Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Bueen disco, me sorprendió. No los conocía. Por momentos me hizo acordar a Keane
Bread without salt
Radiohead took a lot of influence from these guys or maybe the other way around. They're both too shit for me to take any time to figure out who came first.
O waw, ker blast from the past! Spomnim se komada "Sing" od njih, ampak očitno ta ni s tega albuma. So far, zelo inoffensive, soft rock. "The Last Laugh of the Laughter" ma kr mal francoščine vmes, for no reason? Na vsake tok me na Radiohead spomnejo, but without the dread and heaviness. And being actually memorable/good. (Lol, za foro sm šla reviews pogledat & vsaj trije koj omenijo Radiohead. Isto not in favour of Travis.) Ej, "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" mi je tud vaguely familiar. Spet, zelo inoffensive. Bland. Mild. (Ha, z wiki o tem komadu: "Travis' performance of the song at the 1999 Glastonbury Festival, where rain began to fall as soon as the first line was sung, garnered media attention and increased word-of-mouth interest." - ko se jim je pa to usral!) Fak, ta hidden komad, "Slide Show", ma še največ osebnosti.
is that you, fake radiohead?
- mid. -
Worse than I remember. The opening to Writing To Reach You is still an obvious Wonderwall ripoff, even if they namecheck it. The big hits like Driftwood, Turn and Why Does It Always Rain On Me are all shallow and derivative supermarket radio fodder with absolutely nothing interesting to say about them. Other than they seem positively rocking compared to the deep cut snoozefests like like She's So Strange. I will say, however, there are two bright spots. "The Fear" is still a slight departure and more interesting track than the rest of the album. It's placement at #2 teasing at what could have been a wider range of styles before we come crashing back into cookie cutter mediocrity. Similarly the hidden track "Blue Flashing Light", which underdeveloped chorus aside, has a nice rhythm and verse sections.
Не чув про таких. Інді-рок, на жаль нудний(
A lot of reviews for this one compare it negatively to Radiohead. I agree with the sentiment, but I think it reflects worse on Radiohead than it does on Travis. If this were a Radiohead album it wouldn’t be the worst one!
Just like every Travis album, well crafted but boring
2.5 stars: the definition of mid. Dreary, inoffensive 90s Britpop/indie mush, with only a couple moments that sound anything like real feeling or life. It should be nowhere near this list.
Don't know why this is on the list... 3/10
Generic Radiohead with a harmonica
deprimente
If it isn't Scottish, it's crap. Or so I've been told. Logically speaking, the statement is not bijective. Thus, being Scottish does not prevent it from being crap. Why have an entire band, if the musicians aren't doing anything except creating a gentle curtain of sound to hide how weak the vocals are? I get that that was the style but still, *pokes bassist with a stick* do something! I mean, I love a good harmonica but this album does not have a good harmonica. Sounds like just another in a long list of bland, dime-a-dozen, radio rock albums. Sorry, it's just not my tempo. Cheers to another completely mid Britpop album.
It's okay, not sure if it should be on this list though.
MOR Radiohead. Let’s keep it moving!
My rating 2.3
The advantage of having English as a second language is that when I listen to music, I can completely forget that I know how to speak English and start interpreting only the feelings... and this album sounds like depression.
Якось ніяк
I do genuinely find something interesting in these sorts of failed sonic syntheses. Not even really giving credit to Travis, but it's like clearly intentioned and crafted in a way to strive for some sort of combination of influences that I just do not care about. Tries to do The Bends + OK Computer and ends up as 2000s U2 but much worse.
very post-radiohead but not in a way that i particularly liked
Wanna hear someone moan for almost 50 minutes straight? No, me neither.
a tom yorke wannabe?? no bueno
Its alright...tonally there is not much variety, and it sounds very much of its time (both in good ways and bad). There are a couple of moments, but the musical and lyrical sameness of it all feels repetitive.
MacRadiohead
The fact that someone thinks this album is must listen should disqualify the rest of the list. Lame attempts to sound like Radiohead and i don't like Radiohead! What is this inoffensive boring drivel. Nominated for British album of 30 years?! Skunk Anansie exists and every album washes this. Amongst albums from Britain it is one of them. Highest praise I can give it.
There is a lot of sadness in this album. Album's only 47 minutes but it felt MUCH longer. Realized that the last song is 10 minutes long - that probably slowed things down A LOT
Been a while since I had an album as boring as this one suggested. There's really just not much there to engage me as a listener. Yeah, it's fine, but really never gets better than that. I found it hard to keep focused on the music without zoning out. Occasionally there was a nice guitar line or something interesting that would pop up, just not frequent enough to make this a better listen. Between the music and the voice, the sound itself was somewhat familiar. At times it felt like Radiohead, at others like Goo Goo Dolls, and a few times like Blur or Oasis. Think of a late 90s/early 2000s adult soft rock band and you could probably hear something similar. In any of those comparisons, I'd be pretty confident that Travis/The Man Who would come out on the worse side. Unfortunately, the most interesting thing about this album is the mystery of the title. The Man Who... what, exactly? Wiki says it's taken from The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. So I guess that's not that interesting, either. Overall: 2/5
The bridge between U2 and Coldplay, and that is not really meant as a compliment. Many of the songs are boring with questionable vaguely sad lyrics that get the job done but not much else. Travis really don't excel at anything besides being good for when you're taking a walking along city streets and are kind of sad. At least in KY experience. Other than that, fine but nothing spectacular or overall noteworthy. Not bad, but not worth your time. Highlight (kind of) is Driftwood.
