The Boy with No Name is the fifth studio album by Scottish Alternative rock band Travis. The album was released on 7 May 2007 in the United Kingdom and on 8 May 2007 in the United States.
The name of the album came about when lead singer Fran Healy and his partner Nora were deciding on a name for their newly born son. During this time, he sent a photo of his son to friend by email and labeled the photo "The Boy with No Name". Healy revealed this on the The Chris Moyles Show during an interview. Healy has also revealed in pre-album release performances that some tracks are influenced by his developing family status, such as "My Eyes" being about his new son or "Battleships" referring to ups and downs of relationships.
"Closer" was released as the first single from the album in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2007, and peaked at #10 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2007 in British music). The full album was available to purchase at the Virgin Megastore at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California over the weekend of 27 April 2007–29 April 2007.
Receiving mostly positive reviews, The Boy with No Name entered at #4 on the UK Album Charts and #1 on the UK iTunes charts. In the U.S., the album debuted at number 58 on the Billboard 200, selling 12,000 copies in its first week.
Travis dedicated this album to the Abbey Road Studios chief master engineer Chris Blair and British world champion rally driver Richard Burns, who died of a brain tumour at the age of 34 in 2005.
