10 Perfect Britpop Albums Of The '90s

10. The Man Who - Travis

For all of its differences with the grunge scene, Britpop wasn't safe from a few hangers on who came in towards the end of the movement as well. Just like bands like Bush tried to ape the usual sound that Nirvana had made popular back in the day, you also had bands like Coldplay coming in just as soon as the door was closing to bring the basics of Britpop to the masses again. Every so often though, there's one band that actually manages to understand their roots.

After getting a bit of an endorsement from Noel Gallagher, Travis came into their own on The Man Who, with a sound that had a lot more polish than before. As opposed to the more quirky and nasty guitar tones of the original Britpop bands, the cleaner production from Nigel Godrich works incredibly well with Fran Healy's vocals, which made for one of the last pure rock voices at the time.

In between the more modern production choices though, you can hear little glimpses of the past in there, along with a certain self-awareness by namechecking songs by Oasis and Beck on some of the tracks. Though The Man Who might not be anywhere near as respected as some of the giants of the movement, this made for a nice enough sendoff for the genre as it made its way into the next decade.