Blue Room [Import]

Coldplay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00003WG5G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,034 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Second EMI single from the current darlings of the UK musicpress, similar to Radiohead, Ash and Muse. Tracks 'Bigger Stronger', 'Don't Panic', 'See You Soon', 'High Speed' and 'Such A Rush'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Companion Piece to "Parachutes", February 2, 2001

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Room (Audio CD)

I stumbled onto "The Blue Room EP" after diving into Coldplay's mind-blowing debut album "Parachutes". This EP was recorded in summer of 99 and released a few months later. This EP contains 5 songs and runs 20 min. I suspect that most of you, as did I, will listen to this after having fallen for "Parachutes".

The EP starts off with its strongest song, "Bigger Stronger", which has all the elements of why "Parachutes" would be the best "new" album of 2001 (it was released in Nov. 2000): great melody, smart lyrics, and that hard to resist lead vocal.

Track 2 is "Don't Panic", which is also featured on "Parachutes", but here on the EP in a different, cleary earlier version: the intro is a fascinating mumble of guitars, which is not found on the album (where it is the lead off track); it also comes in a different guitar orchestration. Track 4 is "High Speed", which is featured "as is" on the album, the only track from the EP to make it onto the album without any changes.

Track 3, "See You Soon", is a charmingly, soft-ridden track. Track 5, "Such a Rush" starts off very gently but eventually builds up to an outburst of the band's instuments. It is the best song after "Bigger Stronger"

If you like "Parachutes", by all means BUY THIS

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so glad I bought this, April 22, 2004

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David (somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Room (Audio CD)

This is a pretty rare EP that was released before their breakthrough album, Parachutes, came out. It is definitely worth your money. I found it in Tower Records Import/Singles section for 6 or 7 bucks after I had got A Rush of Blood to the Head. Well, this release is somewhat different from AROBTTH in that it is extremely mellow. While their latest album leans more to piano ballads and U2-ish pop songs, Blue Room EP's 5 tracks are very laid-back and beautiful. I wish they could have kept on making songs like "Bigger Stonger", the first track on the EP that stuns me every time.
In short, this EP is pure magic.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars short, but VERY sweet, August 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Room (Audio CD)

Why are you reading reviews? You should have already ordered this passionate and creative EP by Coldplay, a prequel to it's longer sibling, Parachutes. I reccomend buying Parachutes first, however, but once you have, and aquired a taste for their natural, comforting style, the blue room EP is a must get. Parachutes is more polished, high-fidelity recording, with more emphasis on the making of a solid, popular album, whereas the blue room EP is lo-fi, spontaneous, somewhat deeper, though I don't mean to diminish the beauty and depth of Parachutes in any way. Track 2 on the EP, which appears as track one on parachutes is sheer poetry. Simple, inspired by the beauty and mortality of Earth, it is the one song which I come back to every day and listen to out of a CD collection in the 500s.