Soft elevator music. Nothing special about this.
The opener is nice, but everything else is incredibly blend and just blends/melds together into a whole lot of nothing. Far too soft, like music you'd see in a mediocre rom-com during a montage of a character being melancholic over difficulties with their partner... Or, like, a movie parodying such tropes. Too soft, too sauceless.
first album from this that I have no idea who the band or the album is or any of the songs on it 2 tracks in this album sounds like my dream wife would be deliberating whether this was her favorite album or something from oasis or like, something from blur, britpop in general getting a bit of (midwest?) emo from this too ngl uh is there gonna be music in this outro? - oh there is and the hidden outro is the best part of the record Immediately after this I went into The Invisible Band and that one just impressed me more, sorry but this is meh
Easy listen but no stand outs for me.
Not one of my favourite acts from the era, to be honest. There's something a bit self-congratulatory about them, a bit smug - it's pleasant enough sounding indie-pop but it is nowhere near as clever or as profound as you get the impression they think it is themselves. Melodic and well-meaning, but ultimately a fairly shallow experience so far as I am concerned.
Whiny, soft-ass, U2-wannabe garbage. Sorry, not sorry, Travis. 2
It was fine, nothing too interesting Standout song: Driftwood
My buddy told me this inspired coldplay. I see it. Enjoyable but relatively boring.
It’s like a one ok rock
Some catchy hooks but I did not need to listen to this before I died.
I used to be an aspiring musician. It's albums and artists like this that made me quit. Realistically, this album is far better than anything I could have ever done. Good production, good musicianship, good vocals, etc. And yet it's just so blah. Why would I bother making music that isn't even as good as this not very good music?
++: As You Are, She's So Strange +: The Fear, Why Does It Always Rain on Me?, Slide Show / Blue Flashing Light +-: Writing to Reach You, The Last Laugh of the Laughter, Luv -: Driftwood, Turn 4,2/10
Well the first half of the album wasn't that bad but the 2nd half is something I hate.
This feels like what I imagine Radiohead would sound like if they were forced to fit a pop mold. Less edgy and interesting.
Plääh ⭐️⭐️
Not particularly not worthy to my mind.
Hipster with some really dumb lyrics. 2.2.
Sentimental yet curiously familiar
Wants to be Radiohead
I wanted to like it, but in the end felt it was just ok. I liked Luv and Driftwood, but otherwise I thought the vibe was a little too "flower petals in the wind". Unfortunately a little too low energy and milk toast for me over all :/
Not really my vibe, way too long to listen to the whole thing
Fine I guess lol
Not necessarily something I needed to know about, let alone listen to
to put it plainly... ass and a half
It’s like somebody asked Radiohead to do Coldplay songs. Can’t say I’m digging the result.
sounds like autumn. and i dont like autumn
One of the most mind-numbingly boring britpop albums I’ve heard so far. They all souns almost exactly the same
- ihan hyvää mussiikkia, mutta nää on varmaan jäänyt ampaisematta aivan mielettömään suosioon siks et meillä on parempia samantyylisiä bändejä
Idc
Worthy but dull.
Sounds a little bit like Oasis, sounds a little bit like Keane, sounds a little bit like nothing. Not very surprised I haven't hear of this band before, but it's not unpleasant. Actually, the further I get, the blander this sounds. I am still listening through, but I've already forgotten it. Why is it here? I guess it doesn't offend my ears.
Didn't do anything for me. Just felt kind of average indi that's interchangable sound
niet mijn smaak, niet afgeluisterd oeps
Ok, nothing standout, nothing offensive. The album cover kinda gives me vibes of those bands that you know their name but aren’t sure which songs they sing like Arctic Monkeys or Imagine Dragons. The songs are very low-key, like Coldplay but no anthems. Good for background music. My one issue is the last song has a “hidden track” which is accomplished by just having like a 3 minute silence before another song starts. I think that’s silly and annoying, so it takes it down a peg
Poor man's OK Computer
I had to check that OK Computer came out before this (it did, 1997) otherwise I would have been wholly convinced Radiohead was stealing music. This came out two years after? Hmm… The band also doesn’t list Radiohead as a source of inspiration which I almost find more suspicious. Just deflecting that the sound is so similar. “Is it?? What a coincidence!" It’s not bad though. 2 stars only bc it’s not unique and I hate white UK boys who love Radiohead.
Nice Oasis reference for a post-Oasis band. This is totally innocuous. It feels like the soundtrack to Dawson's Creek. The French lyrics are as stupid as the title of The Last Laugh of the Laughter. It always rains on you because you're a whiny bitch. Luv has a Radiohead quality to it that I like but it still feels a little bit like a kid dressing up as daddy. This band feels like they heard Fiona Apple's cover of Across the Universe and decided to write some songs. Thank god for some car noises. Now a reference to Beck and another Wonderwall reference is not a good reflection on their songwriting. And it ends with car noises. A ten and a half minute ending track with found sound and a long gap between the first part of the song and the second is going to drop this album a full star. The song gap is a very 90s thing.
