Traffic

Rating

Album: Traffic
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You Can All Join In	More Info...	3:39
2)	Pearly Queen	More Info...	4:21
3)	Don't Be Sad	More Info...	3:22
4)	Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring	More Info...	3:14
5)	Feelin' Alright?	More Info...	4:18
6)	Vagabond Virgin	More Info...	5:23
7)	(Roamin' Thro' The Gloamin' With) 40.000 Headman	More Info...	3:15
8)	Cryin' To Be Heard	More Info...	5:33
9)	No Time To Live	More Info...	5:02
10)	Means To An End	More Info...	2:37
11)	Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Stereo Version	More Info...	2:46
12)	Am I What Was Or Am I What I Am	More Info...	2:37
13)	Withering Tree	More Info...	2:57
14)	Medicated Goo	More Info...	3:40
15)	Shanghai Noodle Factory	More Info...	5:06
2)	Pearly Queen	More Info...	0:04
3)	Don't Be Sad	More Info...	0:03
4)	Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring	More Info...	0:03
5)	Feelin' Alright?	More Info...	0:04
6)	Vagabond Virgin	More Info...	0:05
7)	40,000 Headmen (Roamin' Thro' the Gloamin With)	More Info...	0:03
8)	Cryin' to Be Heard	More Info...	0:05
9)	No Time to Live	More Info...	0:05
10)	Means to an End	More Info...	0:02
11)	Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Bonus Tracks;from the Film Soundtrack 'Here We Go Round The	More Info...	0:02
12)	Am I What I Was Or Am I What I Am Bonus Tracks;from the Film Soundtrack 'Here We Go Round The	More Info...	0:02
13)	Withering Tree Bonus Tracks;B-side of Feelin' Alright?-Island Single WIP 60	More Info...	0:03
14)	Medicated Goo Bonus Tracks;A-side of Island Single WIP 6050	More Info...	0:03
15)	Shanghai Noodle Factory Bonus Tracks;B-side of Medicated Goo-Island Single WIP 6050	More Info...	0:05

Album: Traffic
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You Can All Join In	More Info...	3:39
2)	Pearly Queen	More Info...	4:21
3)	Don't Be Sad	More Info...	3:22
4)	Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring	More Info...	3:14
5)	Feelin' Alright?	More Info...	4:18
6)	Vagabond Virgin	More Info...	5:23
7)	(Roamin' Thro' The Gloamin' With) 40.000 Headman	More Info...	3:15
8)	Cryin' To Be Heard	More Info...	5:33
9)	No Time To Live	More Info...	5:02
10)	Means To An End	More Info...	2:37
11)	Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Stereo Version	More Info...	2:46
12)	Am I What Was Or Am I What I Am	More Info...	2:37
13)	Withering Tree	More Info...	2:57
14)	Medicated Goo	More Info...	3:40
15)	Shanghai Noodle Factory	More Info...	5:06
2)	Pearly Queen	More Info...	0:04
3)	Don't Be Sad	More Info...	0:03
4)	Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring	More Info...	0:03
5)	Feelin' Alright?	More Info...	0:04
6)	Vagabond Virgin	More Info...	0:05
7)	40,000 Headmen (Roamin' Thro' the Gloamin With)	More Info...	0:03
8)	Cryin' to Be Heard	More Info...	0:05
9)	No Time to Live	More Info...	0:05
10)	Means to an End	More Info...	0:02
11)	Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Bonus Tracks;from the Film Soundtrack 'Here We Go Round The	More Info...	0:02
12)	Am I What I Was Or Am I What I Am Bonus Tracks;from the Film Soundtrack 'Here We Go Round The	More Info...	0:02
13)	Withering Tree Bonus Tracks;B-side of Feelin' Alright?-Island Single WIP 60	More Info...	0:03
14)	Medicated Goo Bonus Tracks;A-side of Island Single WIP 6050	More Info...	0:03
15)	Shanghai Noodle Factory Bonus Tracks;B-side of Medicated Goo-Island Single WIP 6050	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Traffic: Dave Mason (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, bass); Jim Capldi (vocals, drums, percussion); Chris Wood (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass, percussion, bells).
Engineers: Glyn Johns, Eddie Kramer, Brian Humphries.
Originally released on Island (9081).
Remastered German reissue with bonus tracks and a 12-page booklet featuring rare photos.
Personnel: Dave Mason (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, organ); Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, bass guitar); Jim Capaldi (vocals, drums, percussion); Chris Wood (flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bells).
Liner Note Author: Jimmy Miller .
Photographers: Gered Mankowitz; Richard Polak.
On their second album, the cottage dwellers from Berkshire refined their hippie pop into a looser and vastly more mature work: evocative tales of nonsense in the beautiful "40,000 Headmen," joyful malarkey with Mason's "You Can All Join In," and one of his finest songs, "Feelin Alright," which was a signpost to his imminent departure. Throughout the record Jim Capaldi's understated yet steady drums demonstrate just what a great rock drummer should do, and Chris Wood's sound is everywhere, with trills on flute and blasts on saxophone. TRAFFIC is a record that will always be meant for glorious sunny days.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (3/4/04, p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 - "TRAFFIC is a triumph of earthy cohesion, a sparkling British twist on the rural-basement R&B of the Band's MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK....[T]his is the best album [any Traffic] lineup ever made..."

Rolling Stone (1/4/69, p.28) - "...Dave Mason is a top-notch rock and roll composer and the Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi team is equally good...coming up with material on a level with the Young Rascals' best work..."

Q (2/00, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...lolloping funkiness - smeared all over 'Feelin' Alright' and 'Pearly Queen' - could only have come from such chilled-out environs [a rented cottage in Aston Tirrold, Bershire]..."

Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.106) - "...a sweet parade of soulful prog that no one else could muster....shows that Traffic were capable of thoughtful, inventive and occasionally very beautiful music."