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"The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" is the title track from the 1971 album by British rock band Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood. Despite never being released as a single due to its long duration, it became a staple of North American AOR-format FM radio stations in the 1970s and still receives airplay on classic rock radio today.
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.
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]
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.
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham [4] in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. [5] They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord), sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their ...
AllMusic gives a five-star retrospective review of the album, commenting that it achieved a strong balance between Dave Mason's simple and straightforward folk-rock songs and Steve Winwood's complex and often haunting rock jams. [6] It was voted number 312 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000). [10]
Revolutions – The Very Best of Steve Winwood is the sixth compilation album by Steve Winwood. The album includes music from Winwood's solo career, as well as groups with which he has performed, including the Spencer Davis Group , Traffic , and Blind Faith .
The Steve Winwood band in 2009 on tour. Winwood's next studio album Nine Lives was released in 2008. [48] [49] [better source needed] Nine Lives opened at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart, [50] his highest US debut ever. [citation needed] On 19 February 2008, Winwood and Clapton released a collaborative EP through iTunes titled Dirty City.