Traffic (ABC album)

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Traffic
Studio album by ABC
Released	April 28, 2008
Recorded	2007-2008
Genre	Rock
Length	47:10
Label	Borough Music
Producer	Gary Langan
Professional reviews
BBC (Favourable) [1]
ABC chronology
Look of Love - The Very Best of ABC (2001) Traffic (2008)

Traffic is the first new album of original material released by English band ABC in eleven years. The album's songs were written by lead singer Martin Fry while he toured the United States in 2006.

Drummer David Palmer, who left the band in 1982 after recording The Lexicon of Love, returned to record this album.

Gary Langan returned to mix the album after working as sound engineer on The Lexicon of Love and producing Beauty Stab.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Singles 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sixteen Seconds to Choose"
2. "The Very First Time"
3. "Ride"
4. "Love Is Strong"
5. "Caroline"
6. "Life Shapes You"
7. "One Way Traffic"
8. "Way Back When"
9. "Validation"
10. "Lose Yourself"
11. "Fugitives"
12. "Minus Love"

[edit] Singles

The album's first single, "The Very First Time", is currently in rotation on BBC Radio 2.^[1]

Currently, there is a poll on the band's MySpace page asking what song should be released as the second single.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Traffic at Amazon.com
• Traffic at Amazon.co.uk

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