When the Eagle Flies

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When the Eagle Flies
Studio album by Traffic
Released	1974
Recorded	June - July 1974
Genre	Rock
Length	39:45
Label	Island Records
Producer	Chris Blackwell
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Traffic chronology
On the Road 1973 When the Eagle Flies 1974 Far From Home 1994

When the Eagle Flies was the final album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974, until their 1994 reunion Far From Home. The album featured Jim Capaldi on drums, keyboards and vocals; Rosko Gee on bass guitar; Steve Winwood on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; and Chris Wood on flute and saxophone. When the Eagle Flies was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top Ten and have gold album status. Traffic toured to support the release, but at the conclusion of the tour Traffic disbanded in 1975.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Something New" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 3:15
2. "Dream Gerrard" (Winwood/Stanshall) – 11:03
3. "Graveyard People" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 6:05
4. "Walking in the Wind" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 6:48
5. "Memories of a Rock N' Rolla" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 4:50
6. "Love" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 3:20
7. "When the Eagle Flies" (Winwood/Capaldi) – 4:24

[edit] Miscellanea

LP and pre-remaster CD issues of this album did not list the band member's names, so Rosko Gee's name did not appear on a Traffic album prior to 1991's Smiling Phases compilation.

The front cover's drawing of the four band members was based on a photograph of a prior, transitional lineup that also included Rebop Kwaku Baah. This lineup did not record any released material, but it appears in the photograph on the back cover of Smiling Phases.

v • d • e Traffic Steve Winwood • Jim Capaldi • Chris Wood • Dave Mason Jim Gordon • Ric Grech • Rebop Kwaku Baah • David Hood • Roger Hawkins • Rosko Gee Studio albums Mr. Fantasy • Traffic • Last Exit • John Barleycorn Must Die • The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys • Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory • When the Eagle Flies • Far from Home Live albums Welcome to the Canteen • On the Road • Last Great Traffic Jam Compilations Best of Traffic • Heavy Traffic • More Heavy Traffic • Smiling Phases • Heaven Is In Your Mind • Traffic Gold Songs "Paper Sun" • "Hole in My Shoe" • "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" • "Dear Mr. Fantasy" • "John Barleycorn" • "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" •