When the Eagle Flies

by Traffic

When the Eagle Flies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:44
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Gram'ma Funk, Roddy Lorimer, Tim Sanders, Groove Armada, Sophie Barker, The Kick Horns, Simon Clarke, Keeling Lee

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final studio album from Traffic's initial run captures the band delving into deeply melancholic, autumnal progressive rock and mellow jazz-rock stylings. Utilizing analog synthesizers more heavily than past efforts, it showcases Steve Winwood's introspective songwriting during a period of immense internal friction before their eventual disbandment.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, nature

Tracklist

  1. Something New (3:17)
  2. Dream Gerrard (11:02)
  3. Graveyard People (6:05)
  4. Walking In The Wind (6:52)
  5. Memories Of A Rock 'N' Rolla (4:49)
  6. Love (3:13)
  7. When The Eagle Flies (4:23)

Credits

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