Traffic discography explained

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)
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory	Released: February 1973 Label: Island (ILPS 9224) Format: LP	—	35	2	—	20	—	—	6	Gold (US)
When the Eagle Flies	Released: September 1974 Label: Island (ILPS 9273) Format: LP	31	43	16	—	—	—	—	9	Gold (US)
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	AUS	CAN	US
Welcome to the Canteen	Released: September 1971 Label: Island (ILPS 9166) Format: LP	—	49	23	26
On the Road	Released: October 1973 Label: Island (ISLD 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	GER ^[10]	NLD	US ^[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	—	20	123	—	Traffic
	"Medicated Goo"	—	—	—	—	—	Last Exit
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 and References

1. Web site: Artist Chart History: Traffic . . 7 June 2011.
2. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)

   . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . 312 . David Kent (historian).

3. Web site: RPM Search Engine . 31 March 2004 . . PHP.
4. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-03-21. www.offiziellecharts.de.
5. Web site: Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1973. 2021-03-21. www.hitparadeitalia.it.
6. Web site: Traffic . . Hung Medien . Dutch . ASP . 8 June 2011.
7. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2021-03-21. norwegiancharts.com.
8. Web site: Traffic: Charts & Awards. AllMusic. . 7 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121716/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/traffic-mn0000012472/awards. September 22, 2012.
9. Web site: Gold & Platinum Searchable Database . . PHP.
10. Web site: Chartverfolgung / TRAFFIC / Single . Music Line . . . German . 8 June 2011.
11. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn . Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985 . 1992 . Record Research . 0-89820-082-2.

12. • For "Paper Sun": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - September 9, 1967.
    • For "Hole in My Shoe": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4. 1967.
    • For "Empty Pages": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970.
    • For "Gimme Some Lovin': Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - November 27, 1971.
    • For "Rock and Roll Stew": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - February 5, 1972.
    • For "Here Comes a Man": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - June 20, 1994.
    • For "Some Kinda Woman": Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - October 31, 1994.