A Rush of Blood to the Head explained

A Rush of Blood to the Head
Type:studio
Artist:Coldplay
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Caption:Standard edition
Recorded:13 September 2001[1] – July 2002
Studio:
  • Mayfair and AIR, London
  • Parr Street, Liverpool
Length:54:08
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A Rush of Blood to the Head is the second studio album by British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 26 August 2002 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was produced by the band and Ken Nelson, and makes greater use of the electric guitar and piano than the band's debut album, Parachutes (2000).

Recording of the album began after the band achieved worldwide popularity with Parachutes and the single "Yellow".[2] [3] A Rush of Blood to the Head topped the UK Albums Chart upon its first week of release in the United Kingdom, and became the eighth biggest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK.[4] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has since certified the album 10× Platinum for its accumulated sales of over 3 million units in the UK, while over 17 million copies have been sold worldwide.[5] The album spawned the hit singles "In My Place", "The Scientist", and "Clocks". "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" was also released, but was significantly less successful.

A Rush of Blood to the Head has been critically acclaimed, and the band received three Grammy Awards for the album; the 2003 Grammy for Best Alternative Album, which was the band's second win in a row, the 2003 Grammy for Best Rock Performance with the song "In My Place", and the 2004 Grammy for Record of the Year with the song "Clocks". In 2007, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it on their 200 Definitive Albums list. In 2010, it was among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards,[6] and one of ten classic album covers from British artists commemorated on a UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail. It has appeared on several editions of Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. Authors and reviewers have praised A Rush of Blood to the Head as one of the best albums of the 21st century.

Recording

Coldplay started recording A Rush of Blood to the Head in London on 13 September 2001, but later relocated to Liverpool, where they had recorded some of the songs on their debut album Parachutes (2000).[7] Lead singer Chris Martin said that once there they "became obsessed with recording".[7] "In My Place" was among the first songs recorded for the album during this period, and the one that the band released as the album's lead single because it was the song that made them want to do a second album. It kept them going and made them think they could still write songs, following a strange period of not really knowing what they were doing three months after the success of Parachutes.[7]

The opening track "Politik" was recorded two days following the September 11 attacks in 2001. According to an interview with lead singer Chris Martin, "I wrote the song on 9/11 and we recorded it on 9/13. We were all, like everyone else, I suppose, a little confused and frightened. I get off tour and had a rest for one or two days. But then I get antsy again. I want to write songs and do things, 'cause you never know what might happen."[8] The band wrote more than twenty songs in the months following for the album and some of those, including "In My Place" and "Animals", were performed live during the tours promoting Parachutes.[3] [9] The album's title was revealed through a post on the band's official website.[10]

During initial recording sessions in Liverpool, Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland worked alone, and only on weekends. Each Monday, they would present the song ideas that they had developed to their bandmates.[7] With A Rush of Blood to the Head nearly completed, Martin went into the studio late one night and wrote a piano riff that he has stated "just came out". The band recognised that this early version of the song, that would become "Clocks", was special the first time Martin played it to them. Reasoning that it was too late to include the song on the album, they recorded a demo version and included it on a CD marked "Songs for #3", featuring unfinished tracks they intended to work on for their third studio album.[11] [12]

By June 2002, the band had completed A Rush of Blood to the Head, but thought their output sounded "rubbish" and reached an agreement with record label Parlophone to postpone the release of the album until they were completely satisfied.[11] [12] Subsequently, many songs were discarded because they sounded like they could have been on Parachutes. Martin has claimed that it would have been uninteresting: "It would have shown that we're happy to sit back on what we'd done, and we're not. For us, it was important to progress and try to improve upon our abilities as musicians." Such ambitions put the band under strain: "sometimes practice sessions ended abruptly with one or more members of Coldplay threatening to quit".[13]

After headlining the 2002 Glastonbury Festival, Coldplay returned to the studio and worked on some tracks from the "Songs for #3" CD they had produced earlier. Phil Harvey, the band's manager, heard "Clocks" and urged them to rework it immediately: "No, you must do that song now 'cause you're going on [in the lyrics] about urgency, and you're talking about keeping this song back. That doesn't make sense."[11] [12]

Composition

Production of the album began quickly with the writing of the track "Politik", which was a song seen as a reflection of the world at the time, giving the band a renewed perspective on their lives and society. Many of the song lyrics on the album relate strongly to the theme of urgency. Martin has commented that previous songs were more relaxed since they were in a comfortable state of mind: "Perhaps there's a bit more urgency on some of these songs. And that's born from all the places we've been and the things we've experienced." Martin has explained. In relation to the theme of urgency, Martin has also stated that the album's title means "doing something on impulse".

Several songs on the album are about the themes of love and relationships. These tracks are based on reality, but according to Martin, they were written with a fictional twist: "Songs are like fairy tales: they have a beginning and an end and you can make it all work perfectly. Real life doesn't work like that".

