Far from Home

Far From Home, released in 1994, was the final studio album released under the name Traffic, and the first in two decades since the release of When the Eagle Flies in 1974.

The album reached number 29 in the UK Albums Chart, where it remained for four weeks, making it by far Traffic's most commercially successful album in their home country since John Barleycorn Must Die.^[3] In Germany, it was by far Traffic's most commercially successful album ever, scoring two minor hits ("Here Comes a Man" and "Some Kinda Woman")^[4] and reaching number 22 in the album charts - Traffic's only placing in the German album charts.^[5] It also managed to reach number 33 in the USA Billboard chart.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Riding High" – 5:30
2. "Here Comes a Man" – 5:06
3. "Far From Home" – 8:33
4. "Nowhere is There Freedom" – 6:57
5. "Holy Ground" (Winwood, Capaldi, Davy Spillane) – 7:48
6. "Some Kinda Woman" – 5:26
7. "Every Night, Every Day" – 5:30
8. "This Train Won't Stop" – 5:23
9. "State of Grace" – 7:16
10. "Mozambique" – 4:22

Personnel

• Steve Winwood – organs, piano, all synthesizers, lead vocals, lead guitar, basses, programming, flute, saxophone on 6, congas on 9, timbales on 1, backing vocals on 8
• Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals on 4,6 & 7

Additional personnel

• Davy Spillane - uilleann pipes on 5
• Mick Dolan - rhythm guitar on 4, AKAI S1000 programming

Chart positions

References