On The Road
by Traffic
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Traffic bestography
On The Road is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by Traffic on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Traffic is John Barleycorn Must Die which is ranked number 2049 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 818.
(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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On The Road track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
On The Road rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 Pt 2 | 4/32 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top live albums of all time | 48/64 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Brum Rocks | 29/94 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time (201 - 300) | 91/100 | - |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | Best ever live albums | 65/83 | - |
| 2023 | MetaKoopa99 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1973 | 24/42 | 2 |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in March 2022 | 62/100 | - |
| 2021 | bluk | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 98/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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On The Road ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 10:29 | Yurls | 22 | 87/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 20:11 |  grogg | 151 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2025 09:51 |  Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Given the chance to have seen this short-lived supergroup live and I would have jumped at the chance. The opening track genuinely rocks but overall, on vinyl,, I prefer the quality and sound of the original studio recordings to these live versions. (Edited)
Excellent collection of songs that sound instrumentally excellent live. The vocal mixing isn’t great, but Winwood’s voice is so powerful and the music is so good that I can forgive it.
I bought this second hand on vinyl many years ago and it hasn't had many spins really. I bought it on the back of reviews which I had read on the 'Mr Fantasy' album and having since bought 'Mr Fantasy' on CD can conclude that it is like listening to a different band. Beyond the pretty rubbish cover on this album, the music is more of a jazz affair which I do like. More like Santana meets Courtney Pine. The musical content is really good and this album has grown on me, or I have matured into it! The vocals are not the most inspiring and they sound weak compared to the instrumentation. In fact if the vocals weren't there at all it wouldn't matter.
Is is possible for one band to have two average albums released for contractual obligations at the "end" of their career? Apparently so.
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