Description
Traffic – When The Eagle Flies / Island Records Audio CD / 846 154-2
UPC 042284615426
When the Eagle Flies is the seventh studio album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974. The album featured Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood and Chris Wood, with Rosko Gee on bass guitar. Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was fired prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing. Winwood plays a broader variety of keyboard instruments than most previous Traffic albums, adding Moog to their repertoire. This was the last Traffic album for 20 years, when Winwood and Capaldi reunited for Far from Home in 1994.
When the Eagle Flies was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top Ten and have gold album status. It was far less successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the charts at number 31 only to drop off the following week. Traffic toured to support the release, but they disbanded in the middle of the tour in 1974.
The Chris Wood composition "Moonchild Vulcan" was recorded for the album, but ultimately left off in favour of "Memories of a Rock 'n' Rolla". The song was played on the supporting tour for the album, however, and a live recording by Traffic was later released on the posthumous Chris Wood CD Vulcan, released in 2008.
| Label: | Island Records – 846 154-2 |
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| Series: | Island Masters – IMCD 142 |
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CD, Album
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| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Prog Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Something New | 3:16 | |
| 2 | Dream Gerrard | 11:02 | |
| 3 | Graveyard People | 6:05 | |
| 4 | Walking In The Wind | 6:51 | |
| 5 | Memories Of A Rock N' Rolla |
4:49 | |
| 6 | Love | 3:13 | |
| 7 | When The Eagle Flies | 4:23 |
- Producer – Chris Blackwell, Traffic
- Written By – Winwood/Capaldi (tracks: 1, 3 to 7), Winwood/Stanshall (tracks: 2)
- Written-By – Capaldi (tracks: 1, 3 to 7), Winwood, Stanshall (tracks: 2)
