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(2019) Travis - The Man Who [20th Anniversary Edition]
Review:
2CD deluxe with the 19 B-sides on the second CD. After their successful debut album of murky pop, Travis seemingly felt a need to tinker with the formula. The product of this change is The Man Who, a quiet album filled to the brim with atmospheric and introspective ballads. Acoustic guitars and tranquil melodies rule here, as this release is an entirely different affair than the band’s revved-up debut. Fortunately for Travis, this disc became a massive U.K. hit, spawning no less than five hugely successful singles. The album highlight is “Why Does It Always Rain on Me?,” a sweeping singalong that took England by storm and became one of the biggest hits of 1999. However, despite the public’s warm embrace of this album, fans of the “old” Travis may be disappointed. Gone are the arena-ready stompers and the dirty, grimy singalong pop that comprised Good Feeling. Instead, what is left is merely adequate; The Man Who offers pleasant background music, but no truly gripping moments. It’s lite rock for late-’90s Britain that’s, unfortunately, easily forgettable
Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Writing to Reach You (03:41)
2. The Fear (04:12)
3. As You Are (04:14)
4. Driftwood (03:33)
5. The Last Laugh of the Laughter (04:20)
6. Turn (04:24)
7. Why Does It Always Rain on Me? (04:25)
8. Luv (04:55)
9. She’s So Strange (03:15)
10. Slide Show (10:31)
Disc 2
1. Green Behind the Ears (03:40)
2. Only Molly Knows (03:19)
3. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (03:50)
4. High as a Kite (02:32)
5. Be My Baby (05:16)
6. Where Is the Love? (04:19)
7. Village Man (03:18)
8. Driftwood (Live at the Link Café / 1999) (04:07)
9. The Urge for Going (06:04)
10. Slide Show (Live at the Link Café / 1999) (03:14)
11. River (03:56)
12. Days of Our Lives (05:44)
13. We Are Monkeys (03:06)
14. Baby One More Time (In Session) (03:32)
15. Coming Around (03:09)
16. Just the Faces Change (02:26)
17. The Connection (03:44)
18. Rock ‘n’ (Salad) Roll (02:00)
19. The Weight (05:12)
Summary:
Country: Scotland
Genre: indie-pop, rock
Media Report:
Source: CD
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Bit rate: ~ 825-1065 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits |
