Once I Was an Eagle is the fourth album by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling, and was released on 27 May (US/Canada, 28 May) 2013. "Master Hunter" was the album's first official single release. Once I Was an Eagle is the fourth album by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling, and was released on 27 May (US/Canada, 28 May) 2013. "Master Hunter" was the album's first official single release. false 2025-02-01 09:40:49 Once I Was an Eagle 6 2013 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 63 Indie Folk 111561 2168922 db7fbb0d-c7c1-4c98-a8b9-ade0d411cd1c cd9713d6-6e5f-4143-9412-4d12b7bd47f2 64b55e16-93e8-4afd-88fb-10c75e180a32 /media/data/media4/Music/Laura Marling/Once I Was An Eagle/folder.jpg Laura Marling Laura Marling 1 1 Take the Night Off 04:12 1 2 I Was an Eagle 04:21 1 3 You Know 02:30 1 4 Breathe 05:00 1 5 Master Hunter 03:16 1 6 Little Love Caster 05:52 1 7 Devil's Resting Place 03:14 1 8 Interlude 02:16 1 9 Undine 03:13 1 10 Where Can I Go? 03:40 1 11 Once 03:38 1 12 Pray for Me 05:05 1 13 When Were You Happy? (And How Long Has That Been) 03:53 1 14 Love Be Brave 03:04 1 15 Little Bird 05:40 1 16 Saved These Words 04:27 Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Brit Awards. Marling joined her older sisters in London at age 16 to pursue a career in music. She played with a number of groups and released her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, in 2008. Her first album, her second album I Speak Because I Can, her fourth album Once I Was an Eagle, and her seventh album Song for Our Daughter were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2020, respectively. Her sixth record, Semper Femina, was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Album category, as was Song for Our Daughter. Her songwriting is associated with sex and relationships, the modern concept of womanhood and trauma.