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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life


Steve Winwood
Back In The High Life

   

With 'Back In The High Life,' Steve Winwood has created the first undeniably superb record of an almost decade-long solo career, and the news of its arrival is as momentous as its protracted deferment was disturbing. Indeed, the passion long smoldering in his finest work explodes in the album-opening duet with Chaka Khan, "Higher Love," as Winwood cuts through their lustrous harmony to intone, "I could light the night up with my soul on fire/I could make the sun shine from pure desire!" This kinetic anthem to the sensuality of faith makes good on every one of Winwood's soul-stirring boasts as it rises, breaks and then surges again to a still-loftier crest. Grand stuff – so why the frustrating
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From his audacious debut in the Spencer Davis Group, Winwood has starred as an instrumentalist and composer, and his abilities as a distinctively soulful vocalist are legendary. Yet Winwood is either by instinct or habit a loner, a perfectionist who has often seemed embarrassed by the dazzle of his natural talent. His last solo effort, 1982's Talking Back to the Night, suffered from the isolation of a one-man effort and came off as an unnecessary sequel to his near-exquisite 1980 paean to triumph over solitude, Arc of a Diver.

The Prophet 5 electronic-keyboard signatures and other alluring control-room devices that Winwood developed on his solo records are in sparing but effective evidence on Back in the High Life, and he's traded the sterile autonomy of the studio for the give-and-take of a band, a diverse group of players including the guitarists Nile Rodgers and Joe Walsh and the dexterous Quincy Jones session drummer John Robinson. But the real collaboration is with coproducer Russ Titelman, who has carefully framed Winwood's singing in all its reedy-to-radiant brassy splendor. On tracks like "Higher Love," "Take It As It Comes" and "Wake Me Up on Judgment Day," Winwood's phrasing is so sharp he rises far above everything else in Titelman's mix, even the Earth, Wind and Fire-inspired synth-horns.

And just when you think you've got another Phil Collins-like case of Brit soul larceny, these songs slip out along delightfully unanticipated avenues. No track on High Life is less than five minutes in length, and each unfolds with deliberate precision. Even the casually synchronized backing harmonies by James Ingram on "The Finer Things" and James Taylor on the title track become springboards for Winwood to jump to the upper reaches of his vocal range, and the shadings he himself provides on keyboards and mandolin deftly advance these vibrant narratives of self-discovery. By the time Winwood's keyboards begin parrying with Joe Walsh's frisky guitar figures on the propulsive "Split Decision," it's plain that the reluctant star has finally found the knack of shining without awkwardness or apology. (RS 478/479)


TIMOTHY WHITE



Steve Winwood Records and CDs:
About Time
Arc Of A Diver
Back In The High Life
Chronicles
Don't You Know What The Night Can Do
Freedom Overspill
Higher Love
Holding On
  I Will Be Here
Junction Seven
Night Train
One And Only Man
Refugees Of The Heart
Roll With It
Spanish Dancer
  Split Decision
Spy In The House Of Love
Steve Winwood
Still In The Game
Talking Back To The Night
There's A River
Valerie
  While You See A Chance
Winwood

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    Steve Winwood   Back In High Life
Ger, Island, 207769, 1986
ps LP   $4.82   Black Rhythm
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
4228301482 recorded : 1986 Cdx1 Edition: 1986 Back In The High Life Barcode: 4228301482 Special Order
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
Includes Plastic Sleeve, Sticker Damaged To Back Of Sleeve, Has Inner Lyric Sleeve Which Has Yell...
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
/ 1986 De catalog Number: 207769 Island
VG/M- LP   $2.80   H&E Records
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Lyrics Sleeve Is Intact, Cover Is Very Very Nice Indeed. Usa, Island, 25448, 1986
Ex+ LP   $2.99   Alfred Carte
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
* With Cover Sticker About Hit Singles And Featured Musicians And With Lyric Inner Ilps 9844
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Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
Orig s Island 1-25448, 1986
M- NM LP   $8.04   Earth Wave
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Album   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
- Original German Issue With A Lyrics Inner Sleeve - trackliste: 1. Higher Love 2. Take It A...
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
8-track Album With Picture Sleeve & Printed Insert. tracks Incl. Back In The High Life, Higher Lo...
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
Higher Love/take It As It Comes/freedom Overspill/back In The High Life Again/the Finer Things/wa...
VG Ex LP   $10.32   Vinyl Soluti
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Brazil, Island, 6107083, 86
ex- LP   $9.00   Faunus
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Exc++/inner Sleeve With Lyrics Usa, Island, 1-25448, 1986
exc++ LP   $9.11   pepechango
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
[lyrics In Sl] (black Lbl) (8 Tr.) (higher Love, Freedom Overspill) (as Steve Winwood) (also On C...
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A1 Higher Love (5:45), A2 Take It As It Comes (5:20), A3 Freedom Overspill (5:33), A4 Back In The...
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NM LP   $14.69   AVID RECORDS
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life CD   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
Turning To Involved Percussion Tracks And Horns, Winwood Turns Another Musical Corner On This Sop...
NEAR MINT LP   $21.51   coolforever
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Po's Name On Tape. Cracks In Case. Polygram Records, 1990-09-04
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life
Digitally Remastered Cd W/ Orig. Artwork. We Use Pro Audio Equip. (not A Computer) To Transfer Th... Special Order
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (+ Lyric Inner Sleeve)
(island Ilps 9844), 1986
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (1986)
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EX LP   $7.44   Fun Records
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life (box Uk)   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (box Uk)
Promo Only Box With 8 Track Vinyl Album,info Insert And Music/interview Vinyl Album (ilps9844) Uk...
EX/EX Other   $14.51   Vinyl Tap
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (cassette Uk)
8 Track (ict9844) Uk, Island, 1986
EX/EX Cassette   $8.14   Vinyl Tap
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life (japan Lp)   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (japan Lp)
Japan '86 8tr Lp With 2 Insets. (insert1) 4page Insert With Great Photo,japanese Liner Notes,japa...
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Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life (lp Uk)   Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life (lp Uk)
8 Track In Signed Sleeve (ilps9844) Uk, Island, 1986
EX/EX LP   $8.14   Vinyl Tap
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life - Ariola
VG+/VG+ LP   $77.00   Recsim
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VG+/VG+ CD   $147.00   Recsim
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VG+/VG+ LP   $56.00   Recsim
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life - Live
871217705494 record ed: 1997 Dvdx1 Edition: 2009 Back In The High Life - Live Barcode: 8712177054 Special Order
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life - Lp
With Inner Island Records, Ilps 9844
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life - With Inner Sleeve
Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Deleted Uk Vinyl Issue With Inner Sleeve. Superb Condition Throughout (nm/ex+) ... Special Order
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life - With Lyric Inner Sleeve
Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Deleted Uk Vinyl Issue With Inner Sleeve. Superb As-new Condition Throughout (m Special Order
NEW LP+CDR   $61.95   cdBBQ
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life -lt
Label: Universal, Published: 2007 10 Days. (90%).language:en Jap-imp. Limited Edition In Cardb... Special Order
NEW CD   $38.99   recordsale
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life Again
VG/VG 7"   $1.98   Pink Moon
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life Again
Usa, Island, 7-28472, 1986
EX 7"   $3.00   Muskmellon
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life Again
Promo Island, Sw3, 1986
NEW 7"   $5.24   Music Kitche
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    Steve Winwood   Back In The High Life Again
Side A Back In The High Life Again side B Night Train (instrumental) + Large Hole Canada, I...
Excellent 7"   $6.15   coolforever
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