The Man Who - Travis Reviews

Travis "The Man Who" was released in 1999 by Independiente Records. It is the work of a Scottish quartet rather than just one man as the name of the band would imply. The photograph on the album cover does show the band in its entirety. There are two versions of this CD. One of these contains 3 extra songs named "Blue ...  Read the complete review

The Indie Pop band Travis came with "The Man Who" in 1999 as their second release. It found the Scottish band refining the sound of their music from more of a Rock sound to a much more mellow, mainstream-friendly Pop material (in comparison to their 1997 debut "Good Feeling" record). It features the same line-up who have gone ...  Read the complete review

As I mentioned in my previous Killers review, my son bought me a MP3 player for Christmas with some albums on it and I'm now taking the time to write some reviews for my favourites. Travis are a Scottish band led by charismatic front man Fran Healy. The seem to write catchy simple mild rock songs and this 1999 record is perfect example ...  Read the complete review

One of the best albums of 1999, if not the 90’s as a whole was the second album from Scottish band Travis. They followed up Good Feeling with one of the best albums I’d heard in a long time. It took a very mellow vibe but certainly made it work for Fran and Co. As a result The Man Who has become one of those albums that most people own. If you ...  Read the complete review

Released: 1999 Label: Independiente Play Time: 47.30 (2.00 dead time) Number Of Tracks: 10 (plus hidden) Genre: Alt Rock/Indie/Brit Pop Produced By: Nigel Godrich The Band Fran Healy Vocals/guitar Neil Primrose: Drums Dougie Payne Guitars Andy Dunlop: Guitar 'The Man Who' shot ...  Read the complete review

Travis are a scotty band who had already come to my attention before this album with their previous release 'Good Feeling' but went from second division to premier league with this album,not just in my mind but many! Released in 1999 it was the best selling album of that year and was in the album charts for months and months,from ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION: In this category, there will be almost as many reviews of the album as I have written overall in my dooyoo career. So, what have I got to give? Nothing but my undivided opinion. What do I demand? Nothing. Apart from some VU's and maybe a crown (hint, hint... ruthless or what?). No better feeling fills me than when I ...  Read the complete review

I just don't get it. How otherwise articulate and intelligent persons, obviously possessing great musical taste (or they would not have been persuaded to buy the album in the first place), can find only one ill-fitting word to describe this album. Depressing? The album as a whole? I cannot think of a less fitting summation. Why is it ...  Read the complete review

I never used to even really know who Travis were, so how could I possibly have imagined that they'd play such a big part of my life as they now do? The first time I played The Man Who, I was completely washed over by the end. And then there was the hidden track... My ultimate favourite track? I don't know. You can't just pick one track ...  Read the complete review

Oops – I made the mistake of writing this before looking at just how many opinions there are already for this album, hence the title. Still, overcrowded or not, I've written so I'm posting!! :) It seems to me that a decent album should have an appeal that lasts beyond the appeal of the singles. In fact, I tend to find the ...  Read the complete review

I just don't get it. How otherwise articulate and intelligent persons, obviously possessing great musical taste (or they would not have been persuaded to buy the album in the first place), can find only one ill-fitting word to describe this album. Depressing? The album as a whole? I cannot think of a less fitting summation. Why is it that ...  Read the complete review

Produced two of the best albums of the decade with their debut Good Feeling, and this The Man Who. This one's da bomb with some of the best sing along songs ever. Let's start at the beginning, shall we? Writing To Reach You, using the chords from Wonderwall, turned travis from a garage band into one of the best established ...  Read the complete review

After buying this CD, I later bought Travis's first album - 'Good Feeling', and then decided their debut was better than this. So you might like to consider checking that out before investing in this as your first Travis buy. The Man Who is known to everyone in the UK as TRavis's sucess, but Good Feeling is a well kept secret ...  Read the complete review

It’s hard not to feel controversial as I pen this opinion, so before I begin I’d like to make a few things clear. I like Travis a lot, I think their debut ‘Good Feeling’ was excellent and the new single ‘Sing’ is also great. So why was I so disappointed by the ‘The Man Who’? ‘The ...  Read the complete review

It seems that every year the music industry throws up one melodic indie rock act who hit the big time, which means that Travis are last years Coldplay or should that be Coldplay are this years Travis. The appeal of these bands is obvious in a market dominated by soulless R'n'B and dull boy bands they provide a bit of integrity in ...  Read the complete review

I like this album. No really I do. I kinda didn't know wot to expect when I bought it, and when I first listened to it I thought it was pretty awful. But then I listened to it again, and again, and it started to grow on me. It really should be played as background music, I found it didn't really sound that good played loud, but when we ...  Read the complete review

As has been documented at weary-ing length, nobody predicted the Travis phenomenon. They were too unfashionable, too song-dependent and too traditionally British in the sense that they made music and played it to people around the country (all bands used to do this). Fran Healy's songs are too personal to play the place game, but they do ...  Read the complete review

This is the album that brought Travis to prominence, and on listening; it’s easy to see why. The album is full of well-crafted songs with catchy hooks, and strong melodies. The songs are the type you hear on the radio, and suddenly find yourself whistling or singing along with. Although the songs are instantly memorable, this ...  Read the complete review

Travis is a good band, but since their recent success with The Man Who, they seem to have gone a bit big headed. The album’s decent, unlike their first, which to put it simply, is c**p. Before Travis brought out ‘why does it always rain on me?’ and played it at Glastonbury, and it rained, they were hardly known. Since ...  Read the complete review

I was first introduced to my Travis CD in March. Strait away I had to listen to it all again. With hits like: Writing To Reach You, Driftwood and It Always Rain On Me, who can blame me. Most of tracks seem to have the same sort of rhythm but are all different in their own sort of ways. I know its been a long time since its come out nut if your ...  Read the complete review