Arc Of A Diver Music Cd

Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver

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Arc of a Diver      Artist : Steve Winwood      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $9.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-08-31      Studio : Island      Label : Island      Avg. Customer Rating : (20 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Arc Of A Diver      Awesome disc - a Winwood Classic!      Rating:      Forget about all of the negative comments appearing here, this is one great collection of music! Of course it is keyboard heavy, but that's what Steve Winwood does best! The title track is just incredible and "While You see a Chance," one of the most positive set of lyrics penned. Although these two tracks are undoubtedly the standouts, "Dust", "Slowdown Sundown" and "Second Hand Woman" are also very strong. If there is a weak track on this disc, it would have to be "Night Train", but even saying that is stretching things. In fact, its' very reminiscent of Warren Zevon's "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" and Bruce Cockburn's same titled track from his "The Charity of Night" release. All in all, a solid set from Steve Winwood that certainly holds its own alongside "Refugees of the Heart" and "Roll With It".     Customer Reviews for Arc Of A Diver Cd      Melodious and Mellow Follow-Up      Rating:      A friend once described this as "aural wallpaper", and he thought he was being kind. Well, I must really dig wallcoverings on my ears, then, because once this finds its way into my CD player, it's a few days before it comes back out again. The follow-up to his eponymous first solo album is inspired by the work of three acclaimed lyricists: Will Jennings, George Fleming and Viv Stanshall. Getting back to the strictly one-man band vibe that is all at once looser and funkier than the preceding album, he constructs some great melodies around the ethereal (but at least understandable) lyrics. No, it's not a perfect effort, though it did yield his first megahit after his Spencer Davis Group-glory days, with "While You See A Chance." He would go on to produce more pop-chart friendly work with the multi-platinum "Back In The High Life." At the very least, ARC recalls the work of Gary Wright and Todd Rundgren, with a lot less emphasis on bombast or electronically-infused melodrama.