Wreckorder

Wreckorder is the debut solo album from Travis frontman, Fran Healy. The album was released on 4 October 2010,[5] on Healy's private label, WreckordLabel.[6] The album was recorded in late 2009 in Berlin and New York City, before being completed in Vermont in early 2010.[7][8] It was produced by Emery Dobyns, with contributions from Paul McCartney, Neko Case and Noah and the Whale's Tom Hobden.[9] The album is available in standard and deluxe editions,[5] and debuted at number 76 on the UK Albums Chart.

Wreckorder
Studio album by
Fran Healy
Released4 October 2010
Recorded2009–2010
GenreRock, soft rock
Length33:58
LabelWreckord Label
ProducerEmery Dobyns, Fran Healy
Singles from Wreckorder
  1. "Holiday"
    Released: 17 September 2010 [1]
  2. "Buttercups"
    Released: 4 October 2010[2]
  3. "Sing Me to Sleep"
    Released: 7 January 2011 [3]
  4. "Fly in the Ointment"
    Released: 21 February 2011[4]

Background

The cover for the album was photographed by Tim Barber. In an interview for his official website, Healy claimed that "I wanted a portrait of what I looked like at that very second. I wanted to show that I was no longer the little boy that appeared on the inside sleeve of The Man Who. I did think about other images, but they just didn't feel right. This one looked particularly cool."[10]

As a thank you for his work on the album, Healy honoured Paul McCartney by becoming a vegetarian. "My wife and I were sitting at the table, thinking of a way to thank Paul, and I suggested becoming a vegetarian. As our son is already a vegetarian, all it required was jumping onto the same boat. When I met Paul at one of his gigs in Berlin, I told him and he was visibly flabbergasted. Three days later the FedEx man delivered three Linda McCartney cookbooks."[7][8]

In August 2010, Healy announced that the first single from the album would be "Buttercups".[11] In an interview for Spin magazine, Healy revealed: "'Buttercups' was written about an experience in my art school days, when my then girlfriend turned her nose up at flowers I had picked for her. I couldn't afford fancy roses, so I thought that hand-picked flowers would be more romantic. She didn't think so. That relationship didn't last long."[12]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk[14]
AllMusic[15]
antiMusic[16]
BBC Music[17]
Decoy Music[18]
Filter83%[19]
Glide Magazine[20]
musicOMH[21]
PopMatters[22]
Slant Magazine[23]

Wreckorder received generally favourable 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 66, based on 13 reviews.[13]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."In the Morning"2:53
2."Anything"4:14
3."Sing Me to Sleep" (featuring Neko Case)3:59
4."Fly in the Ointment"3:13
5."As It Comes"2:45
6."Buttercups"3:56
7."Shadow Boxing"4:35
8."Holiday"3:42
9."Rocking Chair"3:06
10."Moonshine"2:35
Deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Sierra Leone"3:11
Super deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Sierra Leone"3:11
12."The Making of Wreckorder" (Video) 
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Sierra Leone"3:11
12."As It Comes" (Demo)2:56
13."Zebra"3:23
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Sierra Leone"3:11
12."Buttercups" (Instrumental)3:56
13."Robot (Skit for Comedy Show)"2:29
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References
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  5. "HMV - Music, Films, & Games - HMV.com". HMV.com - home of entertainment.
  6. Jason Gregory. "Paul McCartney To Appear On Travis Star Fran Healy's Debut Solo Album". Giant Digital 2001-2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  7. Michaels, Sean (5 January 2010). "Travis' Fran Healy goes vegetarian for Paul McCartney". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  8. Murray, Robin (5 January 2010). "Paul McCartney For Travis Project". Clash. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  9. http://www.franhealy.com Official site of Fran Healy
  10. Healy, Fran. "W R E C K O R D E R". franhealy.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  11. "Fran Healy Announces Solo Album". Sentimentalist Magazine. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  12. Spofford, Avery (22 July 2010). "EXCLUSIVE SONG: Travis' Fran Healy Goes Solo". Spin. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  13. "Reviews for Wreckorder by Fran Healy". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  14. "Fran Healy - Wreckorder". AbsolutePunk.net.
  15. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1945674
  16. "antiMusic.com: Fran Healy - Wreckorder Review".
  17. "BBC - Music - Review of Fran Healy - Wreckorder".
  18. Deal, Jeremy (23 September 2010). "Fran Healy - Wreckorder Review". Decoy Music. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  19. Jespersen, Laura (14 September 2010). "Reviews - Fran Healy". Filter. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100903160717/http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56333/fran-healy.html. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. Clarke, Helen (4 October 2010). "Fran Healy – Wreckorder". musicOMH. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  22. Garratt, John (3 October 2010). "Fran Healy: Wreckorder". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  23. Jones, Huw (4 October 2010). "Fran Healy: Wreckorder". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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