Where You Stand is the seventh studio album from Scottish rock band Travis, released on August 19, 2013, on their own record label, Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services.[2] The first single from the album, the self-titled "Where You Stand", was released on April 30, 2013.[3] It is the band's first new album in five years. 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."[4] The band will support the release with a number of live performances, including T in the Park on July 13, 2013, as well as at Sandown Racecourse on July 24 and at V Festival on August 17 and 18, 2013, just two days prior to the album's release.[5]
Singles
"Where You Stand" was released as the album's lead single on 30 April 2013. The music video premiered on VEVO the same day. The single was accompanied by the shorter radio mix, which also uses more of an orchestration on the chorus.
"Moving" was released as the second single on 1 July 2013, together with an accompanying music video.[6]
Formats
The album was released in a number of different formats, including a standard digital release, containing eleven tracks, with registration to access all areas; Standard physical release, with eleven tracks, with fourteen page roll-fold booklet and registration to access all areas; Deluxe physical release, with thirteen tracks, with bonus tracks "Anniversary" and "Parallel Lines (Daydream)", plus DVD with the making of the album and 'Where You Stand' music video, and registration to access all areas; Heavyweight vinyl release, with eleven tracks, with registration to access all areas and code for download version of the album; Super deluxe box set, including deluxe thirteen track CD album with bonus DVD, heavyweight vinyl release with 11 tracks, code for download version of the album, registration to access all areas, a vinyl sleeve signed by the band, 12" x 12" art photo of the band, T-shirt designed by Fran Healy, all kept in a collector's edition presentation box; and a special Japanese deluxe edition with exclusive bonus track "Ferris Wheel".[7]
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 71, based on 17 reviews.[8]
Track listing
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1.
"Mother"
Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop & Neil Primrose
Japan
United Kingdom