Third single from UK indie act, follow-up to 'Shiver' and the 'Blue Room EP'. Tracks include 'Yellow', 'Help Is Around The Corner' and 'No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground'. 2000 release. Digipak.

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《X&Y》是一张很大气的作品，歌曲的包容面很广，音乐有时安静沉潜，有时又营造出宏观且涵盖多重层次的声音，这样阔气的音乐架构为Coldplay开创出了新的畛域。歌词内容也涉及到一些范围较大的主题，像是生与死、爱与失去、拥抱世界等等主题，其中也谈到了要接受一些事情永远都没有完整答案的现实：“在数学的领域里，X和Y经常是答案的代号，但是在生活里没有人能有确实的答案。”Chris表示，“对我而言，这张专辑就是在讲那些无解的问题，还有你要怎么接受你不能解出所有未知变项的现实。”
这张唱片中的Coldplay也向人们展示了自己以前从未有过的进取精神，从“Talk”中Kraftwerk似的电子节拍，到“Swallowed In The Sea”中深受Pogues影响的曲风，整张专辑涉猎了丰富的音乐元素，向人们传递出一种厚重迷人、简约却又壮观的Coldplay之声。

自2000年盛夏，一首满载少年浪漫情愫的情歌《Yellow》登上英国单曲排行第4名，红遍全英大街小巷开始；随后《Parachutes(降落伞)》专辑旋即空降英国金榜冠军宝座，98年正式成军于伦敦校园的Coldplay(酷玩乐团)已平地震雷一声响地迅速在全球乐坛窜起。
《Parachutes》是Coldplay在利物浦的Parr Street Studio录音室，与曾为Gomez、Badly drawn boy作嫁的Ken Nelson共同制作。纯净、美丽的中、慢板旋律加上主唱Chris Martin神似Thom Yorke(Radiohesd主唱)轻柔却极具戏剧张力的淳美歌声，10首慢流一致浪漫、迷美情绪的歌谣。
“Shiver”是一首绚烂美丽，关于单恋的故事的歌曲，令人感到颤栗的歌曲名称；以澎湃汹涌的吉他反复乐节，加上Chrir戏剧性嗓音，简单手法表现的畅销单曲“Yellow”；年少轻狂的“Spies”，伴随着彷复来自天堂的中八度圣音；赤裸，贝斯乐声轻抚的民谣“Sparks”简单、有力的生活宣言；“Trouble”以惊人、独特的轻柔钢琴尾曲开场，紧接着Jon和谐的吉他切入，瞬间整首歌曲彷复飞了起来；专辑最后一曲“Everything's Not Lost”结尾部分的低声吟唱，充满了轻柔爵士味，是酷玩乐团Coldplay自信展现实力的进一步证明。
聆听《Parachutes》像感受一次美丽，但又寂寞的坠落；一段远离每日烦嚣，但又可以更清楚观看的经验。

专辑的名字来自一位墨西哥艺术家Frida Kahlo给自己的一幅画的命名。
在这张专辑制作的早期，三名乐队成员各自把对新专辑的想法都写在一张白板上，每一个人的想法都很激进前卫，最后，Chris Martin收回了他的看法。他希望以后有机会再游说他们。"我听到波诺曾经说过一句话，'乐队不应该为钱而分裂，他们应该只为了歌曲名单而分裂，'”他说，在这一点上，没有什么比这更有针对性了。”
乐队聘请了传奇制片人Brian Eno做他们第4张专辑的制作人。并且，他们有针对性地试图排除一切外来影响。吉他手Johnny Buckland说： "我们感觉自己的头三张专辑是一个三部曲，我们已经完成了。因此，我们想要做一些不同的。" 乐队让记者听了一下他们正在制作的歌曲小样，大多数听起来令人耳目一新， 完全不同于他们以往的热门歌曲“Clocks”和“Speed Of Sound”。
好几首歌相当粗糙靠近边缘，伴随着扭曲的吉他和更加突出的敲击。歌词是暗色调的，反复出现了死亡和孤独的主题。其中有几首歌，Martin延长他的声带调色板，其表现大大超出了人们对他以往运用假声的理解，其音色低沉，性感，给人的感觉更个人，更真实。"不管这样好还是不好，我们已经开始在音乐里融入更多的色彩。”Martin说。 "取悦每一个人是不可能做到的，我们经历了这么长时间才体会到这一点。这样说让人觉得自由——可能没有一个人喜欢我们做的这些东西，但我们此时此刻就是想这样做，而且要把它做完为止。”
在新专辑里，乐队探索了各种声波的方向，其中一些来自制作人呢Brain Eno的启发和鼓励。"他不主观臆断，做出来的东西令人耳目一新。”Matin说。Buckland补充说， "他不仅仅是带来声音或其他东西，他带来了对一切事情的想法，甚至具体到，怎样构筑我们渡过的这一天。他的建议让我们停下来，仔细考虑很多问题。”

