Far from Home (Traffic album)

Far From Home
Studio album by Traffic
Released	9 May 1994
Recorded	Woodstock, Kilcoole, near Dublin, Eire
Genre	Rock, progressive rock[1]
Length	62:19
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Winwood, assisted by Jim Capaldi
Traffic chronology
When the Eagle Flies (1974) Far From Home (1994) The Last Great Traffic Jam (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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.^[4] In Germany, it scored two minor hits ("Here Comes a Man" and "Some Kinda Woman")^[5] and reached number 22 in the album charts.^[6] It also managed to reach number 33 in the USA Billboard chart.^[7]

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.^[8]

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 Their 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, 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

Year	Chart	Position
1994	UK Albums Chart	29[4]
	Billboard Pop Albums	33[7]
	Media Control Charts (Germany)	22[6]

References

1. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Far from Home - Traffic | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
2. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Far from Home - Traffic | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
3. Considine, J. D. (2011). "Traffic: Far From Home : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
4. Traffic in the UK Charts, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
5. "Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
6. "Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Album". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
7. Traffic in the USA Charts, Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
8. (2011). In Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story (pp.32-43) [CD booklet]. London: Freedom Songs Ltd.