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| Fifteen tracks from Steve Winwood & co. Freedom Rider, Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Glad, John Barleycorn, etc. |
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| 1 Paper Sun |
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| 2 Hole in My Shoe |
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| 3 Heaven Is in Your Mind |
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| 4 Dear Mr. Fantasy |
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| 5 You Can All Join In |
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| 6 Feelin' Alright |
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| 7 Pearly Queen |
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| 8 Forty Thousand Headmen |
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| 9 Shanghai Noodle Factory |
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| 10 Glad |
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| 11 Freedom Rider |
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| 12 Empty Pages |
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| 13 John Barleycorn |
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| 14 Rock and Roll Stew |
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| 15 The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
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Album Review
Though the two-CD set "Smiling Phases" finally put a comprehensive Traffic compilation on the market in 1991, the only readily available single-disc collection had long been "Best of Traffic", originally issued halfway through the band's career. Thus, "Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic", a 77-minute sampler for the CD era, was long overdue. It combines the group's early singles hits like "Paper Sun" and "Hole In My Shoe" with lengthier album tracks like "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys." Looking over the song list, any Traffic fan will be able to reel off omissions. But easy as it is to note what's missing, it's not so easy to figure out how such songs could be shoehorned into a single-disc set that is already packed with great material. Except in its first year in England, Traffic was not a band that made hit singles, but it did make a plethora of strong recordings, many of which were lengthy by the standards of the time. Several of the absolute necessities on a collection of their best work run longer than five minutes each; "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys" runs close to 12 minutes. Beyond those absolute musts are a bunch of other good songs, many more than could fit on one CD. Compilation producer Bill Levenson has made a reasonable choice among them to construct a well-balanced disc that shows off the band's many talents. Neophytes with a few extra dollars to spend are strongly urged to take the plunge and buy "Smiling Phases", but as a one-CD collection of some of the highlights of Traffic's career, this album lives up to its title. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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