Never heard of him but Travis is the man who slowed down. This is a crawler of an album but it's decent. I get some early Radiohead vibes but not quite on the same level. "WDIAROM" is a nice but dreary tune. The record would be good one to throw on if the weather outside is not ideal and you need a nap. I do like a little secret song, total 90s. I'll probably forget this one ever exists when done with the list...1.84 stars.
Wasn't overly impressed with The Man Who. In a vacuum I'm sure its a fine album but its a little too somber for my likings. I feel like these guys tried to take a page out of Radiohead's catalog but didn't quite stick the landing. Why Does It Always Rain On Me was probably the song I enjoyed the most. A couple others weren't bad but most of it fell kinda flat and didn't really move the needle. There may be a time and place for this, but I'm not sure I want to be there for the most part. I don't know Travis, not sure I want to get to know him. 1.82 stars
Meh
The Man Who didn't want to listen to this album... Spoiler: It was me.
Ugh. Weak, uninspiring, insipid indie nonsense. Look, it's fine as background music but this is not something you have to listen to. I wasn't a massive fan at the time and I've probably mellowed a bit since but I still wouldn't choose to listen to this.
I can't really figure out why you'd want to include this in such a list. It's pretty aggressively fine, couple of hits aside. Bargain bin Coldplay (I don't actually know who came first, not looking it up)
Snooze fest
Boring and sad
easy to work to music but not really my preferred sound.
Completely inoffensive. You could play this all day in Budgens without upsetting the shoppers. Yet another 1990s album that doesn’t merit attention.
I probably could have died without hearing this, but it was alright *shrug*
Insipid.
Tracks are an examination of melancholic disillusionment, the feeling is relatable, but the album is otherwise uninteresting.
Boring indie rock. 2/5
A day after I commented that Fifth Dimension by The Byrds is edgeless, I get served up the absolute pinnacle of milquetoasity. This sounds like Rufus Wainwright without the ambition and creativity. Next to these guys Fifth Dimension sounds like a John Zorn/Captain Beefheart collaboration.
Sounds like some dollar store radio head knockoff.
Another boring brit pop record. Could not think of a more boring sounding record that you can skip before dying. There are maybe one or two decent singles (Turn) that's dramatics are not enough to elevate this record at all
Totally fine. To me it was like it paint dried was an album. I guess that was the point of the album, but I don't know why it was on the list. Barely noticed it was playing. Barely noticed that it ended. 2/5
They're wannabe Radiohead right? Not list worthy, yet more UK bias on the list
Wimpy
This album was great... As a sleep aid. I had to turn it off in the car because I was falling asleep behind the wheel listening to it. I can't imagine a less interesting album. How was this even considered for the top album of the last 30 years in the UK? The music wasn't offensive or bad (which is why I gave it a two and not a one) Just really boring.
??? indie soft brit pop. c
I don't like this. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ Safe ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)
Millennial music. 2/5
Short for the man who wants everyone to see how mopey they are.
Sounds good for alt-pop-rock, but not my style
Overall: 4/10 This is like if your friend Radiohead called you and said "I just had a baby with my boyfriend, Oasis!" so you go over to their house to meet the baby and you look at it and go ".....I mean, it KIND of looks like both of you, but its a bit ugly." Bland, boring and not worth your time. Fav Song: As You Are
This album screams like a fusion of Britpop and Radiohead, without having much redeeming value. It is such a drag, and really doesn't offer much.
Great background music. Not great foreground music.
Pointless and derivative, but thankfully not in a painful way.
Sure it’s nicely produced, and the vocals are tremendous but this album wasn’t it for me.
Dit ging van slaapverwekkend over slaapverwekkender tot slaapverwekkendst
Why Does It Always Rain On Me? //
Britpop’s slow decline and eventual end left a huge vacuum for music fans of a certain kind. Meanwhile, Radiohead fans were so desperate for new material we would take seriously anything Nigel Godrich recorded, especially if it was a UK band. Enter these 4 well-meaning Glaswegians. With a sound that ranged from High and Dry to Fake Plastic Trees, Travis were one of several bands ready to be The Bends version of Radiohead. Melancholy, but not alienated, accessible, but not a cover band, they could even kinda rock live, briefly picking up the britpop banner Oasis turned into a mountain of cocaine. Anyone hoping to hear less about the internal workings of Thom Yorke’s mind, let alone the IMF, were richly rewarded with universal slice of life observations about how tough life can be when things don’t seem to go your way for a little bit. Exit the materialist angst and pre-millenium anxiety of neoliberal Great Britain drawn in the form of a natural facsimile, enter how when I feel sad, really sad, it’s like I’m a piece of wood washed up on a shore innit?
I just got done listening to this album and I already have no memory of it whatsoever.
meh -- didn't care for this much at all. in the moment it reminded me of another group, but thinking back on it, i don't recall who came to mind?
To moody for my taste. Lyrics not relatable for me. Overall, not my sensibility.
No thanks
Like quite a few albums on this list I think I need to be from the UK to really appreciate it. Don't get me wrong its ok, its not bad... I just don't live in a world where this is essential listening.
beige
I was a college radio DJ when this album was released. We played the hell out of 'Why Does it Always Rain on Me.' Elements of this record sound reminiscent of later Scottish bands like Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks, but with a softer, more Brit-pop adjacent sound.
