Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
by Traffic

Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory by Traffic
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 8,504th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (153rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,281st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,504th)

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Traffic bestography

Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory is ranked 6th best out of 19 albums by Traffic on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Traffic is John Barleycorn Must Die which is ranked number 1948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 849.

Traffic album bestography « Higher ranked (8,414th)
Welcome To The Canteen
This album (8,504th)
Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
Lower ranked (9,434th) »
When The Eagle Flies

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,504th | 1970s rank: 1,281st | 1973 rank: 153rd

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 65 votes)
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01/02/2026 00:55 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79270/100
 
80/100
 
09/01/2025 04:36 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,65075/100
 
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05/14/2025 09:20 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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02/17/2025 23:38 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,95874/100
 
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11/26/2024 23:02 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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80/100
From 01/25/2016 22:57 | #157725
A pretty good record. Not their best but better than most. I have to be in a mellow mood to listen to this album.
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From 07/05/2015 18:21 | #145191
Best track: Evening Blue
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From 01/31/2015 15:37 | #133372
"(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired " -- How prophetic
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90/100
From 10/02/2013 07:13 | #87410
Underrated in my opinion, this is an excellent Traffic album. With songs like "Evening Blue", "(Sometimes I Feel so) Uninspired" and "Roll Right Blues" it makes an excellent listen for a late evening.
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