The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (studio album) by Traffic

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys by Traffic
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 2,354th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 182 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1971 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (450th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,354th)
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Traffic bestography

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Traffic on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Traffic is John Barleycorn Must Die which is ranked number 1883 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 888.

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77/100 (from 182 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 04/14/2022 06:05
A pleasant surprise.
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From 04/13/2022 16:46
Very good. I like the long songs and the guitar parts in them
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From 06/24/2021 15:44
A truly fantastic album and my favorite from Traffic. Definitely underrated on this website, everything here is a classic, most notably the title track. If you're a fan of progressive rock, folk, jazz fusion, or any similar genre, you should probably love this album as well. I recommend it for anybody, really.
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From 05/27/2019 03:16
A very lysergic work. An album for when the walls are breathing; it was 1971.
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From 07/01/2018 00:27
My favorite Traffic album. Moments that are at times slow and introspective (the lovely "Many A Mile To Freedom") to the loose and funky ("Light Up or Leave Me Alone") and of course the sprawling epic title track. A MUST own!
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From 09/29/2016 00:20
In my opinion: the greatest Traffic album
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From 06/17/2015 20:29
Traffic was a great band that you don't hear about much. This album is one of my favorite albums of the 70's
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From 01/30/2015 04:28
Best Track: Light Up or Leave Me Alone
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From 10/11/2014 23:01
traffic were amazing, this is an understatedly nice album
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Meddle by Pink Floyd
8. Tago Mago by Can
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Imagine by John Lennon
16. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
17. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
18. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
19. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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