Traffic (ABC album)

Traffic is the eighth studio album by English band ABC and their first album of original material released in eleven years. The album's songs were written while the band toured the United States in 2006. One critic have described the album as the most "satisfying ABC album since the mid-'80s by far".[1]

Traffic
Studio album by
ABC
Released28 April 2008
Recorded2007–2008
GenreRock
Length47:10
LabelBorough Music
Producer
ABC chronology
Gold
(2006)		 Traffic
(2008)		 The Lexicon of Love II
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC Musicfavourable[2]

Drummer David Palmer, who left the band in 1982 after recording The Lexicon of Love, returned to record this album, for which he co-wrote all of the tracks. Gary Langan also returned to mix the album after working as a sound engineer on The Lexicon of Love and producing Beauty Stab.

AllMusic described Traffic as "the album that ABC fans were probably hoping for in 1985" and considered that Fry's "lyrical mastery was back in place" in the album's songs which showed "an elegant mix of soul and style".[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Martin Fry, Chuck Kentis and David Palmer.

  1. "Sixteen Seconds to Choose" – 3:12
  2. "The Very First Time" – 3:39
  3. "Ride" – 3:37
  4. "Love Is Strong" – 4:07
  5. "Caroline" – 4:45
  6. "Life Shapes You" – 3:50
  7. "One Way Traffic" – 3:44
  8. "Way Back When" – 4:13
  9. "Validation" – 3:57
  10. "Lose Yourself" – 4:03
  11. "Fugitives" – 4:02
  12. "Minus Love" – 4:08

Singles

The album's first single, "The Very First Time", received airplay on BBC Radio 2.[3] A poll on the band's MySpace page[4] considered that "Life Shapes You" would make the best second single but in fact "Love Is Strong" was selected.[5] "Love Is Strong" was released as a single on 18 August 2008.[6]

Personnel
ABC
  • Martin Fry – vocals
  • David Palmer – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
  • Steve Kelly – keyboards
  • Chuck Kentis – keyboards
  • Matt Backer – guitar
  • Don Kirkpatrick – guitar
  • Oliver Leiber – guitar
  • Jason Nesmith – guitar, drums
  • Paul Warren – guitar
  • Andy Carr – bass guitar
  • Lance Morrison – bass guitar
  • Simon Willescroft – saxophone
  • David Williamson – trombone
  • Dan Carpenter – trumpet
  • Julie Delgado – backing vocals
  • Natasha Pierce – backing vocals
  • Jackie Simley – backing vocals
  • Fred White – backing vocals

References
  1. Severa, Alan. "ABC:Traffic > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. Easlea, Daryl (2 May 2008). "ABC Traffic Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  3. Radio 2 Playlist
  4. What should be the next ABC single?
  5. ABC official site Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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