Traffic discography

{{short description|Cataloguing of published recordings by Traffic}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} [[File:Traffic are back with a new album & tape, 1970.png|thumb|right|1970 trade ad for ''John Barleycorn Must Die'']] Here is the discography of the band '''Traffic'''.

==Albums== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="8" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |- !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK <ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12980/traffic/|title=Artist Chart History: Traffic |work=Official Charts Company |accessdate=7 June 2011}}</ref> !AUS <ref name="aus">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |page=312 |authorlink=David Kent (historian)}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|CAN <ref name="RPM">{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |title=''RPM'' Search Engine |date=31 March 2004 |work=Library and Archives Canada |format=PHP}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|GER <ref>{{Cite web|title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|IT <ref>{{Cite web|title=Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1973|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1973.htm|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.hitparadeitalia.it}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|NLD <ref name="NL">{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Traffic |title=Traffic |work=Dutch Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |language=Dutch |format=ASP |accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|NO <ref>{{Cite web|title=norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=traffic|access-date=2021-03-21|website=norwegiancharts.com}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|US <ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/traffic-mn0000012472/awards|title=Traffic: Charts & Awards|publisher=AllMusic|location=United States |accessdate=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121716/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/traffic-mn0000012472/awards|archive-date=September 22, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''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 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Traffic'' | *Released: 20 September 1968<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=7 September 1968 |title=Traffic single set, December concerts |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/1968/NME-1968-09-07i.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806113442/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/1968/NME-1968-09-07i.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2025 |access-date=31 August 2025 |magazine=New Musical Express |page=10 |quote=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.}}</ref> *Label: Island (ILPS 9081) *Format: LP |9 |— |15 |— |— |— |— |17 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Last Exit'' | *Released: May 1969 *Label: Island (ILPS 9097) *Format: LP |— | {{n/a}} |31 |— |— |— |— |19 | |- ! scope="row" | ''John Barleycorn Must Die'' | *Released: July 1970 *Label: Island (ILPS 9116) *Format: LP |11 |14 |6 |— |— |5 |15 |5 |Gold (US)<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database |work=Recording Industry Association of America |format=PHP}}</ref>

|- ! scope="row" | ''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'' | *Released: November 1971 *Label: Island (ILPS 9180) *Format: LP |— |38 |17 |48 |— |— |— |7 |Platinum (US)<ref name="RIAA" />

|- ! scope="row" | ''Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory'' | *Released: February 1973 *Label: Island (ILPS 9224) *Format: LP |— |35 |2 |— |20 |— |— |6 |Gold (US)<ref name="RIAA" />

|- ! scope="row" | ''When the Eagle Flies'' | *Released: September 1974 *Label: Island (ILPS 9273) *Format: LP |31 |43 |16 |— |— |— |— |9 |Gold (US)<ref name="RIAA" />

|- ! scope="row" | ''Far from Home'' | *Released: 9 May 1994 *Label: Virgin (CDV 2727) *Format: CD |29 |— |— |22 |— |72 |— |33 | |- | colspan="11" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |- !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK <ref name="UK" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|AUS <ref name=aus/> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|CAN <ref name="RPM" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|US <ref name="AM" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Welcome to the Canteen'' | *Released: September 1971 *Label: Island (ILPS 9166) *Format: LP |— |49 |23 |26

|- ! scope="row" | ''On the Road'' | *Released: October 1973 *Label: Island (ISLD 2) *Format: LP |40 |51 |43 |29

|- ! scope="row" | ''Last Great Traffic Jam'' | *Released: 8 November 2005 *Label: Epic *Format: CD/DVD |— |— |— |— |- |colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" 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 *''The Best of Traffic: 20th Century Masters/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== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year ! width="225" rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" width="175"| Album |- !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK <ref name="UK" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|GER <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/TRAFFIC/single |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117232129/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Traffic/single |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2005 |title=Chartverfolgung / TRAFFIC / Single |work=Music Line |publisher=Media Control Charts |location=Germany |language=German |accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|NLD <ref name="NL" /> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|US <ref name="AM"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985 |year=1992 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0-89820-082-2}}</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|CAN <ref> *For "Paper Sun": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10094.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 9, 1967}} *For "Hole in My Shoe": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.100111.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4. 1967}} *For "Empty Pages": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4700.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970}} *For "Gimme Some Lovin': {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7536.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - November 27, 1971}} *For "Rock and Roll Stew": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5306.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 5, 1972}} *For "Here Comes a Man": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.2508.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - June 20, 1994}} *For "Some Kinda Woman": {{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.2641.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 31, 1994}}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|1967 |"Paper Sun" |align="center"|5 |align="center"|— |align="center"|12 |align="center"|94 |align="center"|4 |rowspan="2"|N/A |- |"Hole in My Shoe" |align="center"|2 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|— |align="center"|4 |- |"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" |align="center"|8 |align="center"|— |align="center"|34 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' |- |rowspan="3"|1968 |"No Face, No Name and No Number" |align="center"|40 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |''Mr. Fantasy'' |- |"Feelin' Alright" |align="center"|51{{Efn|Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha}} |align="center"|— |align="center"|20 |align="center"|123 |align="center"|— |''Traffic'' |- |"Medicated Goo" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |''Last Exit'' |- |1970 |"Empty Pages" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|74 |align="center"|53 |''John Barleycorn Must Die'' |- |rowspan="2"|1971 |"Gimme Some Lovin' (Part 1)" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|68 |align="center"|55 |''Welcome to the Canteen'' |- |"Glad" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |''John Barleycorn Must Die'' |- |1972 |"Rock and Roll Stew (Part 1)" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|93 |align="center"|72 |''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'' |- |1974 |"Walking in the Wind" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |''When the Eagle Flies'' |- |rowspan="2"|1994 |"Here Comes a Man" |align="center"|87 |align="center"|87 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|19 |rowspan="2"|''Far from Home'' |- |"Some Kinda Woman" |align="center"|81 |align="center"|64 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|62 |- |colspan="8" align="center" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

==Guest appearances== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Album details ! scope="col" | Involvement |- ! scope="row" | ''Contribution'' |Shawn Phillips | *Released: 1970 *Format: LP | "For RFK, JFK and MLK" features Winwood - piano; Capaldi - percussion; Wood - saxophone |- ! scope="row" | ''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 |- ! scope="row" | ''Vulcan'' |Chris Wood | *Released: 2008 *Format: CD | "Moonchild Vulcan (live)" features Winwood - guitar; Capaldi - drums; Wood - saxophone; Gee - bass; Kwaku Baah - percussion |}

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