There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Traffic started out in the mid-60s with Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood after Winwood left Spencer Davis Group. From the beginning, they were quite popular in their native England, though success elsewhere was slower in coming. Their first three albums combined psychedelic rock with elements of folk and soul music. Within Britain (at least), Traffic reached a much wider audience when, on the dissolution of Cream, two thirds of that band joined Steve Winwood (during a temporary Traffic disbanding) to form Blind Faith, which also included future Traffic member and sometime Family man, Ric Grech. In 1970, after the disbanding of Blind Faith, Winwood set about recording a solo album. After Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi became involved, the decision was taken to release this album (eventually what would become John Barleycorn Must Die) under the Traffic name, despite the absence of Dave Mason. Around 1971, Mason left for good (having been in and out of the band from the beginning), and the the band experienced a variety of personnel changes. The resulting band added some jazzy elements to their style, and the compositions tended to stretch out over longer lengths. With their albums The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) and Shootout at the Fantasy Factory (1973) their popu
1 | Hope I Never Find Me There | Mr. Fantasy |
2 | When The Eagle Flies | Smiling Phases (Disc 2) |
3 | Heaven Is In Your Mind | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |
4 | Cryin' To Be Heard | Traffic |
5 | Rainmaker | The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
6 | Pearly Queen | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |
7 | Giving to You | Mr. Fantasy |
8 | Light up or Leave Me Alone | The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
9 | Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring | Traffic |
10 | No Face, No Name, No Number | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
11 | Feelin' Alright | Traffic |
12 | Means To An End | Traffic |
13 | Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory | Smiling Phases (Disc 2) |
14 | Pearly Queen | Woodstock '94 (Disc 2) |
15 | You Can All Join In | Traffic |
16 | Freedom Rider | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |
17 | The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |
18 | John Barleycorn | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |
19 | 40,000 Headmen | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
20 | Coloured Rain | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |