Arc of a Diver

I have a lot less tolerance for Dollar General 80's soft rock. To me, "While You See a Chance" is the poster child for once-interesting artists devolving into cheesy banality. I like Winwood in general, and this record just barely gets to 2.5 stars on the strength of his voice, the title track, and a few other interesting moments, but the appeal of this overall sound is completely lost on me.

2.5/5

Not bad. Yacht rock transition....

Good but not overly memorable album. I got massive Phil Collins vibes from it throughout.

Kind of fun but painfully dated

Super cheesy eighties stuff; this doesn't hold up. Steve Winwood's voice is another of those which, although a decent voice, is one that doesn't work for me.

This is terrible. I loved every minute of it. Favorite songs were While You See A Chance and Night Train

Solid

1.57

Een heel sterk jaren '80 geluid. Het heeft iets van de Genesis-nummers van die tijd, maar dan veel minder krachtig. Goed uitgevoerd; het heeft zeker kwaliteit. Maar tegelijk heeft het niets waardoor je het nog eens wilt luisteren. Volgende week ben ik het plaatje wel weer vergeten, denk ik.

Not much to say about this one. It was fine, decent background music for a department store.

Didn't realize this album was a one man show. I like Steve Winwood, and I liked this.

On vacation in Barbados, so I probably won't review for a while

Nothing that caught my attention. Nothing bad either, just not something that I would recommend to others.

The CIA turned Indonesia into a plantation dictatorship to produce a bass tone this rubbery. They armed generations of Saudi monarchs to secure access to the petroleum byproducts needed to create these synth sounds. They made Colombia into a narco state to produce the cocaine mindset that made this seem like a good idea. It undeniably worked. But was it worth it? Probably not.

It's kinda lame but it's also kinda fun so there's that

Wait hold up I just got to side 2
Nevermind it's just lame

Nothing special. Not bad, but nothing special.

This was fine. A couple of good songs, lots of forgettable stuff. Nothing I'm going to rave about, but wouldn't turn it off, either.

Very "80s solo album". It's not bad. A lot of enjoyable melodies and catchy lyrics. Doesn't really blow me away or anything.

Favourite songs: Slowdown-Sundown, While You See a Chance, Arc of a Diver, Second-Hand Woman

Least favourite songs: Spanish Dancer

4/5

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Perhaps the album I have the least amount of thoughts and opinions so far. The final song nearly dragged it down to a one star, but I like the synths in the first just enough for it to die in the "forgettable" pile.