Traffic discography

Here 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: 20 September 1968 [9] Label: Island (ILPS 9081) Format: LP	9	—	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) [10]
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Released: November 1971 Label: Island (ILPS 9180) Format: LP	—	38	17	48	—	—	—	7	Platinum (US) [10]
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory	Released: February 1973 Label: Island (ILPS 9224) Format: LP	—	35	2	—	20	—	—	6	Gold (US) [10]
When the Eagle Flies	Released: September 1974 Label: Island (ILPS 9273) Format: LP	31	43	16	—	—	—	—	9	Gold (US) [10]
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 (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 [1]	GER [11]	NLD [6]	US [8] [12]	CAN [13]
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 [A]	—	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

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. "Traffic single set, December concerts" (PDF). New Musical Express . 7 September 1968. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025. Record producer Jimmy Miller decided on Tuesday to release "Feelin' Alright" as the group's next single, to be rush released next week. It is a Dave Mason composition from the LP Traffic , which Island issues on September 20.
10. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America .
11. "Chartverfolgung / TRAFFIC / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005. 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. • For "Paper Sun": "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 9, 1967" (PDF).
    • For "Hole in My Shoe": "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4. 1967" (PDF).
    • For "Empty Pages": "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970" (PDF).
    • For "Gimme Some Lovin': "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 27, 1971" (PDF).
    • For "Rock and Roll Stew": "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 5, 1972" (PDF).
    • For "Here Comes a Man": "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 20, 1994" (PDF).
    • For "Some Kinda Woman": "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 31, 1994" (PDF).