Coldplay: Day 12
July 8, 2025. Live 2003 was Coldplay's first "live" album release (they released a live EP a couple years before). Released in November 2003, this album contains the complete recording of a concert they gave in Sydney, Australia (apparently it contains material from two different shows on consecutive nights, more on that later). I think live albums are kind of annoying in general because it's just a bunch of extra content that isn't really providing anything new. I'm not sure exactly why artists release live albums, I guess it's just a matter of preference with some people liking them and some not. A couple things they can provide are alternative listening experiences, or just other methods to sell more records/get more streams. The album itself is about 50% songs from AROBTTH, 25% songs from Parachutes, and 25% other songs. Concerts are usually structured this way with the latest album taking up a disproportionally large share of the songs and then popu...