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Released | 9 October 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2019-2020 | |||
Studio | RAK, London [1] | |||
Length | 37:52 | |||
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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]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Mojo | [5] |
NME | 7/10 [6] |
Uncut | [7] |
Under the Radar | 7/10 [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]
All tracks are written by Fran Healy
No. | Title | Length |
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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. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Kissing in the Wind (Stripped)" | 3:43 |
Total length: | 41:35 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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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 |
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