The The Invisible Band [20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 2CD/Clear Vinyl 2LP Box Set]

by Travis

Overview

After the momentous success achieved with their sophomore effort (The Man Who), Travis' return to melodic rock & roll with The Invisible Band is once again personal and earnest. Having spent most of 2000 supporting Oasis and playing their own headlining gigs in the States, Travis remained humble while collecting a dozen solid tracks for another album, most of them plucked from Fran Healy's own humming and tinkering around with an acoustic. The Invisible Band finds Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Neil Finn) mixing and mastering again, and vulnerability found within these songs is what makes Travis a decent band. They are not afraid to be catchy and they're certainly suckers for a sweet love tune. But Travis is conscious of the unconscious and reflects any kind of lyrical emotion. Debut single "Sing" is charming while addressing inhibitions within a relationship. The banjo is a nice touch, for it becomes a mainstay throughout and adds a slightly different touch versus the simplicities of an acoustic. "Side" and "Flowers in the Window" are instantly endearing with their Beatlesque hooks, but "The Humpty Dumpty Love Song" is Travis' finest moment of musical clarity with Healy's heart on his sleeve. Written while on tour with Oasis, "The Humpty Dumpty Love Song" reflects a hero's fading fervor of love lost -- "All the kings horses and all the kings men/Couldn't pull my heart back together again/All the physicians and mathematicians too/Failed to stop my heart from breaking in two." Indeed, Travis is the basic man's poets and The Invisible Band plays toward the simplicities of humility. They've done it again, but with more internal charisma. The Man Who took them from indie angst to melodic humdrum. The Invisible Band perfects the ever-changing growth within the band for something great. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

Product Details

Release Date:	12/03/2021
Label:	Concord / Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072243248
Rank:	90808

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Sing
2. Dear Diary
3. Side
4. Pipe Dreams
5. Flowers in the Window
6. The Cage
7. Safe
8. Follow the Light
9. Last Train
10. Afterglow
11. Indefinitely
12. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

Disc 2

13. Ring Out the Bell
14. Killer Queen
15. You Don't Know What I'm Like
16. Beautiful
17. Driftwood [Live at Barrowlands]
18. All the Young Dudes [Live at Barrowlands]
19. You're a Big Girl Now
20. Ancient Train
21. Here Comes the Sun [Live at Top of the Pops Awards 2001]
22. A Little Bit of Soul
23. Central Station
24. No Cigar
25. Sing [Alt. Take]
26. Flowers In The Window [Acoustic]
27. Dear Diary [Demo]
28. Last Train [Demo]
29. Flowers In The Window [BBC Session]
30. Sing [BBC Session]

Disc 3

31. Sing
32. Dear Diary
33. Side
34. Pipe Dreams
35. Flowers in the Window
36. The Cage
37. Safe
38. Follow the Light
39. Last Train
40. Afterglow
41. Indefinitely
42. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

Disc 4

43. Ring Out the Bell
44. Killer Queen
45. You Don't Know What I'm Like
46. Beautiful
47. Driftwood [Live at Barrowlands]
48. All the Young Dudes [Live at Barrowlands]
49. You're a Big Girl Now
50. Ancient Train
51. Here Comes the Sun [Live at Top of the Pops Awards 2001]
52. A Little Bit of Soul
53. Central Station
54. No Cigar
55. Swing'
56. Flowers in the Window [Acoustic]
57. Dear Diary [Demo]
58. Last Train [Demo]
59. Sing [Live on BBC]
60. Flowers in the Window [Live on BBC]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Travis   Primary Artist
Steve Orchard   Strings
Douglas Payne   Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Jason Falkner   Piano,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Andy Dunlop   Banjo,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Millennia   Strings
Jason Faulkner   Piano
Millennia Strings   Strings
Dougie Payne   Guitar (Bass)
Neil Primrose   Drums
Jeremy Proctor   Keyboards
Fran Healy   Piano,Guitar,Lead Vocals
Francis Healy   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Francis Healy   Composer
Travis   Producer
Steve Orchard   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,String Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Douglas Payne   Composer
Freddie Mercury   Composer
George Harrison   Composer
Jason Falkner   Mastering
Joby Talbot   Arranger,String Arrangements
Darrell Thorp   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Assistant Engineer
David Bowie   Composer
Andy Dunlop   Composer
Nigel Godrich   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Recording Producer
Stefan Ruiz   Photography
Dougie Payne   Composer
Jon Bailey   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Darren Nash   Assistant Engineer
Fran Healy   Composer