10 Songs by Travis (Uk) Susanna Hoffs (CD, 2020)

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Title: 10 Songs. The release is described (by the label) as a 'grown-up record' with 'it's own emotional microclimate'. Edition: Album. Type: Album. Format: CD. 5: A Million Hearts. 10: No Love Lost.

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ProducerRobin Baynton; Fran Healy
Record LabelBmg (Distributor)
UPC4050538615043
eBay Product ID (ePID)24050198871

Product Key Features

Release Year2020
FormatCD
GenreRock
Run Time37 Mins 51 Seconds
ArtistTravis (Uk), Susanna Hoffs
Release Title10 Songs

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DistributionADA
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs1
EngineerRobin Baynton
ReviewsNME (Magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] folk pop floatation tank of a record that transports you instantly to 1999..."
Additional informationPersonnel: Fran Healy (vocals, guitar); Andy Dunlop (guitar, background vocals); Neil Primrose (drums, percussion); Dougie Payne (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Robin Baynton. Recording information: Gezeling Studio; RAK Studios, London. 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
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

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