Song · Robin Trower
“Day Of The Eagle” by Robin Trower
From the album Bridge of Sighs (1974)
“Day Of The Eagle” by Robin Trower appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1994 and 2012. It was first released in 1974 on the album Bridge of Sighs. Its best result is #716 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,436 hard rock song of all time.
"Day of the Eagle" tears out of Bridge of Sighs, the 1974 album that gave Robin Trower his commercial breakthrough, his second solo outing since leaving Procol Harum. Trower wrote it, words and music, and plays guitar, with James Dewar singing and holding down the bass and Reg Isidore on drums: three players, and plenty of room for the guitar to roar.
Matthew Fisher, the organist who had been Trower's bandmate in Procol Harum, produced, and Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' engineer, was behind the board on the album. The song outlived the record, too, becoming a fixture of Trower's live shows alongside "Bridge of Sighs", "Too Rolling Stoned" and "Little Bit of Sympathy".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 811 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 947 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 888 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 916 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 878 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 988 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2012 | 716 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
Also listed as: Day of the Eagle; Day of The Eagle.
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