10 Songs (Travis album)

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]

10 Songs
Studio album by
Released9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)
Recorded2019-2020
StudioRAK Studios[1]
Length37:52
LabelBMG
Producer
Travis chronology
Everything at Once
(2016)
10 Songs
(2020)
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

Critical reception

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

All tracks are written by Fran Healy.

No.TitleLength
1."Waving at the Window"3:28
2."The Only Thing"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

Charts

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

  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. "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.


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