Best of Traffic

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|type = Compilation album

|artist = Traffic

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|released = October 19, 1969

|recorded = 1967–1968

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|genre = Psychedelic rock

|length = 40:31

|label = Island

|producer = Jimmy Miller

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Best of Traffic is a compilation album by the band Traffic. It was released shortly after one of the band's many break ups in 1969.{{cite web| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qn1QAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA38&dq=onepage&q#v=onepage&q&f=false |last=Hill |first=Dave |date=February 12, 1970 |title=Tribute to Traffic Really the Best |newspaper=Evening Independent| page=13-D}} The U.S. LP version of the compilation had a different cover design and replaced "Smiling Phases" with "You Can All Join In".

Track listing

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|headline = Side one

|title1 = Paper Sun

|writer1 = Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood

|length1 = 4:17

|title2 = Heaven Is in Your Mind

|writer2 = Capaldi / Winwood / Chris Wood

|length2 = 4:16

|title3 = No Face, No Name, No Number

|writer3 = Capaldi / Winwood

|length3 = 3:29

|title4 = Coloured Rain

|writer4 = Capaldi / Winwood / Wood

|length4 = 2:42

|title5 = Smiling Phases

|writer5 = Capaldi / Winwood / Wood

|length5 = 2:45

|title6 = Hole in My Shoe

|writer6 = Dave Mason

|length6 = 2:52

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{{Track listing

|headline = Side two

|title7 = Medicated Goo

|writer7 = Winwood, Jimmy Miller

|length7 = 3:10

|title8 = 40,000 Headmen

|writer8 = Capaldi / Winwood

|length8 = 3:14

|title9 = Feelin' Alright

|writer9 = Mason

|length9 = 3:02

|title10 = Shanghai Noodle Factory

|writer10 = Winwood / Capaldi / Wood / Mason / Miller / Larry Fallon

|length10 = 5:04

|title11 = Dear Mr. Fantasy

|writer11 = Capaldi / Winwood / Wood

|length11 = 5:45

|total_length = 40:31

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Personnel

Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Heaven Is in Your Mind"
Dave Mason – bass, guitar, sitar, mellotron, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"
Steve Winwood – lead vocals (except on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"), organ, piano, bass, guitar, percussion, harpsichord, backing vocals on "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright"
Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, organ, percussion, backing vocals

Charts

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Chart (1968-1969) ! Peak position
scope="row"\|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=312}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 12
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|48\|artist=Traffic\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}

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Chart (1968-1969)

! Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=312}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 12

{{album chart|Billboard200|48|artist=Traffic|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}

References

Category:1969 greatest hits albums

Category:Traffic (band) albums

Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Miller