Traffic discography

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This is a discography of the band Traffic.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CA
[3] 		GE

[4]

IT

[5]

NL
[6] 		NO

[7]

US
[8]
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 15 5 Gold (US)[9]
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9180)
  • Format: LP
 — 38 17 48 — — — 7 Platinum (US)[9]
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9224)
  • Format: LP
 — 35 2 — 20 — — 6 Gold (US)[9]
When the Eagle Flies
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9273)
  • Format: LP
 31 43 16 — — — — 9 Gold (US)[9]
Far from Home
  • Released: 9 May 1994
  • Label: Virgin (CDV 2727)
  • Format: CD
 29 — — 22 — 72 — 33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[3] 		USA
[8]
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
  • (aka The Definitive Collection) – 2000
  • – 2002
  • (20th Century Masters series) – 2003
  • Traffic Gold – 2005

Singles[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		GE
[10] 		NL
[6] 		US
[11][12] 		CAN
1967 "Paper Sun" 5 — 12 94 4[13]
"Hole in My Shoe" 2 21 9 — 4[14]
"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" 51[A] — 20 123 — Traffic
"Medicated Goo" — — — — — Last Exit
1970 "Empty Pages" — — — 74 53[15] John Barleycorn Must Die
1971 "Gimme Some Lovin' (Part 1)" — — — 68 55[16] Welcome to the Canteen
"Glad" — — — — — John Barleycorn Must Die
1972 "Rock and Roll Stew (Part 1)" — — — 93 72[17] The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
1974 "Walking in the Wind" — — — — — When the Eagle Flies
1994 "Here Comes a Man" 87 87 — — 19[18] Far from Home
"Some Kinda Woman" 81 64 — — 62[19]
"—" 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

Notes[]

  1. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History: Traffic". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. 31 March 2004.
  4. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  5. ^ "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1973". www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  6. ^ a b "Traffic" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  7. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  8. ^ a b "Traffic: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  10. ^ "Chartverfolgung / TRAFFIC / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Traffic: Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1992). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985. Record Research. ISBN 0-89820-082-2.
  13. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 9, 1967" (PDF).
  14. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4. 1967" (PDF).
  15. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970" (PDF).
  16. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 27, 1971" (PDF).
  17. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 5, 1972" (PDF).
  18. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 20, 1994" (PDF).
  19. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 31, 1994" (PDF).
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