Where You Stand

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Where You Stand
Travis Where You Stand album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Travis
Released19 August 2013 (2013-08-19)
RecordedJanuary 2011 – June 2013
Studio
Genre Post-Britpop, alternative rock, soft rock
Length42:03
Label Red Telephone Box / Kobalt Label Services
Producer Michael Ilbert
Travis chronology
Ode to J. Smith
(2008)		Where You Stand
(2013)		 Everything at Once
(2016)
Singles from Where You Stand
  1. "Where You Stand"
    Released: 30 April 2013
  2. "Moving"
    Released: 1 July 2013
  3. "Mother"
    Released: 4 November 2013

Where You Stand is the seventh studio album by the Scottish rock band Travis, released on 19 August 2013, on their own record label, Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services. [2] The album was produced by Michael Ilbert, and promoted by three singles: "Where You Stand", "Moving" and "Mother". It is the first album released by the band after a five-year break.

Contents

Background

Where You Stand is the band's first new album in five years, as their sixth studio record Ode to J. Smith was released in 2008. Speaking about the band's departure from the spotlight, bassist Dougie Payne said of the release: "You stay away as long as it takes, so you feel that hunger and desire to get back to it same as you did at the start." [3] It is also their first which all the members were contributed on songwriting, rather than the vocalist Fran Healy, who served as the lyricist on their first six studio albums.

Release and packaging

The album was released in a number of different versions:

Promotion

On 20 March 2013, the band released a song titled "Another Guy", together with a music video directed by Wolfgang Becker, as a teaser for the album. [5]

Travis supported the release of Where You Stand with a number of live performances, including T in the Park on 13 July 2013, as well as at Sandown Park Racecourse on 24 July, and at V Festival on 17–18 August 2013, just two days before the album's release.

The album was also promoted by three singles. "Where You Stand" was released as the album's lead single on 30 April 2013. [6] A music video for the song premiered on VEVO the same day. The single was accompanied by a shorter radio mix, which also used more orchestration on the chorus. "Moving" was released as the second single on 1 July 2013, together with an accompanying music video. [7] The third and final single from the album, "Mother", was released on 4 November 2013. [8] [9] A music video for the song was released on 15 October 2013. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Clash 8/10 [13]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]

Where You Stand received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 19 reviews. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mother"Healy, Payne, Dunlop, Primrose3:58
2."Moving"Payne4:32
3."Reminder"Healy3:21
4."Where You Stand"Payne, Holly Partridge, Healy3:40
5."Warning Sign"Healy3:51
6."Another Guy"Healy, Payne, Dunlop3:41
7."A Different Room"Payne3:58
8."New Shoes"Healy3:33
9."On My Wall"Payne2:52
10."Boxes"Healy, Dunlop4:22
11."The Big Screen"Healy, Dunlop4:15
Total length:42:03
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Anniversary"Healy3:55
13."Parallel Lines"Dunlop3:49
Total length:49:48
Japanese deluxe edition bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Anniversary"Healy3:55
13."Parallel Lines"Dunlop3:49
14."Ferris Wheel" 3:03
Total length:52:51

Personnel

Charts

Charts (2013)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 46
French Albums (SNEP) [25] 104
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA) [27] 63
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [28] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [29] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [30] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [31] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [32] 3
UK Albums (OCC) [33] 3
US Billboard 200 [34] 100
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [35] 21
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [36] 30

Release history

RegionDateFormat Label Edition
Japan14 August 2013 CD, digital download Universal JapanJapanese edition
United Kingdom19 August 2013Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label ServicesStandard, Deluxe

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