Traffic discography

This is a discography of the band Traffic.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CA
[3]
NL
[4]
US
[5]
Mr. Fantasy
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9061)
  • Format: LP
  • Released as Heaven Is in Your Mind in US
  • Released as Reaping in Canada
16 N/A 88
Traffic
  • Released: October 1968
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9081)
  • Format: LP
9 N/A 15 17
Last Exit
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9097)
  • Format: LP
N/A 31 19
John Barleycorn Must Die
  • Released: July 1970
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9116)
  • Format: LP
11 14 6 5 5 Gold (US)[6]
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9180)
  • Format: LP
38 17 7 Platinum (US)[6]
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9224)
  • Format: LP
35 2 6 Gold (US)[6]
When the Eagle Flies
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9273)
  • Format: LP
31 43 16 9 Gold (US)[6]
Far from Home
  • Released: 9 May 1994
  • Label: Virgin (CDV 2727)
  • Format: CD
29 72 33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
USA
[5]
Welcome to the Canteen
  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9166)
  • Format: LP
49 23 26
On the Road
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: Island (ILSD 2)
  • Format: LP
40 51 43 29
Last Great Traffic Jam
  • Released: 8 November 2005
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD/DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

  • Best of Traffic 1969 US #48, AUS #12
  • Heavy Traffic 1975 US #155
  • More Heavy Traffic 1975 US #193
  • Smiling Phases 1991
  • Heaven Is in Your Mind - An Introduction to Traffic 1998
  • Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic (aka The Definitive Collection) 2000
  • The Collection 2002
  • The Best of Traffic - The Millennium Collection (20th Century Masters series) 2003
  • Traffic Gold 2005

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
GE
[7]
NL
[4]
US
[8][9]
1967 "Paper Sun" 5 12 94
"Hole in My Shoe" 2 21 9
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" 8 34 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 "No Face, No Name and No Number" 40 Mr. Fantasy
"Feelin' Alright" 20 123 Traffic
"Medicated Goo" Last Exit
1970 "Empty Pages" 74 John Barleycorn Must Die
1971 "Gimme Some Lovin' (Part 1)" 68 Welcome to the Canteen
"Glad" John Barleycorn Must Die
1972 "Rock and Roll Stew (Part 1)" 93 The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
1974 "Walking in the Wind" When the Eagle Flies
1994 "Here Comes a Man" 87 87 Far from Home
"Some Kinda Woman" 81 64
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest appearances as a group

Title Artist Album details Involvement
Contribution Shawn Phillips
  • Released: 1970
  • Format: LP
"For RFK, JFK and MLK" features Winwood - piano; Capaldi - percussion; Wood - saxophone
Oh How We Danced Jim Capaldi
  • Released: 1972
  • Format: LP
"Open Your Heart" features Winwood - organ, backing vocal; Capaldi - piano, lead vocal; Wood - saxophone; Grech - bass; Gordon - drums; Kwaku Baah - congas
Vulcan Chris Wood
  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD
"Moonchild Vulcan (live)" features Winwood - guitar; Capaldi - drums; Wood - saxophone; Gee - bass; Kwaku Baah - percussion

References

  1. "Artist Chart History: Traffic". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 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.
  3. "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. 31 March 2004.
  4. "Traffic" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. "Traffic: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  6. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. "Chartverfolgung / TRAFFIC / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  8. "Traffic: Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (1992). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985. Record Research. ISBN 0-89820-082-2.
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