109 Estuvo como la versión somnifera de coldplay. Nada malo, pero necesitaba como 10 espressos para ponerle atención.
This just sounds like Radiohead's album The Bends if it sucked and came out four years later
Only heard their big hit from this album before. Uh, once again a very random post-britpop era pick on this list. Feels like a watered down version of more famous bands of similar genre. It wasn't bad, just alright. But on one song I fully thought they're gonna start singing The Universal by Blur 2/5
There is nothing so bad about this album, but listening in 2025 it feels so ordinary and lacking in any particularly interesting features to warrant a 1001 listing. Anywho. After a weary start, once I actually settled in I could appreciate it as some fairly decent rock, nicely put together. No one element swamps the other but they do combine to create something a bit like a Twix extra chocolate bar. It’s alright, but I don’t need it, I wouldn’t have chosen it if better options were available and it doesn’t fill me with satisfaction.
I have no issue with the muscians (Or vocals) just the application. Some of the potential skill is excellent and the craft is clean. Its like a TikTok, it wont rot your brain but it is a quick flash of content but otherwise leaves you wanting. I had this album growing up (not sure if I purchased or was given). At the time not sure I would have declared this fact to anyone as it was never a happy companion of mine "guilty pleasure" or otherwise. Shame I or the person that gave it to me didnt have the sense to give me a (any) Radiohead album instead!
I remember this being a hit in the UK and it got a lot of play time in my house growing up. I wasn't particularly excited to listen to this again, though. It's perfectly inoffensive, boring, middle aged dinner party music that no longer holds my interest. It seemed a big deal at the time but it's popularity is probably just an indicator of it's blandness. Nice for a nostalgic listen from the end of the last century.
Fine for background music, not interesting enough to warrant multiple plays
ok
I thought the reviews calling this boring were exaggerating, but they nailed it. It’s not bad, just drags on far too long.
Like if you want to listen to Radiohead but don’t want the intellectual challenge. Why Does it Always Rain on Me is a good song. Pretty mediocre otherwise.
Late 90s. Ok
This sounds like Oasis tried to lift Radiohead's shtick. Like Travis are very clearly attempting to write a "sad" album here, and they won't let you forget it. This is just an onslaught of mopey alt rock/brit pop ballads that are trying a little too hard. Honestly, this reminds me of Stone Sour's ballads sometimes, which isn't *exactly* a good thing. Despite my many complaints with the broad concepts at play here and the ideas throughout this album, I will say that they manage to write a couple of good songs. I think Writing To Reach You, As You Are, and Luv are my favorites. But then you have songs like Why Does It Rain On Me, which I think are just obnoxious. Although honestly, the nicest thing I can say about The Man Who is that most of these songs are pretty good on their own, it's just that sequenced together, this is a slog. Edit: This is why you always listen to *everything*, I feel the need to mention that after a few minutes of silence, the bonus track Blue Flashing Light may be the album's best, however walling it behind minutes of silence is obnoxious enough that I'm keeping this at a 2.
If the colour beige made an album, they'd call it "The Man Who". I feel bad shitting on Travis, because they seem like nice guys, but the music on this album is all very beige in colour. There's nothing particularly awful here, but there's nothing particularly exciting either. The best part of the album, is the "hidden" track at the end. Mainly because there's at least a bit of energy to it. Bland. Boring. Beige.
Very Radiohead meets Coldplay. Really shines as background music you actually don't want to pay attention to.
Nah
Álbum ok de um estilo de rock/pop alternativo. Não me chamou atenção em nada especial. Tangzu Wan'er 2 Jade Dragon.
Very uninteresting
Album 897 of 1089 Travis - The Man Who (1999) Rating : 2.5 / 5 It had kind of a hazy, mellow feel from start to finish. Some soft, almost dreamlike rock that wasn’t an affront to the ear but stayed at the same level throughout. Nothing really offensive, nothing really remarkable - just a consistent, subdued listen. I can see why this album struck a chord in its time, but for me it was more background haze than something that grabbed hold.
Most of these songs sound like Wonderwall rip-offs. Soft, really soft.
tromvis yorke
Ben said exactly what I was thinking. Multiple times I wanted to stop and play a radiohead song. This shit sounds like Radiohead without the battlepass
we have radiohead at home Fav song: As You Are
I feel like this should have been the 1001st album because it definitely puts you in an open-to-death mood. I owned a promo copy of this CD when I was 22 and in peak sad-guy music season and didn't care for it then either. But hey it's 90's brit-pop so I should have seen this one coming.
Oh hello, mediocre Britpop. It’s been a minute. Can’t really say I’ve missed you, though.
Completely forgettable
Very much a forgettable album. Even the singles that I knew weren't really exciting to hear again.
This is the music they play in late 90s teen comedies when the main character is sad and having problems with his girlfriend.
TODAY IS GONNA BE THE DAY THAT THEYRE GONNA THROW IT BACK TO YOU!!@! Wait no I misread that, this is radiohead. Wait no now it's SOMEDAY YOU WILL FIND ME CAUGHT BENEATH THE LANDSLIDEEEEEE. Back to radiohead. The last song references Oasis like 5 times. oh wait a hidden track and it's awful wow. That's a horrific chorus. Final thoughts, this album is not the worst copy of what it's trying to copy but between this obviously ripping ideas from Radiohead and Oasis, some absolutely terrible lyrics, and then being pretty okay on top of that I can't give this more than a 2. Why does it always rain on me is it because I lied when I was seventeen is the worst lyric we've gotten this list. And that's their big hit!
