The Man Who is the second studio album from the Scottish

Scotland

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 indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band Travis

Travis (band)

Travis are a post-Britpop band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Fran Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose...

. The album was released on 24 May 1999, becoming the album that gave the band international recognition. The album peaked at #1 in the UK and #8 in Australia. It was later released in the United States

United States

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 in Early 2000. The album won two BRIT Awards

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...

 in 2000 for the categories of "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer". The album was dedicated to Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

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. The album became the bestselling album in the UK in 1999, selling more than 2.7 million copies. The title of the album makes reference to an Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

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 book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

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. In 2006, Q

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Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...

 rated the album as the 70th greatest album of all time. The album was nominated in 2010 for best album of the last 30 years, but lost to Oasis

Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...

's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Francis Healy

Francis Healy

Francis "Fran" Healy is a Scottish musician. He is currently the lead singer and main songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their six studio albums. He is based in Berlin, Germany...

, except where noted.
Standard Edition

1. "Writing to Reach You
   Writing to Reach You
   "Writing To Reach You" is the first single taken from Indie band Travis' second studio album, The Man Who.-Background:The song was written by Fran Healy, who admitted that he took the guitar chords from Oasis' "Wonderwall"; as an overt acknowledgement of this, the song contains the lyric ""What's a...
   
   " – 3:41
2. "The Fear" – 4:12
3. "As You Are" – 4:14
4. "Driftwood" – 3:33
5. "The Last Laugh of the Laughter" – 4:20
6. "Turn
   Turn (song)
   "Turn" is the fourth single from Indie band Travis' second studio album, The Man Who. The single peaked at the number eight position on the UK Singles Chart.-Music video:...
   
   " – 4:24
7. "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
   Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
   Why Does It Always Rain on Me? is a song by Scottish band Travis, released as the third single from their second studio album, The Man Who. The song became the group's international breakthrough single, receiving recognition around the world. It was their first Top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart,...
   
   " – 4:25
8. "Luv" (Healy, Adam Seymour) – 4:55
9. "She's So Strange" – 3:15
10. "Slide Show" – 3:06

Japanese bonus tracks

11. "Be My Baby"

12. "Writing to Reach You" (The Deadly Avenger's Bayou Blues Mix)

13. "Writing to Reach You" (The Deadly Avenger's Instrumental Mix)

14. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track)

American bonus tracks

4. "Driftwood" (alternative version) – 3:11

11. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:43

12. "20" (hidden track) - 3:01

13. "Only Molly Knows" (hidden track) - 2:56

Special 'Live' Edition bonus tracks

7. "Coming Around

Coming Around

"Coming Around" is a song by Scottish Indie rock band Travis, released in June 2000 as the fifth and final single from their second studio album, The Man Who. The single appeared on the Special Live Edition of the album that was released in August 2000. The single peaked at #5 in the UK Singles...

" - 4:05

12. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:53

13. "Driftwood" (Live at the Link Cafe, Glasgow)

14. "Slide Show" (Live at the Link Cafe, Glasgow)

15. "More Than Us" (Live on Italia Radio)

Limited Edition bonus tracks

11. "Blue Flashing Light" (hidden track) - 3:43

12. "Writing to Reach You" (video)

13. "Driftwood" (video)

Personnel

• Francis Healy
  Francis Healy
  Francis "Fran" Healy is a Scottish musician. He is currently the lead singer and main songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their six studio albums. He is based in Berlin, Germany...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Andy Dunlop
  Andy Dunlop
  Andy Dunlop is a Scottish musician, who is currently the lead guitarist of Scottish indie band, Travis.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
• Dougie Payne
  Dougie Payne
  Dougie Payne is the bassist and backing vocalist of the Scottish band, Travis.-Career:...
  
   – bass guitar
• Neil Primrose – drums

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1
ARIA Albums Chart	8
Austrian Albums Chart	46
Canadian Albums Chart	40
Swiss Albums Chart	85
German Albums Chart	34
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	2
New Zealand Albums Chart	14
US Billboard 200	135

Chart procession and succession