Best song from each album: Parachutes - Sparks Rush of Blood - In My Place X&Y - Fix You Viva - Strawberry Swing Mylo - Hurts Like Heaven Ghost Stories - O A Head Full Of Dreams - Everglow Everyday Life - Cry Cry Cry
1. Amsterdam 2. Fix You 3. In My Place 4. A Message 5. Lovers in Japan 6. Clocks 7. Don't Let It Break Your Heart* 8. Death and All His Friends 9. Shiver 10. O *Really, I think of "A Hopeful Transmission"/"Don't Let It Break Your Heart"/"Up with the Birds" as an eight-minute suite. Honorables: "Always in My Head," "Hurts Like Heaven," "The Scientist," "Life in Technicolor II," "Til Kingdom Come"
On the subject of "Strawberry Swing": it's a great song that Frank Ocean took and made better, IMO. I prefer his version and almost think of it at this point as more his song than theirs, hence its exclusion from my list.
1. A Sky Full of Stars 2. The Scientist 3. Fix You 4. Shiver 5. Yellow 6. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 7. Don't Let It Break Your Heart 8. O 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Midnight Last one was a toss up between that and Viva La Vida.
I think Frank's is better but the Coldplay version is still great. I think his version made me like the Coldplay one more honestly.
Personal top 10: 1. Don't Panic 2. The Scientist 3. Lovers in Japan 4. Green Eyes 5. Clocks 6. Fix You 7. Glass of Water 8. Life in Technicolor II 9. Politik 10. O
Top 10 Coldplay in no specific order: Fix You O Strawberry Swing Violet Hill Yellow Hurts Like Heaven Sparks The Scientist In My Place Life In Technicolor II
No order: Sparks Yellow The Scientist Green Eyes White Shadows Talk Lovers in Japan Life in Technicolor II Charlie Brown Hypnotized Couldn't manage to fit anything from the last couple albums on here, which I feel a little bad about since I do like Everyday Life and Ghost Stories. Head Full of Dreams isn't my favorite but it's redeemed a bit since I saw them on that tour and it was incredible.
1. Sparks 2. Strawberry Swing 3. Swallowed in the Sea 4. Square One 5. God Put a Smile on Your Face 6. Shiver 7. Green Eyes 8. Violet Hill 9. O 10. Don’t Panic
all the hidden tracks on Viva are absurdly good tbf haha my top 10 would like all be from the 2000s lmao, but shoutout to "Midnight" and "All I Can Think About is You" which are also terrific
Was just talking Coldplay with the boys last week so I did a run through this week. I think X&Y might be my favorite. Maybe I’ll make a list.