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Live Albums By Coldplay

It’s useful to see the timing of studio albums and hot singles by Coldplay before looking in detail at their live albums.

Studio Albums By Coldplay

The band have been very successful from the very start and from their second album onwards, they were one of the biggest bands across the world.

2000 Parachutes UK #1 in album chart
2002 A Rush of Blood to the Head UK #1 US #5
2005 X&Y UK #1 US #1
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends UK #1 US #1
2011 Mylo Xyloto UK #1 US #1
2014 Ghost Stories UK #1 US #1
2015 A Head Full of Dreams UK #1 US #2

Hit Singles By Coldplay

Their top 20 hit singles in the UK and USA are:

2000 Yellow #4 UK
2000 Trouble #10 UK
2002 In My Place #2 UK
2002 The Scientist #10 UK
2003 Clocks #9 UK
2005 Speed Of Sound #2 UK, #8 US
2005 Fix You #4 UK
2005 Talk #10 UK
2008 Violet Hill #8 UK
2008 Viva la Vida #1 UK, #1 US
2010 Christmas Lights #13 UK
2011 Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall #6 UK, #14 US
2011 Paradise #1 UK, #15 US
2012 Princess Of China (with Rhianna) #4 UK, #20 US
2013 Atlas #12 UK
2014 Magic #10 UK, #14 US
2014 A Sky Full Of Stars #9 UK, #10 US
2015 Adventure Of A Lifetime #7 UK, #13 US
2016 Hymn For The Weekend #6 UK

Live Albums By Coldplay

2003 Live 2003
2008 LeftRightLeftRightLeft
2012 Live 2012
2014 Ghost Stories Live
2014 Live At Moody Theatre
2016 A Head Full Of Dreams Tour Live In Manchester

What Are The Best Live Albums Of All Time?

Coldplay started with a tuneful indie rock style sound and I’ve included Live 2003 as an indie rock live album. However their massive success makes it hard to think of them as anything other than classic rock for their later albums.

Please vote in my poll to find the best indie and alternative rock live albums.

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Because this is such a big category and there are so many very good indie and alternative rock live albums, I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.

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You can get these albums from Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk.

You may also be interested in the poll to find the best new wave and punk rock live albums.

You can see the complete list of readers polls at Live Album Polls.

Please vote in the poll to find the best classic rock live albums.

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Because there are so many excellent classic rock live albums I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.

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You can get these albums from Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk.

Coldplay Live 2012

Live 2012 is a live album and DVD by Coldplay.

The live album was mainly recorded at the Stade de France in Paris on 2 September 2012 but some songs are several different performances from different venues edited together.

The DVD features songs from the Stade de France concert, another at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and their performance at the Glastonbury festival in England in 2011.

The band were promoting their latest studio album, Mylo Xyloto and this is featured heavily in the song selection.

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What Are The Best Live Albums By Coldplay?

Coldplay are extremely successful around the world with their studio albums heading to #1 in the album charts but have they released a must-have live album?

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Coldplay Live 2003

Coldplay Live 2003 is a live album and DVD by Coldplay.

It was recorded at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on 21 and 22 July 2003 and was released in November 2003. The band were promoting their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.

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Coldplay Ghost Stories Live 2014

Ghost Stories Live 2014 is a live album and DVD by Coldplay.

In May 2014 Coldplay released their sixth studio album called Ghost Stories. Two months earlier, in March 2014, they had performed a small concert to preview the album. This was filmed and forms the DVD in the package together with various bonuses.

The CD is a live version of the Ghost Stories album but it was recorded between April and July at various concerts from around the world.

Released 24 November 2014.

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