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I have to admit that this is one of my favourite albums of all time.
Fran Healy and Co. have had many hits from this including "Driftwood", "Writing To Reach You" and "Turn".
It also contains the anthem "Why Does It Always Rain On Me" which, being from Glasgow myself, I can certainly understand why it was written as I find myself regularly reciting it when I get drenched on my way home from the pub!
However, along with the well known hits, the album also has some other great tracks such as my personal favourite "The Last Laugh Of The Laughter". This sees Fran mixing both French and English lyrics together to produce a very haunting song which is definitely one of the best tracks on the whole album in my opinion.
It has been said that you should listen to this if you are looking for some serious music (along the lines of Radiohead) but I find that it is not all doom and gloom and the tracks are as easy to listen to as most other non-poppy style groups.
There is also a hidden track which is about 3-4 mins after track 10 "Slide Show".
The full track listing is as follows:
1) Writing To Reach You 2) The Fear 3) As You Are 4) Driftwood 5) The Last Laugh Of The Laughter 6) Turn 7) Why Does It Always Rain On Me 8) Luv 9) She’s So Strange 10) Slide Show 11) (hidden track)
So overall, after listening to this album over and over again, I can understand why it has stayed in the charts for so long and it’s gold disc is hanging in Glasgow’s Horseshoe Bar (the place where Travis were formed and used to practice).
If you were to believe the majority of Glaswegians (especially the Horseshoe punters), it may well be on the way to becoming a Scottish classic and I feel that it certainly is worth buying.
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Advantages: Excellent album, that has a very wide appeal. Some excellent singles and superb album tracks Disadvantages: It's perhaps too good that they raised the expectation too high for the rest of their albums
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