I didn't dislike this at all but didn't really like it that much either lol. I think that this kinda sounds like Hoobastank honestly but a little bit less interesting. This is kind of a more general note but I think since all of these albums are very highly rated and classics, I probably need to start being a little more critical, which is going to start here, was originally thinking 3, but going to go 2 here. Might edit some of my older ones if it lets me.
Off the cuff remark: it's perhaps a bit unfair but to jump from Muddy Waters (last album) to this is a little bit like having your life sucked out of you and I'm not even that much of a Muddy Waters fan, there is just something so very lifeless about Travis. Sure they are lovely lads but... Standout track: the overplayed Why Does It Always Rain On Me nearly has some life, but only nearly Revisit:? I have no doubt my local radio station will play the aforementioned track at some point this is closer than I want to be to relistening to this
eh
Spotify recommended Oasis. This is like low rent Oasis.
There wasn't really anything memorable or offensive about this, just kind of plain boring bland music
Best Song: Driftwood There is a very fine line that many performers have to tip toe to go from good to whiny. Travis is 100% whiny. This might be someone's thing, but it sure isn't mine. 2/5.
Kinda boring.
Bland and boring
i hated this but it wasnt actively bad, just incredibly boring
The Man Who...wished he was in Radiohead. I dunno, this just washes past without grabbing my attention. It's music for people who're not particularly interested in music but who buy into the latest big selling album.
Kuulostaa tylsältä Keanelta (vähemmän melodramaattiselta).
Pas mon préféré de Travis
4/10 - kind of strange album
Maybe 2 or 3 good songs at best, the rest is very mediocre
Knockoff Radiohead
point7.
-album sounds depressing vibes so far (currently on song 3 of 10) -As You Are has "I'm not like all the other boys" as a line and I think thats funny -the "On the last day of the year" line in The Last Laugh Of The Laughter sounds familiar to me and it's really weird. it sounds like some Beatles song. or maybe a Christmas song? -update: im on song seven and the songs still have depressing vibes -if as you are is the "not like other boys" song She’s So Strange is the "not like other girls" song notes from after I finished the album -not exactly my cup of tea, too slow for my personal liking but i can understand why people would like it -it just made me feel sad, really
It had some really good moments but it felt like everything is in one tone so it was boring.
this album kind of sucks
Weird how the secret song at the end of the album is probably the best song. Very bland and background musicy. 2/5 could’ve done without
Not bad, not great, not essential at all. It's not art, it's craft. Too safe. Unexciting. Not memorable at all. In one ear, out the other. I think it's really a 3 star album, but because it doesn't belong in the book at all, I give it 2. Favorite song: slideshow
Boring. Late 90s albums are either masterpieces or boring trash.
This album was a snooze.
Don't like this as much as their previous album, Good Feeling.
Writing to Reach You Driftwood Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
If I liked Oasis and their style of British alt pop or whatever, I’d probably like this more. I suppose it’s fairly melodic, but boring as all get out. The biggest thing it had going for it is that they’re not as whiney as Oasis. Would not listen again, but my ears didn’t bleed.
Most of this sounded like a second-rate Radiohead approximation. Towards the end it grew some teeth, and the image of the man who Travis could have been started to emerge. But by then it was too late to rescue this album from a solid 2 star rating. Standout track: Turn
It’s a fine alternative rock album. Nothing earth shattering here.
bland but sweet and soft
Starts off very whiney indie rock, I do not enjoy the vocals or lyrical content. Slow, with nothing unique to catch me in.
Dollar store Radiohead
Felt like another fake Muse band, but this one didn’t do as much for me
This album once again shows the creator’s interest in 90s alternative albums. This one was okay
Very beige, reminded me of knockoff Oasis and Radiohead. Relentlessly Forgettable.
De late Britpop-periode vind ik altijd een beetje ongemakkelijk. De schwung en de swag was weg, en wat overbleef was vooral generieke pop. Dit is natuurlijk ook gewoon de Schotse Raccoon. Ze hebben best wel een aantal aardige songs in hun loopbaan uitgebracht, maar een heel album aan dit geneuzel is niet voor mij weggelegd. 4,5/10
Early Radiohead meets Coldplay. Awful combo. Very dreary and boring, strum strum strummy.
Eh
Driftwood, Last Of The Laughter, and Why Does It Always Rain On Me are alright, but I'll be shocked if I could pick out any other individual tracks. They certainly have a specific sound, to be fair. Just not an interesting one - optimistic indie twanging guitars, miserable lyrics sung through the nose. Disappointed.
Really boring alternative music. Like if Radiohead decided to never do anything interesting. At least it’s serviceable as background music.
Yawn
The same word rhyming makes me crazy, melody is okay though
Good enough as background music, but even listening to it twice, nothing stood out to me.
I think it was like alt rock? Wasn't a vibe
Quite boring.
