“The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys” by Traffic - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1971 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |
The fifth album in five years from Traffic arrived in November, 1971. The bookend pieces “Hidden Treasure” and “Rainmaker” flirt with a light and airy brand of flute-led folk-rock and this seems to please my simple soul. In-between I'm bored senseless with the likes of “The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys” coming on like a prog Elton John and the mid-paced riffer “Rock & Roll Stew” - the album's sole single - forgetting to roll. The LP was a Top 10 hit in the U.S. and fairly well received in critical circles.
The Jukebox Rebel
14–Dec–2015
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [04:16]  Traffic - Hidden Treasure (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A2 | [11:35]  Traffic - The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi) Prog |
| A3 | [04:55]  Traffic - Light Up or Leave Me Alone (Jim Capaldi) Rock |
| B1 | [04:29]  Traffic - Rock & Roll Stew (Ric Grech, Jim Gordon) Rock |
| B2 | [07:26]  Traffic - Many A Mile To Freedom (Steve Winwood, Anna Capaldi) Rock |
| B3 | [07:39]  Traffic - Rainmaker (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi) Prog |
