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Released
  
31st December 1980

Artist
  
Producer
  
Length
  
40:02

Release date
  
31 December 1980

Label
  
Island Records

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Recorded
  
1980 at Netherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, England

Arc of a Diver(1980)
  
Genres
  
Rock music, Blue-eyed soul, Soft rock, Synthpop, New wave

Similar
  
Steve Winwood albums, Rock music albums

Arc of a Diver is the second solo studio album by singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood. All of the instruments featured on the album were performed entirely by Winwood.

Contents

Featuring his first solo hit "While You See a Chance", (which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States), this was Winwood's true breakthrough album as a solo artist. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, establishing him as a commercially viable act.

The cover artwork for the album was by Tony Wright.

Steve winwood while you see a chance


Recording

The album was recorded at Winwood's Netherturkdonic Studios, built at his farm in Gloucestershire; he played all the instruments, wrote all the music, and produced and engineered it himself.

Critical reception

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album "Utterly unencumbered by the baggage of his long years in the music business, Winwood reinvents himself as a completely contemporary artist on this outstanding album, leading off with his best solo song, "While You See a Chance."" Reviewing for The New York Times, critic Robert Palmer wrote of the album "Winwood's impressive playing and arranging and utterly distinctive vocals make several of his collaborations with Mr. Jennings, especially the brooding Night Train, almost as memorable."

Legacy

The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings except where noted.

Side one

  1. "While You See a Chance" – 5:12
  2. "Arc of a Diver" (Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) – 5:28
  3. "Second-Hand Woman" (Winwood, George Fleming) – 3:41
  4. "Slowdown Sundown" – 5:27

Side two

  1. "Spanish Dancer" – 5:58
  2. "Night Train" – 7:51
  3. "Dust" (Winwood, Fleming) – 6:20

Additional tracks

Production

  • Produced, engineered & mixed by Steve Winwood
  • Additional engineering by John "Nobby" Clarke
  • Tracks 2 & 3 published by Fantasy Songs Ltd.-Warner Brothers Music
  • Track 7 published by Fantasy Songs Ltd.
  • All other tracks published by Fantasy Songs Ltd./Rondor Music-London-Ltd.
  • Personnel

  • Steve Winwood – acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, lead & backing vocals
  • Songs

    1While You See a Chance5:07
    2Arc of a Diver5:29
    3Second‐Hand Woman3:44

    References

    Arc of a Diver Wikipedia


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