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Steve Winwood (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Steve Winwood

| type = studio

| artist = Steve Winwood

| cover = SteveWinwoodAlbum.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1977

| recorded = 1976–1977

| studio =

| genre = {{Hlist|Funk rock|blue-eyed soul|pop rock}}

| length = 37:38

| label = Island

| producer = Steve Winwood, Chris Blackwell, Mark Miller Mundy

| prev_title = Winwood

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Arc of a Diver

| next_year = 1980

}}

Steve Winwood is the debut solo studio album by blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. It was released in 1977, three years after the break-up of his former band, Traffic. Though the album sold moderately well in the US, it was a commercial disappointment compared to Traffic's recent albums, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard albums chart. In the UK, where Traffic's recent albums had only been moderately successful, Steve Winwood reached number 12 on The Official Charts.{{cite web|title=Steve Winwood chart history |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18738/steve-winwood/|website=OfficialCharts.com |publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=15 January 2016}} Island Records released two singles from the album, "Hold On" and "Time Is Running Out", both of which failed to chart.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22079 |title=Steve Winwood - Steve Winwood | AllMusic |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=7 August 2011}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|accessdate=22 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Combined with Stomu Yamashta's ersatz electronic classicism on Go, Winwood's chronic meandering seemed vaguely interesting. On its own again, it just seems vague."

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Hold On" – 4:32
  2. "Time Is Running Out" – 6:30
  3. "Midland Maniac" (Winwood) – 8:32

Side two

  1. "Vacant Chair" (Winwood, Viv Stanshall) – 6:54
  2. "Luck's In" – 5:23
  3. "Let Me Make Something in Your Life" – 5:33

Personnel

Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.

Musicians

  • Steve Winwood – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), electric piano (1, 2, 5), synthesizer (1, 2, 4), electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6), saxophone (1), organ (2, 3, 4, 6), clavinet (2), acoustic piano (3, 4, 6), harmonium (3), harpsichord (3), acoustic guitar (3), electric and acoustic basses (3), drums (3), percussion (3, 5)
  • Junior Marvin – guitar (4)
  • Willie Weeks – bass guitar (1, 2, 5, 6)
  • Alan Spenner – bass guitar (4)
  • Andy Newmark – drums (1, 2, 5, 6)
  • John Susswell – drums (4)
  • Brother James – percussion (1, 4)
  • Jim Capaldi – percussion (2), backing vocal (2)
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas (2, 5)
  • Nicole Winwood (credited as "Nicole") – backing vocal (2)

Production

  • Steve Winwood – producer
  • Chris Blackwell – producer
  • Mark Miller Mundy – associate producer
  • Phill Brown – recording engineer
  • Robert Ash – assistant engineer
  • Ray Doyle – assistant engineer
  • Lee Hulko – mastering
  • Fin Costello – photography
  • James Hutcheson – cover design, paintings

Charts

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Chart (1977)

! Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=342}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 38

scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

| align="center"| 95

{{album chart|UK2|12|date=19770724|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|22|artist=Steve Winwood|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}

References

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Category:Steve Winwood albums

Category:1977 debut albums

Category:Island Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Chris Blackwell

Category:Albums produced by Steve Winwood