Keane - Hopes and Fears (2004)

"Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane


From Coldplay to Keane because Chris Martin once asked Tim Rice-Oxley to join his band while they were at together school.  In time, the two mutually agreed against the union.  Coldplay went its own very successful way and Rice-Oxley remained as the lead songwriter and pianist for his own band, Keane.  Win-Win.  Keane released its debut album Hopes and Fears in 2004.

"All the raucous abrasiveness of a bag of cotton wool." -NME

Here is the discography surrounding Keane's debut album:

Call Me What You Like (2000 single)
Wolf at the Door (2001 single)
Everybody's Changing (2003 single)
This Is the Last Time (2003 single)
Live on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" (2003 live bootleg)
Somewhere Only We Know (2004 single)
Everybody's Changing (2004 single)
Hopes and Fears
Live at Glastonbury (2004 live bootleg)
Bedshaped (2004 single)
This Is the Last Time (2004 single)
Live at The Riviera (2005 live bootleg)
Live Recordings 2004 (2005 Live EP)
Bend and Break (2005 single)
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (2005 fanclub single)

"Bedshaped" by Keane


Live at The Bull Gate 2001 by Keane


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Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)

"Shiver" by Coldplay


From Rose Chronicles's Shiver to Coldplay's single "Shiver"... It's a bit of a stretch but I needed a way to break out of the monotonous loop of only linking bands through their producers (or of their ilk) that were in other bands.  It's a nice connection, but tiresome if done too often.

Coldplay consists of Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Guy Berryman (bass), Johnny Buckland (lead guitar), and Will Champion (drums).  They all met at University and, while still in school, began to cut their own demos and EPs.  By the time they graduated, they had a five-album recording contract with Parlophone Records.  Then, the band's second single with Parlophone, "Yellow", put them on the map.  The song made it to the Top 5 in the UK, did well across Europe, and cemented a spot in Billboard's Hot 100.  Coldplay's debut album Parachutes did even better by hitting the top of the album charts in the UK, going triple platinum.  In the United States, the album hit double platinum and scored the band's first Grammy nomination and win for Best Alternative Music Album.

Here is the discography surrounding Coldplay's debut album:

Ode to Deoderant (1998 demo)
Safety (1998 EP)
Brothers & Sisters (1999 single)
The Blue Room (1999 EP)
Shiver (2000 single)
Yellow (2000 single)
Parachutes
Trouble (2000 single)
Live at Cardiff University (2000 live bootleg)
Acoustic (2000 EP)
Live at The Crossing Borders Festival (2000 live bootleg)
Live at KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" (2000 live radio)
Don't Panic (2001 single)
Trouble - Norwegian Live (2001 live EP)
Mince Spies (2001 Christmas EP)

"Yellow" by Coldplay


"We Never Change (live on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic")" by Coldplay


"See You Soon" by Coldplay


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