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Best of Traffic
Compilation album by
Released1969
Recorded1967-1968
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length40:31
LabelIsland
ProducerJimmy 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.