IT'S MAKING ME
TURN MY HEAD
ALL THE TIME
'CAUSE LOOKING AT YOUR FACE
IS LIKE SEEING THE SUNSHINE
Oh How We Danced
is the
debut
studio album
by the British
musician
The album
was recorded
while Traffic
was on hiatus
due to
Steve Winwood's struggles
with peritonitis
and was released by
Island Records in 1972.
Like his
contemporary albums
with Traffic,
it was unsuccessful
in his native
United Kingdom
but did better
in the United States,
reaching number 82
in the
Billboard 200 chart
and producing
the hit single
"Eve",
which reached
number 91
in the
Billboard Hot 100.
The track
"Open Your Heart"
is a surplus
recording from
Traffic's then
most recent album,
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
All of the remaining tracks,
were recorded at
Muscle Shoals
Sound Studios
with the
Muscle Shoals
Rhythm Section.
Reception
Critical reception for
Oh How We Danced
was
resoundingly positive.
Rolling Stone
applauded Capaldi's
clever yet earnest lyrics
and the
]strong collection
of guest musicians,
concluding that
the album has
"not a whiff o
f mediocrity to be heard."
Allmusic's
retrospective review
complimented the strong set
of songs and
"its mellow vibe,
generated by the
genial familiarity
of the players".
They also made note of
"Capaldi's sweet,
unassuming voice",
an echo of
Rolling Stone's
reference to his
"sweet smooth easy voice."
In a review for the
2012 reissue
of the album,
Terry Stauntman
of the British magazine
Classic Rock
described the album
as very close to
Traffic latest works,
with the difference tha
t "the more soulful side
of the band
is given a
sharper focus"
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