Album
When The Eagle Flies
1974 · Rock
13 collectors on Gatefold own this
When The Eagle Flies is a Rock album by Traffic, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 77 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
By 1974 Traffic got jazzy. Their lineup was then composed of singer Steve Winwood on guitar and keyboards, drummer Jim Capaldi on keyboards and vocals, Rosko Gee on bass and Chris Wood playing saxophone and flute. “Something New” starts off with the rootsy boogie of a mellow pub-rocker before the band blows through the tops with confident improvisation along with Winwood taking a similar approach to a noticeably looser phrasing style. Chris Blackwell’s production gives <i>When the Eagle Flies</i> an overall warm tone without sacrificing any of the crisp fidelity, allowing for special moments to sound more pronounced — like Winwood’s Mellotron strings or Capaldi’s Moog on the sprawling “Dream Gerrard,” a semi-epic that jams along whimsically while Winwood muses on French poet Gérard de Nerval's theories about the symbiosis that thrives between reality and dreams. The slow and stony “Memories of a Rock ‘n Rolla” touches on the more endearing subject matter of reflecting on a life forged in the tumultuous fires and cooling lakes of rock ‘n’ roll.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Something New3:15
- A2Dream Gerrard11:03
- A3Graveyard People6:05
Side B
- B1Walking In The Wind6:48
- B2Memories Of A Rock N' Rolla4:50
- B3Love3:20
- B4When The Eagle Flies4:24
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- dense
- melancholic
- smoky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris WoodFLUTE, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Jim CapaldiDRUMS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, KEYBOARDS
- Rosko GeeBASS
- Steve WinwoodGUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Rebop Kwaku BaahPERCUSSION
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 77 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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