Travis past perfect in het rijtje van Keane, Coldplay (latere periode) en Snow Patrol. Een soort van flauw afkooksel van rock. 1.5
Interesting vibe but nothing grabbed me
Just kind of bland.
If the only song I know from you is a horrifically boring and sad dirge it doesn’t bode well for the album as a whole
..
Bland, Boring, and uninteresting Best Song: Why Does it Always Rain on Me? Rating: 4.5/10 (Boring) Stars: 2/5
2.5 got worse as the album progressed
Pouty sad boy generic music. The songwriting was not interesting and no tracks stood out.
This list should be renamed to "900 or so mediocre albums nobody remembers and 101 actually decent albums you should listen to before you die". This album falls under the 900 or so mediocre albums and honestly mediocre is being very generous here.
Soft mushy 90's rock.
This is like copy pasting a bunch of different bands and making something worse.
If there was a more “meh” album, I don’t want to hear it. This one doesn’t need to be on this list. It’s like if Radiohead was bad and didn’t care to be better.
Didn't move me
Dave Lee
The top reviews really summarize my feelings on this album. Something I got stuck listening to and forced myself to finish. Boring and uninspiring
Not memorable
Dios mio no, no y no. Me aburro! Por qué tantos discos así habiendo tanto de donde elegir? Nota: 1.9
Not really for me
No.
The ingredients are pretty good, but somehow got assembled into a shit sandwich
Singer/Songwriter is pretty much my go-to genre and the music and writing on this are fine - but did he finish second in the Radiohead audition because his voice wasn't high-pitched and annoying enough?
Average album, the guys seemed to be going for the Radiohead sound which was made popular a few years back, but they just didn't bring the quality. The chord progressions are basic and uninventive. The vocals are pretty bland and uninteresting. Every now and again there comes a bit of a more interesting passage, but it usually proves to be short and the song just drags on with the same theme, over and over again. The lyrics are also pretty average and don't bring anything cool to the table. I don't think this kind of music is my preference. All in all, would not feel compeled to listen to it again.
I listened to this whole album and it's already disappeared from my brain.
The definition of generic radio music - unoffensive and pleasant, but doesn't compel me to want to listen ever again.
Can't bring myself to care about this
# 458 : 15/04/2025 : The Man Who Not bad, a few decent songs and kind of like soft rock, catchy background music typical late 90's sound... Honourable mention for : Why Does It Always Rain On Me
Another that I had never heard of. Three songs in and I'm not really impressed. It's ok. Kind of slow and moody. A lot of people comparing them to Radiohead and I suppose I see that, though I don't really agree. I feel like I might struggle to stay awake for the whole 47 minutes of this album. There are some cool and good sounding guitar parts. Or maybe just meh guitar parts that come out of nowhere in otherwise boring music? I might have heard Why Does It Always Rain On Me before? That sounds like it was probably in a movie soundtrack at some point. I was glad when it ended, I needed something a little more interesting. Sometimes boring is worse than bad. I would be interested to hear their first album since it was apparently more of a rock album than this was. But listening to this didn't make me want to play that one right away afterwards. 2/5
dude did he write these lyrics in a single afternoon
would-be anthemic indie pop - slightly melancholic, but tiresome overall
Restaurant guide: Change of underwear =🔥🔥🔥 Forehead sweat = 🌶️🌶️ Safe for babies =🍍 Literal milk = 🥛 . . . . Travis = 🎤
The Bends spawned a bunch of middle of the road bands in the late 90’s, Travis being among the middlest of the road.
The band who bored the world.
#518. Intentionally uneventful background radio rock. 2/5: meh
Britain, why do you keep celebrating such boring albums? Having 1 Radiohead band is already too much in the world.
A bit bland but very on point for earnest late 90s soft rock.
Boringly depressing. Bland Coldplay with a kiss on the cheeks of Oasis. Even the band name is boring.
Has a lot of good elements but it just feels rather bland.
the one actually inspired track was hidden behind 3 minutes of silence
This album made a bit more sense when I saw it had been produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. The vocals come across like Thom Yorke's, without the bite. The songs recall Jeff Buckley, who had died only a couple of years before this album's release. None of it gets off the ground. The record starts with five homogeneous ballads. Then "Turn" steps into Oasis territory with a barely mid-tempo rocker. The hit "Why Does it Always Rain on Me?" returns us with a song that could have been torn from a melancholy teenager's diary. An essential must-listen? I don't think so, unless you are a melancholic teenager, I guess.
Utterly insignificant and kind of a slog.
Really bad. Not quite 1 star, but close.
Wispy Britpop.
I'm sure everyone wanted to work with Nigel Godrich after OK Computer, and somehow this mediocre Britpop band got the chance. The songs are pretty mediocre and the singer's near-constant falsetto is definitely grating, but Godrich makes sound as good as he can.
nothing like the britpop album opening with the wonderwall chords makes sense that nigel godrich produced this considering it sounds like an extended version of the dreamier bends stuff. a couple nice songs! inoffensive
A muted, neutered alternative rock album that trembles in the shadow of it's predecessors. Some songs had a few budding ideas, but ultimately it fell short because it sounded like Pablo Honey era Radiohead, mixed with early Oasis about 9 years too late. 2/5
Produced by Nigel Godrich, he certainly still carries the essence left over from "The Bends" - for better or for worse. A soft rock album with a relatively nice vocal, but at times sounding too much like Thom and the rest of Radiohead. Who's to blame or praise here? I don't know.
