Parachutes

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Parachutes is the debut album by English rock band Coldplay, released on July 10 2000. It quickly shot to number one in the United Kingdom, and stayed in the top ten for thirty-three weeks. The album produced four singles: "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble", and "Don't Panic" (the last of these, however, was not released in the U.K.). In the United States, the album reached fifty-one on the Billboard 200.

Most of the album was recorded at Liverpool's Parr Street Studios, with a total of nine weeks of actual recording, interrupted by two mini-tours. However, "High Speed" was recorded with interim producer Chris Allison over Summer 1999 at Orinoco Studios, London.

The album cover for Parachutes contains a photograph of a globe personally taken by the band, with a disposable Kodak camera. The globe had been purchased from W H Smith for £10; it was featured in the "Shiver" and "Don't Panic" music videos, and also accompanied the band on their tours.

Parachutes was placed #14 in Channel 4's 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2006 the album was placed #33 in NME's 100 greatest British albums. In 2003 Q magazine's readers placed it at #25. Still, Chris Martin said in 2006 that Coldplay looks beyond Parachutes: "We know that's terrible music," he said, "and we always try to think about what we can do next."http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8IR35HO0.html

Contents

1 Track listing
2 Release details
3 Awards and nominations

3.1 Awards
3.2 Nominations

4 References
5 External links

Track listing

All songs written by Berryman/Buckland/Champion/Martin.

"Don't Panic" – 2:17
"Shiver" – 4:59
"Spies" – 5:18
"Sparks" – 3:47
"Yellow" – 4:29 ([Listen] ([Media helphelp]·[info]))
"Trouble" – 4:30
"Parachutes" – 0:46
"High Speed" – 4:14
"We Never Change" – 4:09
"Everything's Not Lost" – 7:15
*"Life Is for Living" (hidden track contained within "Everything's Not Lost" from 5:39) - 1:36

Note: The Japanese release includes two bonus tracks, "Careful Where You Stand" and "For You".

Release details

The album was released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
United Kingdom	July 10 2000	Parlophone	CD	7241 5 27783 2 4
United Kingdom	July 10, 2000	Parlophone	12" limited edition	7243 5277831
European Union	July 10, 2000	Parlophone	CD	7243 5277832
Australia	August 2 2000	EMI	CD	5277832
Japan	August 9 2000	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP 65472
Canada	September 19 2000	Parlophone	CD	7241 5 27783 2 4
United States	November 7 2000	Capitol Records, Nettwerk	CD	0 6700 30162 2 3
United States	November 7, 2000	Capitol Records, Nettwerk	Cassette	0 6700 30162
Taiwan	2000	EMI	CD	7243 52778324

Awards and nominations

Awards

2001 Brit Awards, Best British Album
2001 NME Awards, Best Single for "Yellow"
2002 Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Music Album

Nominations

2000 Mercury Music Prize

References

Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8.

External links

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