Traffic discography

This is the discography of the band Traffic.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
IT
[5]
NLD
[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 88
Traffic
  • Released: October 1968
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9081)
  • Format: LP
9 15 17
Last Exit
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: Island (ILPS 9097)
  • Format: LP
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]
US
[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 (part of Island's An Introduction to... series)
  • Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic 2000 (re-released in 2007 as The Definitive Collection, part of Universal's The Definitive Collection series)
  • The Collection 2002
  • 20th Century Masters - The Best of Traffic - The Millennium Collection 2003 (part of Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series)
  • Traffic Gold 2005 (part of Universal's Gold series)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
GER
[10]
NLD
[6]
US
[8][11]
CAN
[12]
1967 "Paper Sun" 5 12 94 4 N/A
"Hole in My Shoe" 2 21 9 4
"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[upper-alpha 1] 20 123 Traffic
"Medicated Goo" N/A
1970 "Empty Pages" 74 53 John Barleycorn Must Die
1971 "Gimme Some Lovin' (Part 1)" 68 55 Welcome to the Canteen
"Glad" John Barleycorn Must Die
1972 "Rock and Roll Stew (Part 1)" 93 72 The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
1974 "Walking in the Wind" When the Eagle Flies
1994 "Here Comes a Man" 87 87 19 Far from Home
"Some Kinda Woman" 81 64 62
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest appearances

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. "Artist Chart History: Traffic". 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. "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1973". www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. "Traffic" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  7. "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. "Traffic: Charts & Awards". United States: AllMusic. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  9. "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. Whitburn, Joel (1992). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985. Record Research. ISBN 0-89820-082-2.
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