I thought it was pretty boring
There are a 1001 albums not on the list that can replace this. I like the quieter side of music but this is a beige buffet. It’s stuck in 1st gear. Again that cd that people who don’t really like music all had, and now found in every charity shop never not be heard again. 2 Star - it isn’t shit bad to be 1 star, driftwood and why does it rain being familiar having been on the radio at the time lift it to 2. And the cover and crap font definitely advertise the content.
"We've got Radiohead at home"
It's so late 90's/early 00's. Whiny rock but it doesn't seem like they mean it.
11/1089 - The rhythms, textures, and riffs are homogenous and could be more interesting throughout with more variation instead of relying on background woosh effects.
Not really my genre. Like Oasis but less overwhelmingly and unapologetically British. Guitar solo on 'as you are' was extremely jarring.
Less annoying than Oasis, but only just.
Boring. The guy thinks he’s Bono but he’s annoying.
Coldplay wannabes. And Coldplay isn’t even good anymore
I'm tempted to give this a one, as there really is some whiny shit on here. The singles, Writing To Reach You, Driftwood, Turn and Why Does It Always Rain On Me are just about acceptable enough to give it a two. It's still music for bedwetters though.
I knew Why Does It Always Rain On Me? already, which is still kind of a mood for when you're feeling melodramatic but want to laugh at yourself for it. But otherwise, this album felt like a really long run-on sentence. No punctuation, no dynamics. Just a lot of droning on featuring cheese ball rhymes. This one was not for me.
EHHHHH
Ok but not very interesting or memorable
I thought the hidden track at the end was kind of clever, but that's everything that I found to be unique about this album. It's pop. Decent pop, but just pop.
Knockoff radiohead. And I am not a fan of Radiohead. The hidden tune was the best. More of that, less of the crying in a corner.
The singles are good but nostalgia aside this is a very boring album
Mariekjeksens musikk, kjedelig. Dårlig coldplay
It's like Radiohead but without interesting ideas
As one half of iconic UK depressing indie duo Houmous & Chutney, I know a thing or two about making seriously depressing music. It takes real guts to make a record without any hope whatsoever. Well done Travis. 2.1
One or two tracks that were semi good but my god is this dull and dreary
This album is like toast and butter. It's not bad, in fact you could say it's good - but it's just dull. The obvious highlight is 'Why does it always rain on me" and even then it's somehow duller in it's context than it is as an isolated listen. I feel like one star would be unfair, but at the same time being boring is sometimes worse than being terrible...
I think this is the first album where I am generally baffled why it is an album I need to listen to. It was just so cookie cutter, mediocre, boring. What a waste of time.
Very late 90s. Somewhat overrated. Heard it back then, not sure I needed to hear it again. Certainly doesn’t warrant it’s place on this list. Enjoyed the opening track (and first single), but it’s all very similar after that. I was mystified “…rain..” was the big hit. The original Q review was quite funny though. “Dynamic variety stays in a locked cupboard labelled Dynamic Variety: Do Not Touch”
meh kinda boring
Another britpop snoozefest.
Yawn inducing
Tom Yorke vocal vibes - produced by Nigel Godrich, maybe that’s why. Not very interesting otherwise.
The prefix of “post” can be both a positive and a negative. When you slap it on and create something like post-punk or post-rock, then I’m on board. But when you present me with something like post-britpop, I grimace. Even just what that name potentially suggests is slightly vomit-inducing to me. Britpop is already not my favorite. I haven’t had much success with it in the past, and it unfortunately dominates a portion of this list far bigger than is necessary. In a way, I had no expectations for this, but also knew exactly what to expect. The best way I can describe this is like the wet cardboard or stale bread of music. Even the cover itself is representative of this. Everything about this album feels so lifeless and devoid of substance. I can’t even pretend that this record’s very best moments are worth your time. Because most, if not all people have heard an indie pop, or even britpop, album better and more interesting than this. This band belongs in the same category as groups like The Verve or Keane. Maybe Kings of Leon too. Except nothing on here is even remotely in the same universe as Bitter Sweet Symphony or Somewhere Only We Know. The one thing this did for me is made me realize that The Bends really is a britpop album, as much as I didn’t want to accept it. Unfortunately for these guys, they don’t have the talent or songwriting prowess of the fellows in Radiohead, so this is just boring as all hell. Rating: 4/10
2.5 Lite FM Radiohead
Me: mum can we listen to Radiohead? Mum: we have Radiohead at home The Radiohead we have at home:
take the most boring bits from britpop and much it with unwarrented bends-filter you get this whatever ass album
not bad, a bit boring, but i liked a few tracks
Ok, with a couple of good tracks. Rest is ok 2/5
Haven’t heard this album in over 20 years! And you know what? I wasn’t missing it. Some of the songs on here are pretty, but most are pretty flaccid. I feel like, if you’re gonna make soft music, then you gotta come with something hard.
Remember liking this when it came out (in my defence, I was 16), but it’s just a bit shit. The singles are decent enough indie pop, but it’s all so slight and fey (sez). It hasn’t aged well (sez).
Enjoyed the singles the rest was disappointing.
