| Traffic | ||||
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| Released | 28 April 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:10 | |||
| Label | Borough Music | |||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| BBC Music | favourable[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Traffic is the eighth studio album by English band ABC and their first album of original material released in eleven years. The album's songs were written while the band toured the United States in 2006. One critic has described the album as the most "satisfying ABC album since the mid-'80s by far".[1]
Drummer David Palmer, who left the band in 1982 after recording The Lexicon of Love, returned to record this album, for which he co-wrote all of the tracks. Gary Langan also returned to mix the album after working as a sound engineer on The Lexicon of Love and producing Beauty Stab.
AllMusic described Traffic as "the album that ABC fans were probably hoping for in 1985" and considered that Fry's "lyrical mastery was back in place" in the album's songs which showed "an elegant mix of soul and style".[1]
- ^ a b c Severa, Alan. "ABC:Traffic > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Easlea, Daryl (2 May 2008). "ABC Traffic Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.