The album includes ballads and acoustic songs featuring extensive use of guitar and piano. The U2-esque "epic rock" of the album's opening track "Politik", the piano-driven "Clocks", the loud guitars of "A Whisper", and the country rock-inspired guitar in "Warning Sign" were seen as an extension of the band's musical range.[14] Chris Martin has also stated that the album's title track is an homage to American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, whom he considered one of "the greatest ... men with just guitars".[15] The title track is about uncertainties faced in life.[16] According to Martin, the song "Green Eyes" was composed for an "American friend" and guitarist Jonny Buckland.[17]

Artwork

The album cover for A Rush of Blood to the Head was designed by photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Sundsbø had been hired by fashion magazine Dazed & Confused in the late 1990s to produce a shot with a "technological feel, something all white", according to himself. As an artist, Sundsbø attempted to do a unique original piece, creating a shot that had never been seen before; He suggested taking shots using a three-dimensional scanning machine – used to measure head sizes for USAF fighter jet helmets – to fulfil his vision.[18]

The model for the shots, named Mim, wore all-white cosmetic makeup, along with a coloured twill cape, to aesthetically produce optimal and desired results. The scanner could not properly identify some of the colors on the cape, so they were replaced with digital spikes, and the head in the image was chopped as the machine was unable to scan more than about thirty centimeters in height at a time.[19] At first, Sundsbø had mixed feelings about the image, stating that when he first saw the result, he was terrified. "I thought it was so beautiful, but I was sure the magazine was never going to run it." The editor of the magazine, however, absolutely loved the image, and eventually featured it in one of their publications. After seeing the image in a publication of the magazine, Chris Martin approached Sundsbø for proper permission to use the image as the cover of A Rush of Blood to the Head. For the album's singles, Martin asked Sundsbø for any ideas; Sundsbø suggested scanning the head of each member of the band.[18]

The album booklet contains only two photos; One with Coldplay in a location that was rumoured to be a forest, and one with the band in a recording studio. The album cover was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010.[20] [21]

Release

A Rush of Blood to the Head was released on 26 August 2002 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and a day later 27 August 2002 by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was completed and originally ready to hand over to record representatives and released in June 2002, however, after recording a demo of "Clocks" intended for the third album, the band delayed release by two months to allow them to work it into a finished track and include it on A Rush of Blood to the Head. Capitol released a remastered version of the album in 2008 on a 180-gram vinyl record as part of its "From the Capitol Vaults" series.[22]

Critical reception

Reviews

Upon release, A Rush of Blood to the Head received positive reviews from contemporary critics. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalised score of 80 out of 100 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". This makes A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay's highest-scoring album on the website as of 2023. Many reviewers felt that it built upon Parachutes. Alexis Petridis of the newspaper The Guardian wrote that the band's "new assurance is everywhere ... the timidity of Parachutes is nowhere to be found". He concludes, "It sounds like an album ready to take on the world, and win."

Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times praised the album, commenting that it is "one of the year's best albums" and describing it as "sparser, stranger and even catchier than its predecessor".[23] Rolling Stones Rob Sheffield said that "A Rush of Blood to the Head is a nervier, edgier, thoroughly surprising album", adding, "where Parachutes was the clumsy diary of a high-strung kid, A Rush of Blood sounds more like a band with the confidence to test its own limits." Ted Kessler of NME lauded the album, calling it "an album of outstanding natural beauty, an organic, wholesome work." MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic echoed the above comments, saying that it is a "strong album". Wilson, who compliments Martin for his "sharpened" falsetto and refined "haunting delivery" and Buckland for his "riveting guitar work", notes that "regardless of the band still being in their mid-twenties, they've made an amazing record".[24] Emma Pearse of the American newspaper The Village Voice has the same sentiments, stating that it is "a little edgier, trancier, and more conversational" compared to Parachutes.[25] Conversely, Robert Christgau gave the album a one-star honorable mention and quipped "Let Green Eyes dump him for real and we'll see how long he hums in the void."[26]

In 2012, it was ranked number 466 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, with its ranking climbing to number 324 in the 2020 update.[27] In 2013, the album topped a BBC Radio poll ahead of Hopes and Fears by Keane, Rio by Duran Duran and The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.[28] It was also included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[29] Billboard listed "Green Eyes" among the best deep cuts from the 21st century.[30]

