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The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level. [3] At 11 minutes and 44 seconds, it is the longest track on the album. The song (and the album) received wide praise, both in print and on broadcasts. [4]
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is the fifth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1971.The album was Traffic's most successful in the United States, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and becoming their only platinum-certified album there, indicating sales in excess of one million.
It followed their 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and contained five songs. Shoot Out, while achieving poorer reviews than its predecessor, did reach number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, one space higher than Low Spark had peaked in 1972.
Pollard suggested the title for the Traffic song "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys". [39] AMT released a 1 ⁄ 25 model kit of the Michael J. Pollard "Flower Power 1936 Ford" Item # T218-200. Actor Michael J. Fox, whose real middle name is Andrew, adopted the middle initial "J." as a homage to Pollard. [40] [41]
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]
The last film in the "High School Musical" trilogy, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," turns 15 on Tuesday, and you know what that means: It's time to revisit — and rank — all 11 songs from ...
The album ended with a version of The Spencer Davis Group song "Gimme Some Loving", which became a minor hit. Following the departure of Mason, Traffic released The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971), which was a Top 10 American album but did not chart in the UK.
Swing low, sweet chariot. Coming for to carry me home. If you get there before I do. Coming for to carry me home. Tell all my friends I'm coming too. Coming for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet ...