Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099751276128
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Independiente
Manufacturer: Independiente
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Independiente
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Studio: Independiente

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Disc 1:

1. Quicksand
2. The Beautiful Occupation
3. Re-Offender
4. Peace the Fuck Out
5. How Many Hearts
6. Paperclips
7. Somewhere Else
8. Love Will Come Through
9. Mid-Life Krysis
10. Happy to Hang Around
11. Walking Down the Hill

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Travis's self-produced fourth album, 12 Memories, is lush and gorgeous, drenched with strings and piano, which add a lazy, dreamlike quality to songs such as first single "Re-Offender" and opening track "Quicksand", and even the occasional bit of experimentation (a dog whining in the background of "Paperclips" is an appropriately creepy effect). But it's also lyrically their darkest album, even by Travis's standards.

Never the happiest of bands, at least on record (after all, they broke through by singing "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"), they colour 12 Memories throughout with a morose (but, tellingly, never bitter) resignation (the aforementioned single "Re-Offender", about being trapped in an abusive relationship, is a perfect example of this). That's probably down to circumstances: in the two years since their last album (The Invisible Band), they nearly disintegrated when drummer Neil Primrose was badly injured in an accident. But he--and the band--have recovered, and are sounding better for it. Frontman Fran Healy, arguably one of the nicest men in popular music, manages to deliver an anti-war message on "Peace the Fuck Out" that's more pleading than angry, and all the more affecting. 12 Memories is exactly the sort of album that Radiohead should be making right now--it's accessible and poignant, with an undercurrent of real-world frustration and paranoia running throughout. Travis's best album to date is also their bravest, by some distance. --Robert Burrow




Rating: - Take me away

Bands who suddenly change their sound should be braced for a storm of controversy -- is their new sound good or terrible?

And Travis takes a sharp left turn in "12 Memories," a controversial evolution in the Brit-pop band's sound. It's more cynical, more sharply melancholy, more political, and experiments with their sound. While it may turn off people expecting a sunny listen, it makes up for its shortcomings with its beautiful writing and instrumentation.

"Take me ... Read More

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Rating: - Dreadful
Look at Marketplace. As of now 101 new and used from £0.01. What more do I need to say? Except that I completely understand why they needed to make this album but having done that they should have left it in the can and toured or played some gigs then gone back into the studio once they had something worth recording for release. I have a huge music collection with a very wide variety of music. I only have one exclusion criteria and that is "no country: but even that is not a total ban. This is one ... Read More

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Rating: - A very frustrated fan! This stands as a great achievement.
I have always had time for Travis. The modest individuals that make up the supremely talented band exhibit an honesty and earnestness that is quite refreshing in an increasingly image centric industry.

Whilst The Man Who and The Invisible Band satisfied on so many levels the follow up, 12 Memories, threw people off with a completely different direction in songwriting. Yet the signs were always there. From the domestic abuse riddled 'Blue Flashing Light' that reared its ugly head at the end ... Read More

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Rating: - Memorable
I highly recommend this album to anyone who's a fan of the current moody indie-type music it's really good, I'd go so far as to say it's on par if not better than their previous album The Invisible Band though it is a tad more maudlin with very few up beat tracks than in the previous two albums. Still there are some really good songs perfect for chilling on a sunday morning or late on a night with your mates. Particularly the tracks Quicksand, The Beautiful Occupation, Love will Come Through and Walking ... Read More

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Rating: - Travis have still got it, but ...
Travis have still got the ability to churn out great honest rock tracks, but we just hope the will use it to greater affect next time. For Travis this is a poor album overall, it does not have the same honest, quality abt it, with at times when Fran Healy sings the songs, he doesn't actually sound like he means it. However 12 memories does have its redeeming features, and they come in the form of tracks such as "Re-Offender" and "Love will come through". I use an iPod, and both "The Man Who" and ... Read More

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