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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC(?)[2]
Music Box[3]
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)[4]
Q[5]
Robert Christgau(B-)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

The Man Who is the second studio album from the Scottish indie pop band Travis. The album was released on 24 May 1999, becoming the album that gave the band international recognition. The album peaked at #1 in the UK and #8 in Australia. It was later released in the United States in Early 2000. The album won two BRIT Awards in 2000 for the categories of "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer". The album was dedicated to Stanley Kubrick. The album became the bestselling album in the UK in 1999, selling more than 2.7 million copies. The title of the album makes reference to an Oliver Sacks book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.[8] In 2006, Q' rated the album as the 70th greatest album of all time.[9] The album was nominated in 2010 for best album of the last 30 years, but lost to Oasis's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Francis Healy, except where noted.

Standard Edition
  1. "Writing to Reach You" – 3:41
  2. "The Fear" – 4:12
  3. "As You Are" – 4:14
  4. "Driftwood" – 3:33
  5. "The Last Laugh of the Laughter" – 4:20
  6. "Turn" – 4:24
  7. "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" – 4:25
  8. "Luv" (Healy, Adam Seymour) – 4:55
  9. "She's So Strange" – 3:15
  10. "Slide Show" – 3:06
Japanese bonus tracks[11]
11. "Be My Baby"
12. "Writing to Reach You" (The Deadly Avenger's Bayou Blues Mix)
13. "Writing to Reach You" (The Deadly Avenger's Instrumental Mix)
14. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track)
American bonus tracks[12]
4. "Driftwood" (alternative version) – 3:11
11. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:43
12. "20" (hidden track) - 3:01
13. "Only Molly Knows" (hidden track) - 2:56
Special 'Live' Edition bonus tracks[13]
7. "Coming Around" - 4:05
12. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:53
13. "Driftwood" (Live at the Link Cafe, Glasgow)
14. "Slide Show" (Live at the Link Cafe, Glasgow)
15. "More Than Us" (Live on Italia Radio)
Limited Edition bonus tracks[14]
11. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:43
12. "Writing to Reach You" (video)
13. "Driftwood" (video)

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 1
ARIA Albums Chart 8
Austrian Albums Chart 46
Canadian Albums Chart 40
Swiss Albums Chart 85
German Albums Chart 34
Irish Albums Chart 2
New Zealand Albums Chart 14
US Billboard 200 135

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by UK number one album
28 August 1999 – 10 September 1999
15 January 2000 – 18 February 2000
18 March 2000 – 31 March 2000 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ BBC review
  3. ^ Music Box review
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ^ Eccleston, Danny. "Review: Travis - The Man Who". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 116.
  6. ^ Robert Christgau review
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ http://www.travisonline.com/band/travis_web_team/?id=21&p=2
  9. ^ http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=477059 XFM 10th Birthday Podcast on the album with band interviews
  10. ^ http://www.travisonline.com/news/vote-for-travis-at-the-brit-awards/?p=1&
  11. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=172062
  12. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=155126
  13. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=347341
  14. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=195056
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