en_GB http://tobyinkster.co.uk/article/bands-coldplay/ ====<br> <img src="/Images/music/cp_pic.png" height="300" width="300" class="bandpic" alt="A picture of the band"><br> <p> Critics criticise their lyrical<br> abilities (Chris Martin sure ain&#8217;t the &#8220;lyrical gangsta&#8221;!), but that&#8217;s<br> what critics do&#8230; it&#8217;s their job. Sure their lyrics ain&#8217;t that hot, but<br> lyrics aren&#8217;t what Coldplay are about. Coldplay just write great, floaty,<br> dreamy music.<br> </p> <p> Coldplay are a bunch of ex-students from University College London (UCL),<br> an establishment to which I nearly went. After graduating, they decided not<br> to get a proper job, and to go into the music business instead. It<br> payed off.<br> </p> <p> After releasing several critically-acclaimed limited edition EPs, they<br> recorded an album, <em class="album">Parachutes</em>.<br> </p> <p> The singles <em class="song">Shiver</em>, <em class="song">Yellow</em><br> and <em class="song">Trouble</em> all sold well in the UK and&#8230;