ParlophoneRecords.
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14	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. It also 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.
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16	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.)
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18	Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has stated that the band looks back on ''Parachutes'' [[OldShame negatively]].
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20	!!Tracklist:
21	# "Don't Panic" (2:17)
22	# "Shiver" (5:00)
23	# "Spies" (5:19)
24	# "Sparks" (3:47)
25	# "Yellow" (4:29)
26	# "Trouble" (4:31)
27	# "Parachutes" (0:46)
28	# "High Speed" (4:14)
29	# "We Never Change" (4:09)
30	# "Everything's Not Lost" (7:17)[[note]](actual track lasts until 5:39; HiddenTrack "Life Is For Living" is 1:37 and takes up rest of space)[[/note]]
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32	!!''Look at the tropes, look how they shine for you...''
33	* AnimalMotifs: "Trouble" repeatedly refers to spiders and spiderwebs.
34	* CentralTheme: Love. It's established from the get-go in the ending of the opening track "Don't Panic" ("everybody here's got somebody to lean on") and referred to extensively throughout the album.
35	* DarkerAndEdgier: The original European music video for "Trouble", which has Chris singing while tied to a chair in a dark warehouse juxtaposed with footage of the rest of the band members; to specify, Buckland and Champion forcing Berryman into being tied to a chair of his own.
36	* 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.
37	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The basis of "Don't Panic".
38	-->''Bones, sinking like stones''\
39	''All that we fought for''\
40	''Homes, places we’ve grown''\
41	''All of us are done for''
42	* EpicRocking:
43	** "Shiver" and "Spies" are both 5 minutes long.
44	** "Everything's Not Lost" is 5.5 minutes long minus "Life is For Living".
45	* HiddenTrack: "Life Is For Living", which starts a few seconds after "Everything's Not Lost" ends.
46	* {{Irony}}: In "Don't Panic", the verses describe [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an apocalypse]] and the fleeting hopelessness it brings to humanity, but the chorus consists of the line "We live in a beautiful world".
47	* LonelyPianoPiece: "Trouble"
48	* LyricalDissonance:
49	** "Don't Panic". A gentle, lovely melody about the fact that people are slowly killing the world. The music video makes it a little more obvious.
50	** "Shiver". It's strongly implied that the song's protagonist is following his love around, trying to keep her from freaking out.
51	* MinimalisticCoverArt: The cover is a dimly-lit orange globe with the band name and name of the album on top.
52	* MinisculeRocking: The TitleTrack, which is less than a minute long.
53	* ShoutOut:
54	** "Don't Panic" is obviously a reference to ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
55	** "Spies" was reportedly inspired by the ''Film/JamesBond'' films, and to add to that, ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' was in production at the time of the album's release.
56	* StalkerWithACrush: Highly believed to be what "Shiver" is about.
57	* TitleTrack: The seventh (and [[MinisculeRocking shortest]]) track.
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59	-->''We never change, do we?\

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