自2000年盛夏，一首满载少年浪漫情愫的情歌《Yellow》登上英国单曲排行第4名，红遍全英大街小巷开始；随后《Parachutes(降落伞)》专辑旋即空降英国金榜冠军宝座，98年正式成军于伦敦校园的Coldplay(酷玩乐团)已平地震雷一声响地迅速在全球乐坛窜起。 《Parachutes》是Coldplay在利物浦的Parr Street Studio录音室，与曾为Gomez、Badly drawn boy作嫁的Ken Nelson共同制作。纯净、美丽的中、慢板旋律加上主唱Chris Martin神似Thom Yorke(Radiohesd主唱)轻柔却极具戏剧张力的淳美歌声，10首慢流一致浪漫、迷美情绪的歌谣。 “Shiver”是一首绚烂美丽，关于单恋的故事的歌曲，令人感到颤栗的歌曲名称；以澎湃汹涌的吉他反复乐节，加上Chrir戏剧性嗓音，简单手法表现的畅销单曲“Yellow”；年少轻狂的“Spies”，伴随着彷复来自天堂的中八度圣音；赤裸，贝斯乐声轻抚的民谣“Sparks”简单、有力的生活宣言；“Trouble”以惊人、独特的轻柔钢琴尾曲开场，紧接着Jon和谐的吉他切入，瞬间整首歌曲彷复飞了起来；专辑最后一曲“Everything's Not Lost”结尾部分的低声吟唱，充满了轻柔爵士味，是酷玩乐团Coldplay自信展现实力的进一步证明。 聆听《Parachutes》像感受一次美丽，但又寂寞的坠落；一段远离每日烦嚣，但又可以更清楚观看的经验。

FIRST TIME EVER SPECIAL EDITION will include both the stereo CD and a BONUS AUDIO DVD packaged in a digi-package with O-card. The DVD is audio only and will contain 81 minutes of music in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo (presented in DVD-Audio MLP, DTS, Dolby and PCM). "Love" is a fascinating reworking of numerous classic Beatles recordings by the band's original producer, Sir George Martin, and his son Giles. "Love" is also the title of the highly successful Cirque du Soleil show, a co-production with Apple Corps featuring the music of the Beatles, currently wowing audiences in Las Vegas. In creating the music for the show and for the album, George and Giles have created a continuous "soundscape"--a series of well-known Beatles songs augmented by additional instrumentation and vocals taken from their vast bank of original multi-track tapes. If you can imagine "Strawberry Fields Forever" beginning with John's original demo before going into an early take of the song and then climaxing in a musical collage including the piano solo from "In My Life" and the harpsichord pattern from "Piggies" and lots, lots more--or "Get Back" prefaced by the "Hard Day's Night" opening guitar chord, the guitar and drum solos from "The End," and segued into "Glass Onion," you will begin to get the picture. But hearing is believing! The guys have pushed back the boundaries and come up with a brand-new work that will add to the enduring legacy of the band. The result is an amazing album that not only reinforces the timeless quality of the group's recordings--the fans will have fun enjoying the roller-coaster experience of the album whilst trying to spot where all the pieces come from--it is also destined to open up a new legion of fans to the Beatles experience.

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香港独立音乐杂志MCB选出的百张欧美最具革命性的专辑之一，评语是“堪与Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band比拼的迷幻专辑，是他们“历年来想象力最为丰富的作品”。这张专辑纯粹是滚石乐队为了和Beatles一比高下而推出的，虽然没有获胜，但在英国当年排行榜第三，美国排行榜第二，也算虽败犹荣了。

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.

Remastered 1998 reissue of their 1965 album, repackaged withthe original artwork, new sleeve notes, lyrics and 11 bonustracks: 'Everybody's Gonna Be Happy', 'Who'll Be The Next InLine', 'Set Me Free', 'I Need You', 'See My Friends', 'NeverMet A Girl Like You Before', 'Wait Till The Summer ComesAlong', 'Such A Shame', 'A Well Respected Man', 'Don't YouFret' & 'I Go To Sleep' (unreleased demo recording). 23tracks total, also featuring the top 10 smash 'Tired OfWaiting For You' & their memorable cover of the Motownanthem 'Dancing In The Street'. A Castle release.

Limited edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve.

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

1 Cirrus Minor 5:18 2 The Nile Song 3:26 3 Crying Song 3:33 4 Up the Khyber 2:12 5 Green Is the Colour 2:58 6 Cymbaline 4:50 7 Party Sequence 1:07 8 Main Theme 5:28 9 Ibiza Bar 3:19 10 More Blues 2:12 11 Quicksilver 7:13 12 A Spanish Piece 1:05 13 Dramatic Theme 2:15