Far From Home, released in 1994, is the eighth and final studio album by the rock band Traffic, and the first in two decades since the release of When the Eagle Flies in 1974. It was recorded at a large house called Woodstock, outside Kilcoole to the south of Dublin, and mixed at the Chateau Miraval in Correns, southern France.
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. In Germany, it scored two minor hits ("Here Comes a Man" and "Some Kinda Woman") and reached number 22 in the album charts. It also managed to reach number 33 in the USA Billboard chart.
The song "State of Grace" was written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi to be a Jim Capaldi solo tune, but when the Traffic reunion unexpectedly occurred, they decided to use it for the Far from Home album instead.
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Track listing
All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi unless otherwise indicated.
- "Riding High" - 5:30
- "Here Comes a Man" - 5:06
- "Far From Home" - 8:33
- "Nowhere is Their Freedom" - 6:57
- "Holy Ground" (Winwood, Capaldi, Davy Spillane) - 7:48
- "Some Kinda Woman" - 5:26
- "Every Night, Every Day" - 5:30
- "This Train Won't Stop" - 5:23
- "State of Grace" - 7:16
- "Mozambique" - 4:22
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Personnel
- Steve Winwood - organs, piano, synthesizers, lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (8), lead guitar, basses, programming, flute, saxophone (6), congas (9), timbales (1),
- Jim Capaldi - drums, backing vocals (4, 6, 7), percussion, art direction
Additional personnel
- Davy Spillane - Uilleann pipes (5)
- Mick Dolan - rhythm guitar (4), AKAI S1000 programming, engineering and mixing
- Karim Benzezour - assistant mixing engineer
- Tim Young - mastering (at Metropolis, London)
Chart positions
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