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Man Who, The (CD)

By: Travis

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Man Who, The (CD) Album By Travis
1   Writing To Reach You  
2   Fear  
3   As You Are  
4   Driftwood  
5   Last Laugh Of The Laugh  
6   Turn  
7   Why Does It Always Rain On Me  
8   Luv  
9   She's So Strange  
10   Slide Show  
11   Blue Flashing Light  
12   Writing To Reach You (LPL/mix)  
13   Driftwood (CDL)  
14   Writing To Reach You (CDL)  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.117) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
Entertainment Weekly (12/29/00, p.138) - Ranked #4 in EW's Top 10 Albums of 2000 - "...Wimpiness never sounded so honorable..."
Q (6/00, p.69) - Ranked #54 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...A succession of great moments stitched together with a craftman's care, sprinkled with a hint of lonliness..."
Rolling Stone (4/27/00, p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Sentimental pub rock at its warmest, with gorgeous guitar hooks and boy-next-door sincerity....If you have any weakness for sad-eyed Celtic troubadour pop [this album] will feed your jones and invite you to stay for supper."
Alternative Press (4/00, p.104) - 3 out of 5 - "...As ethereal post-Britpop goes, this is top-shelf material; the lyrics sound simultaneously hip and self-defeatist...and singer Fran Healy sounds suitably depressed..."
CMJ (3/27/00, p.3) - "...rapturous melodies and a sense of hopeful radiance within an otherwise sad and gloomy art-pop framework....a compelling work of beauty...".

Product note

Travis: Fran Healy, Dougie, Andy, Neil.
Additional personnel includes: Sarah Wilson (cello).
Engineers include: Gerard Navarro.
THE MAN WHO was an astonishingly successful and critically praised follow-up to Travis's inconspicuous 1997 debut, GOOD FEELING. Amidst the upbeat but uninspired post-Britpop guitar scene, the Glaswegian four-piece refined the tender moments from the group's first album to produce a work of unexpected subtlety and confidence. The stunning first single and opening track "Writing to Reach You" sets the mood. The song evokes the fragility and lyrical ache of Radiohead's "High and Dry" and name-checks Oasis's "Wonderwall."
From the claustrophobic "The Fear" to the mocking self-pity of "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" to the somnolent "As You Are" and the mellow resignation of "Driftwood," Fran Healy and company wrest a range of emotions from the simplest of acoustic arrangements. Only the solitary stray into bombast of "Turn" disappoints, but it still serves to demonstrate how far the group has progressed.

Album Description

Breakthrough album for the Glaswegian, jangly guitar pop act. 'The Man Who' is a much more downbeat affair than their debut album, 'Good Feeling'. The hit singles 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me', 'Driftwood', 'Turn' and 'Writing To Reach You' are all included.

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