Clocks

Clocks Artist: Coldplay
Label: EMI/Parlophone
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: CD-single
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724355209122
EAN: 0724355209122
ASIN: B00008OP2Z


Release Date: 2003-03-27

Clocks


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Tracks:

  1. Clocks [Edit]
  2. Crests of Waves
  3. Animals
  4. Yellow [Live]
  5. In My Place [Live]

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Album Details

The Grammy Award Winning Single of the Year Taken from the Hit Album "a Rush of Blood to the Head". Includes Two NON-LP B-tracks.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One Of The Best Singles Of All Time.......2006-06-13

I am a #1 Coldplay fan, they are (IMHO) the best band of all time.
No Joke. I LOVE this band. ''Clocks'' Is just AMAZING. The amazing piano riff and the beautiful acoustic guitar perfectly stream through your ears like butter in a pan. It is just sooooo amazing! Do yourself a favor, pick this single up.

2 out of 5 stars Over-played, "soaring" anthem!.......2005-02-22

Despite sounding good after a first listen, this track has suffered from overexposure. I hear it on tv ads touting s__t products; as background music for "inspiring" sports highlights; girl violin groups (you know, the ones trying to make classical "sexy") doing renditions; generally, any person or group looking to create some sense of majesty! oooh! excitement! grandeur! I'm getting chills! Fake nonsense like that. It's not Coldplay's fault. The best thing would be for this song to be deleted as a single and removed from future pressings of "A Rush..."

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!.......2004-11-20

As a Coldplay fan I'm obviously quite biased, but this single has got to be the best in a long time. I'll go through the thre tracks:

1. Clocks
If you haven't heard this song you must have been living under a rock. My GOD this song is good. It opens with just about the most memorable piano riff ever, then explodes into this incredible, pulsating minimalist masterpiece with the most incredible cryptic lyrics over the top. It just soars. Clocks is a knockout song, one of my favourites of all time and arguably the best on "A Rush of Blood to the Head". It's stellar. You get the idea? Still, unless you buy Coldplay singles just to support the band, it's the B-Sides that are going to make you buy this. So how are they?

2. "Crests of Waves"
The first B-side, "Crests of Waves" is a brilliant rock song with a similar sound to "Moses" and some of their new stuff; it's got that same fuzzy rhythm guitar but with vocals that are kind of buried in the music, as in: "Calling out from beneath the waves". In parts it's almost like a draft version of "Clocks", so I can see why it's on here. The first line goes, "It could be worse, I could be alone" and from there you're hooked. The chorus has this kind of suspended-in-the-air riff as Chris sings "hooo ooo ooo" like in lots of Coldplay songs. It's some of the most spine-tinglingly good guitar rock that Coldplay's ever done, and reminiscent of their new live songs. This makes you realise how good Coldplay is; very few bands would have this song as B-side. Five stars for this.

3. "Animals"
The second B-side, "Animals" is a slightly arty, with a descending guitar riff and plodding piano. It's got some great moments, particularly when it goes, "animals you are/disposable collapsible and raw", and "I missed my chance by a stone's throw". Chris martin sounds like he's yelling out from the bottom of a well or something; good stuff, if you like Coldplay, although if you don't you might not like it. I think it's live, so if you're annoyed by live B-sides then be warned; although it's not as if you're hearing an album track live, this is original stuff that you can only hear on this EP.

I'm aware that not everyone likes coldplay; if you're not a fan then obviously you're not going to like this. I've been eagerly watching the news of their third album. I have a feeling their new sound will be a mix of songs like "Clocks" and songs like "Crests of Waves". "Clocks" is obviously a big statement of their new direction, and "Crests of Waves" is similar to their new live tracks. If the new album was like a long version of what's on this single, then I'd be very happy. This is the new sound, like it or not. As you can see, I like it.

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