Thought it started ok, first 3 songs had a bit about them but it turned at Driftwood and then got worse and worse. Soft as shite. ‘Why does it always rain on me’ encapsulates the whinging wetness of it all. The hidden track is miles better than anything on the album and gives it an extra point.
otro thom yorke wannabe
Had a couple songs I liked but they weren't good enough to carry the album. One highlight for me was recognizing a verse in "Writing To Reach You" from a Wonderwall/Boulevard of Broken Dreams remix, I like that version better than the actual song though. Favorite song was: 7. Why Does it Always Rain on Me 4/10
boring sad man with acoustic guitar sings sad songs. not much to write home about
10% Radiohead, 60% Coldplay, 30% Matchbox Twenty; 100% forgettable lame ass pop rock bullshit.
Oh Travis. I remember when I found this album, I really hoped I had stumbled across something special. Unfortunately it just doesn’t hold up all the way through. Writing to Reach You is great, and then it’s just a series of missteps
nope
It's like if you took every 90s pop rock band and took various elements from them to create the most statistically average collection of songs. It's U2, Radiohead and Oasis with all the meat removed. There's not a single daring or bold element on the album. Despite its averageness I don't hate it. There's not really any obviously bad tracks; it's all perfectly inoffensive, if even charming at times.
2674 - This is alright, it's pretty standard 00s britpop, but if you like that then this is up there withe early coldplay. A bit dull. C
Boring. Coldplay but worse. Why does it always rain on me is a classic tho. 5.4
on the softer side of rock, travis doesn't offer anything too intriguing. The vocals are good specially notable in songs like as you are, its catchy in parts but i dont see too much replayable value here. Did't havee to slug through it though , a light 2/5
Some good songs but the general pace gets rather stale after a while. It's like they never quite get out od second gear.
The radio hit was nice, but OMG the rest sounds like Christian Rock
Pretty boring. Album was filled with songs that weren’t very interesting. 2/5 Won’t listen again
It least it has a unique sound compared to the other britslop on this godforsaken list. I would never go out of my way to listen to this. The last song on this album is too long and nearly sent me to my grave.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/023/846/lisa.jpg This is better than Brit-pop I will say that, but man did this remind me of RadioHead in the Worse ways. The Uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhaaahhhhhhh shit he would do in the songs just fucking killed me, you know that like humming noise thing he does when he sounds like he is mid shit with reverb mic in his face. There were some bits that were O K not great, like the instrumentals were good, big fan. Thats about it but. 2/5
Cher, Bono, Madonna, ...Travis. I've never heard of this Travis guy before, but judging him on this album, he has not earned being able to use just his first name. Not even close. How did this whiny sad sack music make it on the list? Wait, every freaking Radiohead album is here. I understand now. Driftwood is the only song that goes anywhere, so that's my favorite track here. Second favorite is the last one where there is a few minutes of silence before he starts angrily ranting about something or other.
Nah
Amidst all the rich sounds of '90s and '00s rock we have these guys playing safe, producing works that are blander than even bad britpop albums.
Early-aughts coffee shop easy listening. Back in the day (2006/2007) I read a book series called Twilight... You may have heard of it. Anyway, Stephanie Meyer posted author playlists for the first two books on her author website/blog before the publication of the third book, and on one of those playlists was "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" By Travis. That was the first time I'd ever heard of this band, and now the two are inexorably linked in my brain. Sorry, Travis.
The man who what?! Kind of boring. Nothing special overall.
There are a couple of painfully boring songs here, like Driftwood, that derailed any enjoyment I had for this album. It sounds like 100 other albums from this era without doing anything unique to pull it ahead of its competitors. As You Are and Why Does It Always Rain On Me? were pretty enjoyable on an album that doesn't do enough.
Was really surprised to hear 'Why does it always rain on me' on here. I hadn't heard that song in ages and had no idea it was by Travis. The entire album feels like 2000s Skyradio-core. The songs were nice but this is one of the oh so many pop albums that I won't be playing again.
I didn’t hate this, but it all seemed to run together a bit and was a little one dimensional. 2.5/5
Oasis but worse
Fine production, singer not my style
meh
2.5
2.5
This was an ok-ish album, but immediately after listening I couldn't recall anything that happened in any of the songs, except I think that I liked "Driftwood" and "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?"
Pretty good.
Tracks 1 and 2 aren't bad, but it gets worse
This isn't an essential listen. There should be at disclaimer at the beginning of this list to warn people that their ears are going to get relentlessly raped by ceaseless brit pop crap that nobody cares about.
This album made me feel uneasy a few times, being kind of cringy and bad. I've listened to worst in my life, but my brother in Christ, how can you consider this an essential listen?
This gives me a warm nostalgic glow, because all the very cute girls that were into indie music absolutely ADORED this album. And not just them, it felt like it was absolutely everywhere. On the other hand, I thought it was pretty dull at the time, and neither age nor heavy rotation on Absolute Radio every single day since, has changed my opinion. Inoffensive - sure? Very popular - naturally? Should be on this list - NO SIR.
Very obvious parallels to Oasis and Radiohead. In some song they even reference Wonderwall, although I would associate this album closer to mid-late Radiohead. That being said, it just feels like a cheap knockoff. 2.5/5
seems like the whole album is one song, but the vocals are nice
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