# Album #169: A Rush of Blood to the Head
By Coldplay (2002) 

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Looking back at the top albums of 2002, it wasn't a great time for British music. Geogaddi by Boards of Canada - I can still get on board with that. The year end lists are awash with forgettable guitar focused indie music. A Rush of Blood to the Head is definitely Coldplay becoming bigger than that, moving from being one of those uncannily popular guitar bands to being the stadium touring super stars they are today. 

The album opens with Politik, an eminently skippable track, but it segues perfectly in to In My Place that it works as a great start. The sequencing is generally good, striking a decent balance between The Hits and the rest of the songs. The quality isn't consistent, but none of them feel like filler. Many lean a little too heavily on reverb and a string section to beef the songs up. Green Eyes is a nice break from that epic scale, but reveals how much the album relies on the grand scale to distract from the prosaic lyrics. 

It's all so earnest, self-serious and polished that it leaves me a bit cold, but I can see how it earns its place on a list like this. It's not that everyone should hear it - more that if you wanted to soundtrack a TV show set in 2002 and had the budget, this is where you need to look. Play The Scientist while someone cries and call it done. I'm glad it's not 2002 any more. 

# Rating
⭐⭐

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