Title: Science-minded
Review: Simply put, "A Rush of Blood..." wouldn't be nearly as great an album were it not for two things, 1) 'The Scientist' and 2) the last minute and a half of 'Amsterdam'. Without the glow and ethereal resonance of those songs, this would be just another highly-accomplished Brit-pop exercise in post-Verve symphonics. And that's not to say it would be bad - not by a long shot - just not as great. However, with the inclusion of those two potent jump-starts, Coldplay sends the album straight to the sky and you're left feeling your God-forsaken heart whistle.
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