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1 Reception  





2 Track listing  





3 U.S. & Canada LP track listing  





4 Personnel  





5 Charts  





6 References  














On the Road (Traffic album)






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On the Road
Live album by
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedApril 1973, Germany
Genre
Length75:59
LabelIsland
ProducerChris Blackwell
Traffic chronology
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
(1973)
On the Road
(1973)
When the Eagle Flies
(1974)

On The Road is the second live album (two LPs on initial European releases; later reissued on one CD) by English rock band Traffic, released in 1973. Recorded live in Germany, it features the Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory band, with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of keyboardist Barry Beckett, bassist David Hood, and drummer Roger Hawkins.

The initial U.S. release of On the Road (Island/Capitol) was a single LP consisting of "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" (edited to 15:10), "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory", "(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired", and "Light Up or Leave Me Alone".

The album reached number 40 in the UK[1] and number 29 in the USA.[2]

Reception[edit]

In their retrospective review, Allmusic praised the playing of Roger Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett, but condemned the album for both stretching the songs out for too long and failing to improve on the "lackluster" studio versions of the three songs from Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Glad" / "Freedom Rider"Steve Winwood / Winwood, Jim Capaldi20:49
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tragic Magic"Chris Wood8:30
2."(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired"Winwood, Capaldi10:20
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory"Winwood, Capaldi6:40
2."Light up or Leave Me Alone"Capaldi10:30
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"Winwood, Capaldi17:35

U.S. & Canada LP track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi15:10
2."Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory"Winwood, Capaldi6:47
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired"Winwood, Capaldi10:20
2."Light Up or Leave Me Alone"Capaldi10:45

Personnel[edit]

Production notes:

Charts[edit]

Chart (1973-1974) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 51
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 43
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 29
USBillboard 200[7] 29

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Traffic in the UK Charts" Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  • ^ "Traffic in the USA Charts", Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  • ^ On the RoadatAllMusic
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4976a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  • ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  • ^ "Traffic Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

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