Steve Winwood (album)

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Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood cover
Studio album by Steve Winwood
Released June 1977
Genre Rock, Blue-eyed soul
Length 37:25
Label Island Records
Professional reviews
Steve Winwood chronology
Steve Winwood
(1977)
Arc of a Diver
(1980)


Steve Winwood is the debut solo album by blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. It was released three years after the break-up of Traffic. Despite high commercial expectations, it did not sell well, reaching only #22 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Winwood was not able to launch a successful single off of the album.

[edit] Track listing

  • All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, except where noted
  1. Hold On – 4:33
  2. Time Is Running Out – 6:30
  3. Midland Maniac – 8:32 (Winwood)
  4. Vacant Chair – 6:54 (Winwood, Viv Stanshall)
  5. Luck's In – 5:23
  6. Let Me Make Something in Your Life – 5:33

[edit] Personnel

  • Steve Winwood - Synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer
  • Nicole Winwood - Background vocals
  • Jim Capaldi - Percussion, background vocals
  • Willie Weeks - Guitar, bass guitar
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah - Percussion, conga
  • Brother James - Percussion
  • Junior Hanson - Guitar
  • Junior Marvin - Guitar
  • Andy Newmark - Drums
  • John Susswell - Drums
  • Alan Spenner - Bass guitar
  • Robert Ash - Assistant Engineer
  • Chris Blackwell - Producer
  • Phill Brown - Engineer
  • Fin Costello - Photography
  • Ray Doyle - Assistant Engineer
  • Lee Hulko - Mastering
  • James Hutcheson - Cover Design, Paintings
  • Mark Miller Mundy - Producer, Associate Producer

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1977 The Billboard 200 22