Arc Of A Diver: Steve Winwood: Amazon.ca: Music

1. While You See A Chance

2. Arc Of A Diver

3. Second-Hand Woman

4. Slowdown Sundown

5. Spanish Dancer

6. Night Train

7. Dust

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He wasn't Little Stevie, the 16-year-old phenom who set mid- '60s London blazing with his Ray Charles-like vocals, anymore. He was a half-forgotten ex-member of some of rock's most progressive (Traffic) and vilified (Blind Faith) bands, and he was considering leaving show business while recording this--his second album--alone and without a backup band. Arc of a Diver reflects a resigned-to-fate mood. It boasts a synth-heavy, dub-like ambience, with dirge-y tracks like "Spanish Dancer" and the wistful single "While You See a Chance" all but zoning out of your speakers. The fates were kind, though. Recording the single, Winwood inadvertently erased the drum intro. This spacey alteration, together with his catchiest tune since "Paper Sun," catapulted the song onto the charts. In a few years he would be among the top-selling vocalists in the world. His mood was lighter. He could afford to hire engineers that didn't make mistakes. --Don Harrison

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180 gram vinyl pressing. Universal. 2009.

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3.8 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm Surprised To See How Many Reviewers Are Trashing This Album, April 26 2011

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Mark Anderson (Victoria, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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Although this early 1980s Winwood release has been overshadowed by some of Winwood's better known albums from later in that decade, this is still a great album.

I actually prefer Arc Of A Diver to some of Winwood's later work which is better known and was more commercially successful. This is a really good album. Those reviewers who are trashing it should give it another listen.

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4.0 out of 5 stars was and is still a pretty decent album., April 18 2004

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David G. Wood (kelowna, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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i listened to this album over and over again when i first bought it around 1980. i am a huge fan of traffic and basically anything to do with steve winwood. i hadn't heard it in years and just recently picked it up again . it may not be steves finest moment but it's still a good album. it does sound abit 80ish but that's not really a bad thing considering whats out there thats new...i'd never pay full price for it but given the chance to pick it up for 12bucks like i did well it's a worth while buy.

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3.0 out of 5 stars I Used to LOVE this Album, But...., Feb 7 2004

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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I have several Steve Winwood CDs, which admiddetly I don't play much anymore. But when I recently saw this CD in a second-hand store cheap I couldn't resist. I mean, I used to LOVE this album when it originally came out in 1980. I played it over and over in those days.

"Arc of a Diver" (7 tracks, 40 min.) contains the hits "While You See a Chance" and "Second-Hand Woman", and the title track is well known too, but it all sounds a bit... 80s synth-lite now. The only track that really remains a stand-out now is the brooding, grooving "Night Train".

This album set the stage for the commercial blockbusters "Back in the High Life" and "Roll With It". With the hind-sight of 20 years or so, it is strangely clear to me that Steve Winwood's solo output simply hasn't aged well. It was exciting music then, but isn't now, sorry.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Arc' is like a new suit it looks great and you know it!
I have been listening to Arc of a Diver from Steve Winwood since 1980 and I absolutely love it. It is on my top 100 rock recordings of all time along with some of his other works... Read more

Published on Jan 23 2004 by Terry in Oklahoma City

2.0 out of 5 stars Two Great Songs=Two Star Rating
My title is kind of blunt isn't it? However, the bottom line is that Arc Of A Diver is one medicore recording loaded with excessive synthesizer tones and lacking much in the... Read more

Published on Oct 18 2003 by G. J Wiener