The Man Who 1272729 224833615 2008-07-10T16:55:36Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = The Man Who | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Travis (band)|Travis]] | Cover = Travis_-_The_Man_Who_album_cover.jpg | Released = [[May 24]] [[1999]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br />[[April 4]] [[2000]] <small>([[United States|US]])</small> | Recorded = 1998-1999 | Genre = [[Indie pop]]<br>[[Alternative rock]] | Length = 55:28 | Label = [[Epic Records|Independiente]] <small>(UK)<br />ISOM9CD</small><br />[[Epic Records|Epic]] <small>EK 62151 (US)</small> | Producer = [[Nigel Godrich]], Ian Grimble, Mike Hedges | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:go120r4au48n~T10 link] *[[Q]] {{rating|2|5}} *[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22660/Travis_The_Man_Who link] *[[Robert Christgau]] (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4172&name=Travis link] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/travis/albums/album/96182/review/5940995/the_man_who 27 Apr 00] | Last album = ''[[Good Feeling]]''<br />(1997) | This album = '''''The Man Who'''''<br />(1999) | Next album = ''[[The Invisible Band]]''<br />(2001) | }} '''''The Man Who''''' is the second album by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[indie rock]] band [[Travis (band)|Travis]], and the album that brought them into international recognition. It was first released in late [[Spring (season)|spring]] 1999, and reached #1 in the UK albums chart, and #8 in Australia. It also helped the band win two [[BRIT Awards]] in 2000, when the album was also released in [[Canada]], with "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" as the first single, instead of "Writing To Reach You" which was the album's first single in the UK. The album was co-dedicated to [[Stanley Kubrick]]. ''The Man Who'' was the best selling album in the UK for the year 1999. The title of the album is a reference to an [[Oliver Sacks]] book, ''[[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat]]''. In 2006, ''[[Q Magazine]]'''s readers voted that ''The Man Who'' was the 70th greatest album of all time. ==Track listing== All tracks written by [[Francis Healy]], except where noted. #"[[Writing to Reach You]]" – 3:41 #"The Fear" – 4:12 #"As You Are" – 4:14 #"[[Driftwood (single)|Driftwood]]" – 3:33 #"The Last Laugh of the Laughter" – 4:19 #"[[Turn (song)|Turn]]" – 4:23 #"[[Why Does It Always Rain on Me?]]" – 4:24 #"Luv" (Healy-Seymour) – 4:55 #"She's So Strange" – 3:15 #"Slide Show" – 10:31 #* Contains the [[hidden track]] "Blue Flashing Light", which starts at 6:48. "Slide Show" ends at 3:35. #* Initial pressings of the [[United States|U.S.]] version contain additional [[hidden track]]s "20" and "Only Molly Knows" #* At least one UK edition has hidden tracks of "Blue Flashing Light", "20", and "Only Molly Knows" after "Slide Show", there is approx. 3:10 mins of silence after "Slide Show" before the hidden tracks begin. #* Regular Mexican edition contains "Blue Flashing Light", "20" and "Only Molly Knows" hidden after "Slide Show" #* In [[Ireland]] a limited edition contained the track 'Coming Around' (at No. 8) and a bonus acoustic 3 track EP. ==Personnel== *[[Francis Healy]] – vocals, guitar *[[Andy Dunlop]] – guitar *[[Dougie Payne]] – bass guitar *[[Neil Primrose]] – drum ==External links== [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=477059 XFM 10th Birthday Podcast on the album with band interviews.] {{Travis}} [[Category:Travis albums|Man Who, The]] [[Category:1999 albums|Man Who, The]] [[Category:Number-one albums in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Epic Records albums|Man Who, The]] [[Category:Independiente Records albums|Man Who, The]] [[Category:Albums produced by Nigel Godrich]] [[fr:The Man Who]] [[nl:The Man Who (Travis)]] [[pl:The Man Who]] [[fi:The Man Who]]