Rankings

A Rush of Blood to the Head on select critic rankings
PublisherYearListicleRank
2002Best Albums of 20023[31]
BillboardCritics' Choice Albums 20021[32]
BlenderTop 10 Albums of 20022[33]
Consequence2009Top of the Decade Albums33[34]
Entertainment Weekly2008100 Best Albums from 1983 to 200849[35]
20071000 Albums to Hear Before You DiePlaced[36]
Il Manifesto2002Best Albums of 20023[37]
Mondo SonoroBest Records of 20029[38]
Newsweek2020100 Best Rock Albums of All Time77[39]
202150 Best Rock Albums from the 21st Century12[40]
NME2002Best Albums of 20021[41]
2006100 Greatest British Albums Ever67[42]
2013The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time266[43]
NPR2009The 50 Most Important Recordings of the DecadePlaced[44]
Paste2009The 50 Best Albums of the 2000s33[45]
PopMatters2002The Best Albums of 20023[46]
QRecordings of the Year – 2002Placed[47]
200450 Best British Albums Ever19[48]
2016The Greatest Albums of the Last 30 YearsPlaced[49]
Radio X2023The 25 Best Albums of 200216[50]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2007Definitive 200 Albums of All Time65[51]
Rolling Stone2002Best Albums of 20023[52]
2011100 Best Albums of the 2000s21[53]
2023500 Greatest Albums of All Time324
RTÉ Gold2023Top 100 Greatest Albums29[54]
Spin2010Top 125 Albums of the Past 25 Years107[55]
2014The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years278[56]
2009The 100 Best Pop Albums of the Noughties71[57]
Uncut2009150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far131[58]
Under the Radar2009Best Albums of the Decade (2000–2009)76[59]
WXPN2021All Time Greatest Albums249[60]
Yardbarker2023Best Alternative Albums of the 21st CenturyPlaced[61]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for A Rush of Blood to the Head
YearAward ceremonyCategoryResult
2002Fryderyk AwardsBest Foreign Album[62]
GAFFA Awards DenmarkInternational Album of the Year[63]
MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Album[64]
Q Awards[65]
Rockbjörnen AwardsBest International Album[66]
Top of the Pops AwardsTop Album[67]
2003Brit AwardsBritish Album of the Year[68]
Danish Music AwardsInternational Album of the Year[69]
Grammy AwardsBest Alternative Music Album[70]
Hungarian Music AwardsModern Rock Album of the Year[71]
Mercury PrizeMercury Prize[72]
NME AwardsAlbum of the Year[73]
Best Album
Premios Oye!English Album of the Year[74]
Žebřík Music AwardsBest Foreign Album[75]
2010Brit AwardsBritish Album (Last 30 Years)[76]

Commercial performance

A Rush of Blood to the Head topped the charts of 11 countries around the world.[77] It debuted at number-one on the UK Albums Chart selling 273,924 copies.[78] The British Phonographic Industry has since certified the album 10× Platinum for accumulated sales of over 3 million copies.[79] With the subsequent release of "Clocks" and "The Scientist", the album spent over one year on the chart. A Rush of Blood to the Head has been placed at number seven on the list of United Kingdom's 20 biggest-selling albums of the 21st century, published by the British trade paper Music Week.[78] In July 2011, A Rush of Blood to the Head climbed from No. 176 back to No. 44 in the album's 250th charting week there.[80] As of October 2021, the album has sold over 3 million copies in the UK, making it Coldplay's best-selling studio album.[81] It is the tenth best-selling album of the 21st century.[82]

In the United States, A Rush of Blood was Coldplay's first venture into the top 5 with 144,000 copies sold initially, stronger than its predecessor, Parachutes, which debuted at number 189 in December 2000.[83] A Rush of Blood debuted at number-one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 28,200 copies in its first week.[84] The album has been certified 4x times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association for shipments of over 400,000.[85] It has been certified 7× platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association, having accumulated shipments of over 490,000 units.[86]

Track listing

All tracks written and co-produced by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin). All tracks produced by Ken Nelson.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[87]

Technical and additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for A Rush of Blood to the Head
Chart (2002–2004)Peak
position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)[88] 2
European Albums (Music & Media)[89] 1
Greek Albums (IFPI)2
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[90] 3
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[91] 9

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for A Rush of Blood to the Head
Chart (2002)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[93] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[94] 15
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[95] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[96] 31
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[97] 35
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[98] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[99] 31
European Albums (Music & Media)[100] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[101] 73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[102] 64
Irish Albums (IRMA)[103] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[104] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[105] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[106] 88
UK Albums (OCC)[107] 4
US Billboard 200[108] 140
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[109] 24
Chart (2003)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[110] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[111] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[112] 7
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[113] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[114] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[115] 6
European Albums (Billboard)[116] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[117] 83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[118] 17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[119] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[120] 54
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[121] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[122] 7
US Billboard 200[123] 17
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[124] 6
Chart (2004)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[125] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[126] 46
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[127] 27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[128] 77
UK Albums (OCC)[129] 85
US Billboard 200[130] 76
Chart (2005)Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[131] 51
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[132] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[133] 103
US Catalog Albums (Billboard)[134] 9
Chart (2007)Position
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[136] 21
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[137] 35
Chart (2008)Position
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[138] 39
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[139] 30

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for A Rush of Blood to the Head
Chart (2000–2009)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[142] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[143] 8
US Billboard 200[144] 88

All-time charts

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