Mr. Fantasy

Considered by far the strangest and most art rock style album that Traffic released, Mr. Fantasy didn’t gain much more than a cult following for Traffic at the time. Critics seemed to like the album, though, and most said it was clear that Steve Winwood and Traffic were good at putting together semi-mainstream psychedelic rock, except this album was not quite mainstream enough. By their next release, the eponymous Traffic, the band was said to have worked through that. This album features even more horns, flutes, and less rock-style instruments than most of Traffic’s future releases. The sitar was used <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Traffic/Mr.+Fantasy">Read more on Last.fm</a>.