Today marks twenty years since Coldplay released their debut album, "Parachutes."
Today marks twenty years since Coldplay released their debut album, Parachutes. The multi-platinum number one album has since sold over 13 million copies worldwide.
‘Parachutes’ includes the band’s first major hit ‘Yellow’ – the song that launched the band on the international stage, as well as ‘Shiver’, ‘Trouble’ and ‘Don’t Panic.’ To mark the album’s 20th anniversary, the videos for its four singles have been restored to HD quality.
Click here for to watch In 2001, following the release of ‘Parachutes’, the band were nominated for five BRIT Awards, winning both Best British Album and Best British Group. The band have gone on to win Best British Album three times and Best British Group four times, alongside a host of other awards.
Parachutes was described by Rolling Stone as ‘a work of real transcendence’ and by Melody Maker as a “masterpiece”. NME declared ‘It’s incredible this is a debut album.’
Parachutes Track List Don’t Panic
Shiver
Spies
Sparks
Yellow
Trouble
Parachutes
High Speed
We Never Change
Everything’s Not Lost
(Hidden track: Life Is For Living)