Steve Winwood (album)
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| Released | June 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1977 | |||
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| Length | 37:38 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Steve Winwood, Chris Blackwell, Mark Miller Mundy | |||
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Steve Winwood is the self-titled debut solo studio album by English 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.[1] Island Records released two singles from the album, "Hold On" and "Time Is Running Out", both of which failed to chart.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C−[3] |
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."[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, except where noted.
Side one
- "Hold On" – 4:32
- "Time Is Running Out" – 6:30
- "Midland Maniac" (Winwood) – 8:32
Side two
- "Vacant Chair" (Winwood, Viv Stanshall) – 6:54
- "Luck's In" – 5:23
- "Let Me Make Something in Your Life" – 5:33
