Released in February 1973, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory is the sixth studio album by Traffic. It followed their 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and contained five songs. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, one space higher than Low Spark had peaked in 1972.
The album was recorded with four members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (bassist David Hood, drummer Roger Hawkins, keyboardist Barry Beckett, and guitarist Jimmy Johnson). Hood and Hawkins appear on all the songs, and are listed as members of Traffic on the album sleeve. Beckett and Johnson only play on Tragic Magic. Hood, Hawkins & Beckett would go on tour with the band as evidenced by the subsequent On the Road album.
Track Listing
Side One
- Shootout at the Fantasy Factory
- Roll Right Stones
Side Two
- Evening Blue
- Tragic Magic
- (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired
Producer: Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood
Format: Vinyl / 12” Album
Label: Island Records
Catalogue No: 7751257
Barcode: 0602577512575
Release Date: 14 May 2021