Best of Traffic
1969 compilation album by Traffic
Best of Traffic | |
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Compilation album by Traffic | |
Released | 1969 |
Recorded | 1967–1968 |
Genre | Psychedelic rock |
Length | 40:31 |
Label | Island |
Producer | Jimmy Miller |
Alternate U.S. Album Cover | |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Best of Traffic is a compilation album by the band Traffic, released in 1969.
The U.S. LP version of the compilation had a different cover design and replaced "Smiling Phases" with "You Can All Join In".
Track listing
- "Paper Sun" (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi)
- "Heaven Is in Your Mind" (Capaldi, Winwood, Chris Wood)
- "No Face, No Name, No Number" (Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Coloured Rain" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
- "Smiling Phases" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
- "Hole in My Shoe" (Dave Mason)
- "Medicated Goo" (Winwood, Jimmy Miller)
- "40,000 Headmen" (Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Feelin' Alright" (Mason)
- "Shanghai Noodle Factory" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Mason, Miller, Larry Fallon)
- "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
Personnel
- Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Heaven Is in Your Mind"
- Dave Mason – bass, guitar, sitar, mellotron, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"
- Steve Winwood – lead vocals (except on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"), organ, piano, bass, guitar, percussion, harpsichord, backing vocals on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"
- Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, organ, percussion, backing vocals
Charts
Chart (1968/70) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 12 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 48 |
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Traffic
- Steve Winwood
- Jim Capaldi
- Chris Wood
- Dave Mason
- Ric Grech
- Jim Gordon
- Rebop Kwaku Baah
- Roger Hawkins
- David Hood
- Barry Beckett
- Rosko Gee
- Randall Bramblett
- Michael McEvoy
- Walfredo Reyes Jr.
- Mr. Fantasy
- Traffic
- Last Exit
- John Barleycorn Must Die
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
- When the Eagle Flies
- Far from Home
- Welcome to the Canteen
- On the Road
- The Last Great Traffic Jam
- Best of Traffic
- Gold
- "Paper Sun"
- "Hole in My Shoe"
- "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"
- "Dear Mr. Fantasy"
- "40,000 Headmen"
- "Feelin' Alright?"
- "John Barleycorn"
- "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
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