Radiohead的处女作《Pablo Honey》虽然十分出色，但现在看来它更像是乐队在为这一张更加舒展的经典《The Bends》所做的准备，热身。同《Pablo Honey》一样，这张唱片的整体音乐构架仍然是建立在不断回旋缭绕的吉他声音之上，三把吉他共同奏出的断断续续的旋律不仅仅是唱片中最为精彩的部分，同时也成为了Radiohead的音乐标志。这种用最传统的乐器所奏出来的不同声响在听觉上创造了一种有力的回馈，它将听者的欲望和痛苦共同挖掘了出来。同时从某种程度上说《The Bends》又是一张深受前人影响的摇滚专辑，偶尔从唱片中你会发现U2,Pink Floyd,R.E.M甚至是The Pixies的影子，但是Radiohead将前人的音乐手法用不同的音乐气质进行了一个极为另类的演绎--专辑中的音乐极具空间感，却并不像Pink Floyd蒙胧缥缈，这就让歌曲听起来更加具有生命力，更富有执着的感情。Thom Yorke那些充满了反复的自问，纠缠，扭曲和欲望的歌词赋予了唱片另外一种忧郁的气质，在音乐之外，一股精神暗流通过他时而温柔时而神经质的演唱传达给了听众。Thom的嗓音应该是让人温暖的，但当感情爆发的时候，你依然能见到它高亢的一面，在汹涌的音乐下这病人般的声音实在令人无法自拔。等到这张唱片出现的时候，摇滚乐已经走过了四十年的路程，而《The Bends》却还是轻易的成为了经典，这正是因为Radiohead在努力创造独特的音乐情绪的同时也保留了摇滚乐的爆发力和极佳的旋律性，这使得这张唱片不仅仅得到了评论家的一致好评，同时也在市场上获得了巨大的成功。直白的说,《The Bends》是一张让你第一次聆听就能被深深吸引，而在接下来的每一次听觉过程中又都能发现新的音乐细节和聆听乐趣的摇滚专辑。

1 Atom Heart Mother: Father's Shout/Breast Milky/Mother Fore/Funky Dung Geesin, Gilmour, Mason, Waters ... 23:44
Composed by: Geesin, Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright
2 If Waters 4:30
3 Summer '68 Wright 5:29
4 Fat Old Sun Gilmour 5:22
5 Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: Rise and Shine/Sunny Side Up/Morning ... Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright 13:00

When Bernard Butler left the band all those many years ago, few would have guessed that with him left the dangerous, romantic noir vibe that fueled Suede's first two albums. After all, Brett Anderson was supposed to be the Byronic prince of darkness, and without Butler around, it only made sense that he would indulge his taste for the theatrical. It didn't turn out that way, of course. The band hired young Richard Oakes and refashioned themselves as a glammy, fizzy guitar pop band whose elegantly wasted ballads were tales of love found, not love lost. Suede's fifth album, A New Morning, confirms that this band isn't about to release another Dog Man Star anytime soon, or even turn out a "Whipsnade," since they're now all about "Positivity," as the opening track and lead single crisply announces. Once that disappointment fades -- Suede did tragic romantic better than anybody, and it's hard not to wish they still did it -- it's easy to appreciate A New Morning as another solid, succinct collection of tuneful, stylish modern-day glam pop, nearly the equal of Coming Up, whose blueprint this follows to a tee. Song for song, it's better and more consistent than Head Music -- whose dabbling in vague electronic now seems mildly dated and whose songwriting seems slight -- thanks partially to Stephen Street's focused, flattering production, but also due to a sharp set of songs, highlighted not just by "Positivity," "Lost in TV," "When the Rain Falls" (where the piano sounds lifted from a Vince Guaraldi Peanuts special), and "Lonely Girls," but a triptych of songs that inexplicably borrow their titles from classic rock songs ("Beautiful Loser," "Street Life," "One Hit to the Body"). Plus, there's no denying that Suede does this music better than anybody else (and they sound both loose and muscular here), and that Anderson's voice is aging marvelously, sounding quite fetching with a slight hint of booze and tobacco wear. So, A New Morning isn't a new beginning, nor does it take many risks, but it does find Suede in top form with good songs and an appealing record. You might wish that it was a little more than that, but you'll be satisfied by what it is.

This is Explosion In The Sky's 2nd album, and one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2004 and a massive word-of-mouth success story, going on to sell 20,000 copies in the UK alone. Features 5 tracks. Bella Union. 2005.