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Out Now: Travis Release 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue Of Worldwide Best-Seller ‘The Invisible Band’ On Craft Recordings

Special Edition Box Set Features Unheard Demos, Original B-Sides, Outtakes, Live Sessions And More

Out Now: Travis Release 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue Of Worldwide Best-Seller ‘The Invisible Band’ On Craft Recordings

Watch The Band Perform ‘Side’ On The Late Late Show With James Corden

 

ORDER THE BOX SET HERE

WATCH THE ANNIVERSARY TRAILER HERE

SEE THE PERFORMANCE + INTERVIEW ON CORDEN HERE

 

Multi-platinum Scottish rock band Travis have released the special deluxe 20th anniversary box set reissue of their worldwide chart-topping album ‘The Invisible Band’ today on Craft Recordings. Earlier this week, frontman Fran Healy caught up with James Corden for an interview on The Late Late Show before airing the band’s performance of their hit single “Side” from the historic Saint Luke’s Church in Glasgow. Tastemaker outlet Stereogum praised the band’s late night performance, citing Travis as “softly pretty Scottish post-Britpop greats.”

The deluxe reissue of The Invisible Band features the original album remastered by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Emily Lazar, all the original B-sides and a selection of completely unreleased demos, live sessions and alternate takes. 

A special limited-edition 20th Anniversary box set features the material across two CDs and two 180-gram heavyweight, ultra-clear vinyl LPs, cut at London’s Air Studios. The set includes an extensive book with unseen session photography, handwritten lyrics and essays from the band plus contributions from the original producer Nigel Godrich. A limited number of hand-numbered prints, signed by all four of the band, are available via the Travis official store here.

The Invisible Band will also be reissued on standard black vinyl, available for the first time on the format since its original release. A limited green vinyl pressing is available via independent record stores, as well as a 2-CD standard edition. 

‘The Invisible Band’ has become a major landmark for Travis, who The Independent call “one of the biggest British bands in the world.” The record debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, enjoying four weeks in the top spot and a total of twenty-five weeks in the Top 100. Then in the US, the album held rank on the Billboard 200 Chart for seven weeks. In the year following the release of 'The Invisible Band,' Travis were recognized with a 4x platinum certification; a testament to their status as global sensations. The band also earned the titles of British Album and twice the British Group of the Year at the Brit Awards, NME’s award for Artist of the Year, and Band of the Year at the coveted GQ Awards in New York.

The imprint of ‘The Invisible Band’ continues to shine today. Critics, fans and artists alike have said how Travis inspired a league of other musical acts, including the likes of Keane and Coldplay, whose Chris Martin has been publicly outspoken on the impact of Travis, deeming them as “the band that invented my band and lots of others.” 

 

The Invisible Band 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition box set tracklist

LP1: Original Album (2021 Remaster)

Side A

1. Sing 

2. Dear Diary 

3. Side 

4. Pipe Dreams 

5. Flowers In the Window  

6. The Cage

 

Side B

1. Safe 

2. Follow The Light 

3. Last Train 

4. Afterglow 

5. Indefinitely 

6. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

 

LP2: B-Sides (2021 Remaster) 

Side A

1. Ring Out The Bell 

2. Killer Queen 

3. You Don't Know What I'm Like 

4. Beautiful 

5. Driftwood (Live at Barrowlands) 

6. All The Young Dudes (Live at Barrowlands)

 

Side B

1. You're A Big Girl Now 

2. Ancient Train 

3. Here Comes The Sun (Live @ Top of the Pops Awards)

4. A Little Bit Of Soul 

5. Central Station 

6. No Cigar 

 

CD1: Original Album (2021 Remaster)

1. Sing 

2. Dear Diary 

3. Side 

4. Pipe Dreams 

5. Flowers In the Window  

6. The Cage 

7. Safe 

8. Follow The Light 

9. Last Train 

10. Afterglow 

11. Indefinitely 

12. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

 

CD2: B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. Ring Out The Bell 

2. Killer Queen 

3. You Don't Know What I'm Like 

4. Beautiful 

5. Driftwood (Live at Barrowlands) 

6. All The Young Dudes (Live at Barrowlands) 

7. You're A Big Girl Now 

8. Ancient Train 

9. Here Comes The Sun (Live) 

10. A Little Bit Of Soul 

11. Central Station 

12. No Cigar  

13. Swing *

14. Flowers In The Window (Acoustic) *

15. Dear Diary (Demo) *

16. Last Train (Demo) *

17. Sing (Live on BBC) *

18. Flowers In The Window (Live on BBC) *

[*previously unreleased]

 

About Craft Recordings:

Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most essential collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its storied repertoire includes landmark releases from icons such as Joan Baez, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, R.E.M., Joan Sebastian, and Traveling Wilburys. Plus, the catalogue recordings of celebrated contemporary acts including A Day to Remember, Evanescence, Alison Krauss, Nine Inch Nails, Taking Back Sunday and Violent Femmes, to name just a few. Renowned imprints with catalogues issued under the Craft banner include Fania, Fantasy, Fearless, Musart, Nitro, Panart, Prestige, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Vanguard, Varèse Sarabande, Vee-Jay and Victory, among many others. Craft creates thoughtfully curated packages, with a meticulous devotion to quality and a commitment to preservation—ensuring that these recordings endure for new generations to discover. Craft is also home to the Billie Holiday and Tammy Wynette estates which preserve and protect their respective names, likeness and music through day-to-day legacy management of these cultural trailblazers. 

 

Craft Recordings is the catalogue label team for Concord Recorded Music.

For more info, visit CraftRecordings.com and follow on FacebookTwitterInstagram,YouTube, and Spotify

 

 

About Travis:

Formed in Glasgow in 1990, Travis (Fran Healy, vocals, guitar; Andy Dunlop, lead guitar; Dougie Payne, bass; Neil Primrose, drums) came of age during Britpop’s heyday, but always stood at a remove from that scene’s barely contained mania. When the Britpop hangover kicked in at the end of the ’90s, Travis’ gentle, uplifting songs were the perfect antidote for the chaos of the preceding years. From its title on down, Good Feeling set the mood: an upbeat album unafraid to wear its emotions on its sleeve. By the time Travis took to Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage in 1999, delivering a career-defining performance, they were poised to become household names, opening the door for a new generation of introspective songwriters to come through.

Entering the new millennium as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the success of sophomore album, 1999’sThe Man Who (now certified 9x platinum, with over 2.7 million albums sold in the UK), Travis spent the remainder of the ’00s developing their sound without ever forgetting their core commitment to songwriting. The Invisible Band (2001) consolidated the group’s status as the grown-ups’ indie rock band of choice, while 2003’s 12 Memories revealed a newfound electronica influence. 2007’s The Boy With No Name was the band’s most eclectic album to date, and, in the years since, the group have only continued to build on their enduring appeal. 2008’s Ode to J Smith included the fan-favorite single ‘Something Anything’, while Where You Stand (2013) and Everything At Once (2016) returned Travis to the UK Top 5. Travis’ emotionally charged and deeply heartfelt ninth studio album, 10 Songs (2020), marked another new chapter in the band’s extraordinarily prolific and unflappable career. 10 Songs is yet another body of work that showcases the band as one of the UK’s finest song writing exports.

 

Watch Travis videos in HD here. For more info, visit TravisOnline.com and follow on FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube and TikTok.

 

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