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Smiling Phases (CD)

By: Traffic (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Smiling Phases (CD) Album By Traffic (Artist)
1   Paper Sun
2   Hole In My Shoe
3   Smiling Phases
4   Heaven Is In Your Mind
5   Coloured Rain
6   No Face, No Name, No Number
7   Here We Go Around The Mulberry Bush
8   Dear Mr. Fantasy
9   You Can All Join In
10   Feelin' Alright
11   Pearly Queen
12   40,000 Headmen, (Roamin' Through The Gloamin With)
13   Vagabond Virgin
14   Shanghai Noodle Factory
15   Withering Tree
16   Medicated Goo
 
DISC 2 for Smiling Phases (CD) Album By Traffic (Artist)
1   Glad
2   Freedom Rider
3   Empty Pages
4   John Barleycorn
5   Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
6   Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
7   Rock And Roll Stew
8   Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
9   Walking In The Wind
10   When The Eagle Flies
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (1/31/92, p.58) - "..for nine fascinating albums, from 1967 to 1974, Traffic kept its vistas wide and its touch light, imaginatively adapting an airy blend of jazz and rock...a brisk, compelling portrait..." - Rating: B+
Q (5/92, p.98) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..the most convincing flowering of English hippy style.."

Title Note

Traffic: Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Dave Mason (vocals, guitar); Jim Capaldi (vocals, drums); Chris Wood (flute, saxophone); Jim Gordon (drums), Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussion), Roger Hawkins (drums).

Traffic was one of the most delightful and inventive bands poised between the late '60s and early '70s. The group began as a lightly psychedelic, folk-inflected outfit but, amidst personnel changes, developed into a jam-happy band with a beefed-up percussion section. In that final incarnation, Traffic's ten-minute long musical excursions were never less than interesting.

SMILING PHASES traces Traffic's history over two discs, making a strong case for the validity of every point on the band's growth curve. The first disc draws from Traffic's first era--the albums MR. FANTASY, TRAFFIC, and LAST EXIT. "Heaven Is In Your Mind" neatly encapsulates just what makes Traffic so memorable, as easy transitions seem to organically lead into one another. The second disc covers the studio albums between JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE and WHEN THE EAGLE FLIES. Throughout it all, Steve Winwood's rich, evocative, and soulful vocals remain Traffic's easiest point of entry. SMILING PHASES is a great collection devoted to a band that should not be forgotten.

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