Steve Winwood- NINE LIVES

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Steve Winwood- NINE LIVES- CD- 2008-
- Wincraft Music, Inc./Sony BMG Music Entertainment- 886972978727- 150 grn
Steve Winwood's NINE LIVES marks a more organic return to recording. This will be good news for those who live for any resurrection of rock heroes from days of yore, and bad for those who loved his hit singles in the 1980s and '90s. Seven of these nine cuts resemble (at least partially) those found on his last album, the brilliant About Time issued in 2003. The latter was a barnstormer of a rhythm and rock album (feels like Traffic meets Santana) that never got its proper due. Winwood produced this set for his debut on Columbia. He plays loads of Hammond B-3 and guitar, but also has a small core band that includes Jose Pires de Almeida on guitar, drummer Richard Bailey, Karl Van Den Bossche on percussion, and Paul Booth on reeds and woodwinds. Those seeking an album that resembles the surprise radio hit "Dirty City" (featuring Eric Clapton as a guest) aren't quite getting that. For the most part, NINE LIVES begins as an introspective and reflective album that eventually cooks its way through restrained but inventive Afro-Latin grooves, bluesy, funky B-3, and acoustic and electric rock guitars. Just as often, however, that same blend of rhythmic invention graces lithe, deeply reflective tunes that address some very adult issues: separation, loss, reunion, spiritual redemption, and epiphany.
PERSONNEL: Steve Winwood – vocals, Hammond organ, guitars; Tim Cansfield – guitars; Eric Clapton – guitars, guitar solo; José Pires de Almeida Neto – guitars; Richard Bailey – drums; Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion; Paul Booth – flute, saxophone, human whistle.
NINE LIVES is Steve Winwood's ninth solo studio album, released on 29 April 2008. Again, redemption for oneself, for others, for a love that has endured the goodbyes, and the letting go that ushers in a new "hello." This is pop music with soul, with grit and the grains of revealed truth pouring from Winwood's mouth, not as a survivor but as a man who has seen enough of life to know that the sun really does rise in the morning. NINE LIVES is deeper, heartier, and braver lyrically than anything he's ever done. Musically, its only rival is About Time, but it's more reflective and gentler, without giving up any of the hunger which that album evidenced. This is not a comeback; it's instead a rediscovery from one of our most gifted singers, songwriters, and truth-tellers.
Replica From Original European Edition.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Foldout Insert.
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