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The Boy With No Name - Travis
  • Band Name: Travis
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: May 8, 2007
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Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

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  • Summary: The fifth studio album for the Scottish four-piece includes production work from Nigel Godrich and Brian Eno.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. Filter
    92
    The Boy With No Name instantly gets Travis back to the business of being Travis. [#25, p.102]
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  2. Mojo
    60
    [Their] first [album] to sound authentically beaten up. [Jun 2007, p.101]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    20
    'The Boy With No Name' is everything you'd expect from a new Travis album and less.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. MarcelC
    10
    This is a gem of an album,in my opinion their most consistent to date...getting a hammering from the critics which is unjustified...great comeback and receiving high rotation from this listener.… Expand
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  2. AhsanM
    10
    I love Travis's music and they have done a great job with this album. I am throughly dissappointed with the music critics though - they are complete out of syn with what people what to hear. Everyone who has listened to it - feels the same way - essentially its a great album, I highly recommend it.… Expand
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  3. AmurabiM.
    5
    This is just what we expect from Travis: supermarket music. The kind of boring, sweet, melodious and sometimes desperating songs of love and alienation. No more and no less.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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