10 Songs (Travis album)

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10 Songs
Studio album by
Released9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)
RecordedJune 2019 – January 2020
StudioRAK, London[1]
Length37:52
Label
  • BMG
  • Red Telephone Box
Producer
Travis chronology
Everything at Once
(2016)
10 Songs
(2020)
L.A. Times
(2024)
Singles from 10 Songs
  1. "Kissing in the Wind"
    Released: 3 December 2019
  2. "A Ghost"
    Released: 3 June 2020
  3. "Valentine"
    Released: 15 July 2020
  4. "The Only Thing"
    Released: 24 August 2020
  5. "All Fall Down"
    Released: 16 September 2020
  6. "Waving at the Window"
    Released: 6 October 2020
  7. "Nina's Song"
    Released: 4 December 2020

10 Songs is the ninth studio album by the Scottish band Travis, released on 9 October 2020. The album sees singer Fran Healy return to the role of primary songwriter for the first time since 2003's 12 Memories.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Mojo[5]
NME7/10[6]
Uncut[7]
Under the Radar7/10[8]

10 Songs received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 6 reviews.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Fran Healy

No.TitleLength
1."Waving at the Window"3:28
2."The Only Thing (feat. Susanna Hoffs)"3:32
3."Valentine"3:00
4."Butterflies"3:54
5."A Million Hearts"4:34
6."A Ghost"3:45
7."All Fall Down"3:27
8."Kissing in the Wind"3:54
9."Nina's Song"4:30
10."No Love Lost"3:48
Total length:37:52

Japanese bonus track

No.TitleLength
11."Kissing in the Wind (Stripped)"3:43
Total length:41:35

Personnel

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Travis

Additional musicians

  • Sally Herbert - violin
  • Everton Nelson - violin
  • Rachel Robson - viola
  • Ian Burdge - cello
  • Sarah Wilson - cello

Charts

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Chart performance for 10 Songs
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 145
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 160
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 13
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 5

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Christopher (6 October 2020). "Travis Share New Song 'Waving at the Window'". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Travis return with 'A Ghost' from new album '10 Songs': "I'm back in the fucking ring and I'll take you all on"". NME. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ Yeung, Neil. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Mojo - Review of Travis - 10 Songs". Mojo – via Metacritic.
  6. ^ Trendell, Andrew (8 October 2020). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Uncut - Review of Travis - 10 Songs". Uncut – via Metacritic.
  8. ^ Conner, Matt (9 October 2020). "Under The Music Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Travis – 10 Songs" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Travis – 10 Songs" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Top Albums (Week 42, 2020)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Travis – 10 Songs" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Travis – 10 Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2020.