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- Summary: His first album in five years, Steve Winwood's ninth studio effort features nine songs, including one with guitar work by Eric Clapton.
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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| I'm Not Drowning | |
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| Black night down heavy on my weary brow Light shining in the pouring rain Can see somehow cold comfort in the broken trees But I won't let it bring... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Nine Lives is deeper, heartier, and braver lyrically than anything he's ever done.
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Nine Lives follows suit with a set whose nine songs display an ensemble sensibility that gives a generous allotment of sonic room to members of Winwood's band.
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Q MagazineHis first album in five years is a very musicianly affair, stronger on feel than memorable songs but still a fitting vehicle for one who turns 60 later this month and has nothing left to prove. [June 2008, p.148]
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As reassuring as Nine Lives will be to longtime Winwood fans, it’s bound to leave them wanting more--like a full album of Winwood-Clapton interplay.
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His voice is a deeper, huskier shade of British blues, but it's consistent in its strength and optimism all over Nine Lives.
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MojoHe indulges in too many mudane romantic/spiritual invocations and vague geopolitical maunderings. [June 2008, p.112]
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This record finds Winwood on a clichéd existential journey into jazzy world music territory, which should play well with the over-50 soft cock rock set, who for some inexplicable reason don’t seem to mind six-minute sax solos.
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