On August 26, 2002, “Parlaphone” label released “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, the second Coldplay studio album. It was recorded September 2001 – May 2002, and was produced by Ken Nelson, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Cha,pion. In 2002, at the “Q Awards” the album was awarded “Best Album”. In 2003, the album won Coldplay “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative Album” and for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” for the song “In My Place”, and was voted “Best British Album” at the “BRIT Awards”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “A Rush of Blood to the Head” at number 466 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 3 x Platinum in Argentina by “CAPIF”; 7 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Austria by “IFPI”; 4 x Platinum in Brazil by “ABPD”; Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”; Platinum in Mexico by “AMPROFON”; Platinum in Netherlands by “NVPI”; 4 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; 9 x Platinum in the UK by the “BPI” and 4 x Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- Chris Martin– lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
- Jonny Buckland– acoustic and electric guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
- Guy Berryman– bass guitar, string arrangements, mixing, art direction
- Will Champion– drums, percussion, harmony vocals, string arrangements, art direction
- Ann Lines – strings
- Laura Melhewish – strings
- Leo Payne – strings
- Susan Dench – strings
- Chris Tombling – strings
- Dan Green – strings
- Peter Lale – strings
- Richard George – strings
- Audrey Riley– strings, string arranger
- Ken Nelson– engineer, mixing
- Jon Bailey – engineer assistant
- Jon Withnal – engineer assistant
- Ben Thackeray – engineer assistant
- Andrea Wright – engineer assistant
- Rik Simpson– additional engineering
- Danton Supple – mixing
- Mark Phythian – mixing, additional production
- George Marino– mastering
- Blue Source – art direction
- Sølve Sundsbø – cover art
- Tom Sheehan – photography
- Zed Nelson – photography
Track listing:
]All tracks by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.
- Politik
- In My Place
- God Put a Smile upon Your Face
- The Scientist
- Clocks
- Daylight
- Green Eyes
- Warning Sign
- A Whisper
- A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Amsterdam
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