Track Listing 1. Heaven Is in Your Mind 2. Berkshire Poppies 3. House For Everyone 4. No Face, No Name and No Number 5. Dear Mr. Fantasy 6. Dealer 7. Utterly Simple 8. Coloured Rain 9. Hope I Never Find Me There 10. Giving to You 11. Paper Sun - (single mix) 12. Giving to You - (single mix) 13. Hole in My Shoe - (single mix) 14. Smiling Phases - (single mix) 15. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - (single mix)
| Details | | Producer: | Jimmy Miller | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes This remastered version of the original mono U.K. release of MR. FANTASY also includes several single-only tracks. The stereo version of the album has been rereleased under its original U.S. title HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND. Rehearsed and written at a cottage in the Berkshire countryside, Traffic's debut was former child prodigy Steve Winwood's first foray into headier territory after a stint playing R&B-fueled rock & roll with the Spencer Davis Group. Rounded out by drummer Jim Capaldi and multi-instrumentalists Chris Wood and Dave Mason, MR. FANTASY included experimentation with vaudeville-inspired numbers ("Berkshire Poppies"), flamenco-flavored fantasy ("Dealer"), and sitar-drenched meditations ("Utterly Simple"). Winwood's inspired organ playing and soulful singing emerge on cuts like "Coloured Rain." In keeping with the band's unorthodox approach to composition and arrangement, "Giving To You" offers a funky groove sandwiched between tidbits of an overheard conversation about the relative merits of jazz.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - ...embodies the mores of hippy-era British rock....heavy on pastoral whimsy... Q (02/01/2000)
...a riot of trendy hippy-pop....shows that Traffic were capable of thoughtful, inventive and occasionally very beautiful music. Mojo (01/01/2000)
3 stars out of 5 - ...embodies the mores of hippy-era British rock....heavy on pastoral whimsy...Mojo (1/00, p.106) - ...a riot of trendy hippy-pop....shows that Traffic were capable of thoughtful, inventive and occasionally very beautiful music. Q (02/01/2000)
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