After two exemplary releases,
Traffic
released
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
, which begins with the title track, based on a guitar riff reminiscent of the recent
Deep Purple
hit
"Smoke on the Water,"
and continues through the lengthy
"Roll Right Stones,"
the folkish ballad
"Evening Blue,"
reed player
Chris Wood
's instrumental
"Tragic Magic,"
and the uncertain self-help song
"(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired."
Lyricist
Jim Capaldi
was co-credited with
Steve Winwood
as the album's producer, and he may have contributed to the cleaner mix that made his words easier to understand. Meanwhile, the rhythm section had been replaced by Muscle Shoals studio aces
David Hood
and
Roger Hawkins
.
Capaldi
sings no songs here, and
Wood
's flute and saxophone, so often the flavoring of
songs, are largely absent. ~ William Ruhlmann