10 Songs by Travis - DeepRiffs

ALBUM

Kicking off their fourth decade as a band, Scottish indie rock stalwarts Travis get back to basics with album number nine, 10 Songs. With frontman Fran Healey back in primary songwriter mode, the record benefits from this singular vision, providing that familiar warmth and intimacy that has endeared them to fans since the turn of the 21st century. Heartfelt and unfettered, 10 Songs provides the full range of what Travis can deliver, from the passionately urgent to the bleedingly sensitive. On one extreme, the driving opener "Waving at the Window" sprinkles sparkling piano atop Dougie Payne's urgent bass, Andy Dunlop's meandering guitar, and Neil Primrose's persistent drumming, while the scuzzy glam rock "Valentine" resurrects the spirit of the band's breakthrough single, "All I Want to Do Is Rock," hitting like Coldplay's "Politik" and swaggering like Oasis at their cockiest. Meanwhile, the red-blooded "A Ghost" rollicks with a piano-guitar stomp that injects some much-needed vigor. Otherwise, 10 Songs soothes like a loving hug with midtempo cuts like the breezy soft rock gem "Butterflies" and the pastoral "All Fall Down," which could easily find itself on a Bon Iver or Fleet Foxes record. In addition to the trio of rocking standouts, the lush duet with the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs, "The Only Thing," is another highlight. Backed by swelling strings, twinkling piano, and country-kissed guitar strumming, the song sways with tenderness and longing as Healey and Hoffs intertwine their voices to magical effect. After 2016's robust but scattered Everything at Once, the focused 10 Songs is a welcome return to their early style and one of the strongest statements in their catalog.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo

1. Waving at the Window

Background Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Jonny Breakwell; Production
Percussion: Dougie Payne
Fran Healy
Neil Primrose
Andy Dunlop; Performer
Producer: Robin Baynton
Fran Healy; Production
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Synthesizer: Andy Dunlop
Fran Healy; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Programmer: Fran Healy; Production
Recording: Dan Ewins; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

2. The Only Thing (feat. Susanna Hoffs)

by Travis, Susanna Hoffs

Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy; Performer
Background Vocals: Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Cello: Ian Burdge
Sarah Willson; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Engineer: Robin Baynton
Emily Lazar; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Percussion: Neil Primrose; Performer
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Featured Artist: Susanna Hoffs; Main Performer
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Greg Leisz; Performer
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Viola: Rachel Robson; Performer
Violin: Sally Herbert
Everton Nelson; Performer
Vocals: Susanna Hoffs
Fran Healy; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Sally Herbert; Composer
Recording: Emma Marks
Dan Ewins; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

3. Valentine

Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy; Performer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Jonny Breakwell; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Background Vocals: Dougie Payne
Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop
Robin Baynton; Performer
Piano: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Recording: Dan Ewins; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

4. Butterflies

Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy
Andy Dunlop; Performer
Engineer: Robin Baynton
Emily Lazar; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Background Vocals: Fran Healy
Andy Dunlop
Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Percussion: Fran Healy; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Recording: Emma Marks; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

5. A Million Hearts

Background Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other
Programmer: Fran Healy; Production
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Rhodes Piano: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Synthesizer: Jason Lytle
Robin Baynton; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Recording: Emma Marks
Dan Ewins; Production

6. A Ghost

Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy; Performer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Andy Dunlop
Fran Healy
Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop
Fran Healy; Performer
Percussion: Fran Healy; Performer
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Recording: Emma Marks; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

7. All Fall Down

Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Organ: Robin Baynton; Performer
Piano: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Recording: Emma Marks; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

8. Kissing in the Wind

Acoustic Guitar: Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Cello: Ian Burdge; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Engineer: Robbie Nelson
Darrell Thorp
Emily Lazar; Production
Strings Arrangement: Fran Healy
Sally Herbert; Composer
Producer: Fran Healy; Production
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Strings: Daniel Hart; Performer
Viola: Rachel Robson
Daniel Hart; Performer
Violin: Daniel Hart
Everton Nelson
Sally Herbert; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Recording: Duncan Fuller; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

9. Nina's Song

Acoustic Guitar: Andy Dunlop
Fran Healy; Performer
Background Vocals: Dougie Payne
Fran Healy; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Cello: Ian Burdge; Performer
Drums: Neil Primrose; Performer
Electric Guitar: Andy Dunlop; Performer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Producer: Robin Baynton
Fran Healy; Production
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dougie Payne; Performer
Finger Cymbals: Fran Healy; Performer
Percussion: Neil Primrose; Performer
Viola: Rachel Robson; Performer
Violin: Sally Herbert
Everton Nelson; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Sally Herbert; Composer
Programmer: Robin Baynton; Production
Recording: Emma Marks; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

10. No Love Lost

Primary Artist: Travis; Main Performer
Piano: Fran Healy; Performer
Synthesizer: Robin Baynton; Performer
Vocals: Fran Healy; Performer
Composer: Fran Healy; Composer
Engineer: Emily Lazar
Robin Baynton; Production
Mixing Assistant: Emma Marks; Production
Producer: Fran Healy
Robin Baynton; Production
Recording: Emma Marks; Production
Assistant Masterer: Chris Allgood; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

10 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

37 minutes and 55 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

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Booklet

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CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

All tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Brit Rock

Label

BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 8, 2020

Track Preview

Available

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UPC

4050538615111