When the Eagle Flies
1974 studio album by Traffic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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When the Eagle Flies is the seventh studio album by English rock band Traffic, released 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 | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1974 | |||
Recorded | July 1973 – June 1974 | |||
Studio | Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, England & Basing Street Studios, London | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 39:45 | |||
Label | Island, Asylum (US) | |||
Producer | Chris Blackwell | |||
Traffic chronology | ||||
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When the Eagle Flies was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top Ten[1] 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.[2] 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".[3] 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.[nb 1]