Beautiful prequel to parachutes There's not much to say.. If i had one reason to recommend this ep it would be for See You Soon. It is definitely the highlight on the cd - a beautiful song and an early glimpse at the talent of this fab 4-piece. It is also good to know that High Speed first featured on this; one of the better songs on parachutes. Also, the version of Don't Panic here sounds less engineered than the album version, so its up to you which one you prefer. Most die hard fans probably already have this, but i would heartily... more info
Excellent companion to 'Parachutes' OK, so this EP precedes 'Parachutes' but most people probably have the album before buying this. Of the five tracks here, two appear on the album. The version here of 'Don't Panic' is a nice alternative but far inferior to the album version, suffering from an eerier, over-produced sound. 'High Speed' is the same as on the album and arguably the weakest track here. However, this EP deserves at least 4 stars for the beautiful song that is 'See You Soon'. This track features just vocals, a beautifally simple... more info
Probably Coldplay's BEST EP Yet This is a superb album/EP and their best music yet including Don't Panic and Bigger Stronger which should have been on the album Parachutes. This music is before Coldplay became famous and is so beautiful and atmospheric with a different version of Don't Panic. Truly Amazing!!!
HEAR HOW CHRIS SOUNDED B4 HIS AFRO WAS CUT THIS EP REALLY SUMS UP THE SOUND OF EARLY COLDPLAY AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT THEIR DEBUT RELEASE ( IT WAS THE 3RD THING THEY PUT OUT )IT REALLY DOES SUM UP HOW GOOD THEY WERE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND AT THOSE EARLY GIGS , SUPPORTING THE LIKES OF SHACK AND CAMPAG VELOCET ON AN NME TOUR A COUPLE OF MONTHES AFTER THIS RELEASE . THIS VERSION OF THE CD IS A RE-ISSUE THAT WAS MADE AFTER THE PARACHUTES ALBUM WENT TO NUMBER ONE , THIS IS A BIT OF A SICKENER TO THOSE OF US WHO FORKED OUT 30 QUID UPWARDS TO GET OUR... more info
