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Best of Traffic
Compilation album by
Released1969
Recorded1967-1968
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length40:31
LabelIsland
Producer Jimmy Miller
Alternate U.S. Album Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. " Paper Sun" ( Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi)
  2. "Heaven Is in Your Mind" (Capaldi, Winwood, Chris Wood)
  3. "No Face, No Name, No Number" (Winwood, Capaldi)
  4. " Coloured Rain" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
  5. "Smiling Phases" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
  6. " Hole in My Shoe" ( Dave Mason)
  7. "Medicated Goo" (Winwood, Jimmy Miller)
  8. " 40,000 Headmen" (Winwood, Capaldi)
  9. " Feelin' Alright" (Mason)
  10. "Shanghai Noodle Factory" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Mason, Miller, Larry Fallon)
  11. " 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
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [2] 12
United States ( Billboard 200) 48

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "The Best of Traffic - Traffic | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 312. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.