# Talk:Parachutes (Coldplay album)

I thought it was released in the UK on 1999 wasn't it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nir013013 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC) 

All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages.--Hraefen Talk 17:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050523/music_nm/coldplay_dc
Parachutes has "sold" 2.2 million units as of the date of the article... May/June 2005.
Personally I wouldn't put too much weight into album totals, cuz the counting practices are very suspect at best.  Coldplay is said to have sold anywhere between 20-25 million records in their career.  The higher figure has been popping up a lot lately, with EMI trying to draw more hype for the band. --Madchester 02:53, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
At The Time Coldplay's Fifth Album Is Released In America, I Would Say, Parachutes Sold 9 Million Copies Worldwide. Chris Maeder (talk) 14:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

I bought this album in China a few years ago and it's still available there now. I don't think it has ever been banned there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.69.191.5 (talk) 19:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

I'm going to remove the sentence since it's obviously not banned in China. Why would they bother banning such a bland album anyway. Laurent (talk) 09:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

The album's dedicated to Dr Sara Champion who died in 2001, but the album was released before this, in 2000... this doesn't make sense?? 91.109.41.28 (talk) 21:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

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Lush and often quiet, the music in Parachutes is quite removed from the pop/rock anthems that would dominate Coldplay's later works, especially X&Y. The folksy, easy listening feel of the album is the only one of its kind in the band's discography, and most songs here, such as "High Speed", "We Never Change" and the title track, are driven by acoustic guitars, subtly layered electric parts, and delicate piano melodies. More upbeat tracks like "Shiver" and "Yellow" employ louder guitar riffs, albeit never entering the genre of 'hard rock'. This proved to be rather novel at its time, as the British music scene was just emerging from the 90's, wherein the crunching guitar songs of bands such as Oasis reigned. However, the highest selling UK album of the previous year had been The Man Who, by the Scottish rock band Travis. Coldplay was seen to benefit from the path Travis had paved, subsequently eclipsing the band in popularity.
--Efe (talk) 04:45, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
The song "Sparks" was featured in the 2005 film Wedding Crashers. The song "Everything's Not Lost" was featured in the third season of the TV Show Scrubs in episode 12 entitled 'My Catalyst', when Dr. Kevin Casey (portrayed by Michael J. Fox) visited the hospital, and was seen during the last scene dealing with his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
--Efe (talk) 04:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, I've done a fair amount of copy editing on the article to bring it up to scratch, other things I think need sorting before pass/fail are detailed below:
Lead - should summarise the article, there's not enough there at the minute.
Have expanded. --Efe (talk) 15:59, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
'Music and lyrics' section needs looking at. The sentence "Champion has explained that the liberating approach of Nelson in recording Parachutes had allowed them to feel at ease in working and get creative: "... it was just like having a fifth member of the band who would just sit there [and take it in]." is pure conjecture as it's not clear from the source that this is what he means. I'm also unhappy about the sentence "With the moods created in the album, Champion has stated that the lyrics, which are "really happy", had resulted to being juxtaposed with a "really sad" music" - Champion is talking about the Lou Reed song 'Perfect Day' and comparing it to Parachutes not talking about Parachutes itself. Clip of "Yellow" needs to be under 30 seconds and also requires a description.
I have removed the clip. --Efe (talk) 15:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Tried to clarify. Removed some lines. --Efe (talk)
'Release and reception' should include info on formats the album was released in and details of singles (particularly given that "Don't Panic" was not relesaed in the band's home country) Japanese bonus tracks are mentioned in the tracklisting section but the Japanese release is not mentioned at all in the article.
Done. --Efe (talk) 16:28, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
And that's it! Give me a shout on my talkpage when you've had chance to address my concerns. Cavie78 (talk) 23:06, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Good stuff - passed. Cavie78 (talk) 14:08, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

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@GustavoCza the Parachutes Tour isn't included anywhere in this article, other than the template at the bottom. I feel like the lead should include it. Cherrell410 (talk) 15:21, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

It's probably because the Parachutes Tour itself was previously included here in the album page. Would you mind doing it for me? I'm working on the concert synopsis of Music of the Spheres World Tour right now. Thank you. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 15:32, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Okay. Cherrell410 (talk) 16:28, 10 June 2023 (UTC)