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
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
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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 |
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11. | "Sierra Leone" | 3:11 |
12. | "The Making of Wreckorder" (Video) | |
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11. | "Sierra Leone" | 3:11 |
12. | "As It Comes" (Demo) | 2:56 |
13. | "Zebra" | 3:23 |
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11. | "Sierra Leone" | 3:11 |
12. | "Buttercups" (Instrumental) | 3:56 |
13. | "Robot (Skit for Comedy Show)" | 2:29 |
References
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0043V2HQW
- ↑ "Travisonline".
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004H47SN2
- ↑ "Travisonline".
- 1 2 "HMV - Music, Films, & Games - HMV.com". HMV.com - home of entertainment.
- ↑ Jason Gregory. "Paul McCartney To Appear On Travis Star Fran Healy's Debut Solo Album". Giant Digital 2001-2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- 1 2 Michaels, Sean (5 January 2010). "Travis' Fran Healy goes vegetarian for Paul McCartney". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- 1 2 Murray, Robin (5 January 2010). "Paul McCartney For Travis Project". Clash. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ↑ http://www.franhealy.com Official site of Fran Healy
- ↑ Healy, Fran. "W R E C K O R D E R". franhealy.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ "Fran Healy Announces Solo Album". Sentimentalist Magazine. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ↑ Spofford, Avery (22 July 2010). "EXCLUSIVE SONG: Travis' Fran Healy Goes Solo". Spin. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Wreckorder by Fran Healy". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Fran Healy - Wreckorder". AbsolutePunk.net.
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1945674
- ↑ "antiMusic.com: Fran Healy - Wreckorder Review".
- ↑ "BBC - Music - Review of Fran Healy - Wreckorder".
- ↑ Deal, Jeremy (23 September 2010). "Fran Healy - Wreckorder Review". Decoy Music. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Jespersen, Laura (14 September 2010). "Reviews - Fran Healy". Filter. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Clarke, Helen (4 October 2010). "Fran Healy – Wreckorder". musicOMH. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Garratt, John (3 October 2010). "Fran Healy: Wreckorder". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Jones, Huw (4 October 2010). "Fran Healy: Wreckorder". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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