Ode To J. Smith [11/4] (CD) ~ Travis (Artist) Cover Art

Ode To J. Smith [11/4] (CD)

By: Travis (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Ode To J. Smith [11/4] (CD) Album By Travis (Artist)
1   Chinese Blues
2   J Smith
3   Something Anything
4   Long Way Down
5   Broken Mirror
6   Last Words
7   Quite Free
8   Get Up
9   Friends
10   Song To Self
11   Before You Were Young
 

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Review

Alternative Press (p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The band flex all their muscles from a decade-plus of experience without hesitation and, more importantly, without overdoing it."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Broken Mirror' is best of all, a fragile, slightly psychedelic reverie delivered before a distorted sonic backdrop."
Clash (magazine) (p.110) - "'Chinese Democracy' is a cracker of an opener; set at stadium rock pace it strums out like a Britpop classic..."

Title Note

Travis: Fran Healy (vocals, guitar); Andy Dunlop (guitar, background vocals); Douglas Payne (bass guitar, background vocals); Neil Primrose (drums, percussion).

Personnel: Ian Burdge, Sally Herbert (strings).

Additional personnel: Claes Bjorklund (accordion, piano, keyboard); Crouch End Festival Chorus.

Arrangers: Joby Talbot; Sally Herbert.

On 2008's ODE TO J. SMITH, Travis largely leaves behind its signature light, lilting melodies (see THE MAN WHO and THE BOY WITH NO NAME), with the Britpop ensemble going for a more restless and amped-up sound. While Travis doesn't follow a heavier aesthetic as naturally as its U.K. peers Coldplay, SMITH is an undeniably immediate album that allows frontman, Fran Healy, to cut loose, often taking a more dramatic approach than his typically laid-back vocals (as on the stomping "Something Anything"). The entire band also responds in kind with notably edgier playing (particularly the jagged guitars and driving rhythms fueling "J. Smith"), easily making ODE one of Travis's most rocked-out offerings.

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