Cover of Arc of a Diver

Arc of a Diver

Steve Winwood

31 December 1980

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5.3
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226
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Tracklist 7 tracks, 40:12
  1. A1While You See a Chance5:17
  2. A2Arc of a Diver5:30
  3. A3Second‐Hand Woman3:44
  4. A4Slowdown Sundown5:27
  5. B1Spanish Dancer6:01
  6. B2Night Train7:54
  7. B3Dust6:19

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Rated 6/10

Decent but hardly groundbreaking.

Rated 4/10

Dull 80’s rock, sounds a bit like Phil Collins.

Rated 4/10

Steve Winwood writes nice intros to songs

Rated 4/10

Sting would punch this dude in the throat.

Rated 4/10

meh. This is soft rock plus cheese synth 2 tracks in. Yea this kinda sucked eggs.

Rated 4/10

I can go for this type of 80s cheese sometimes. I have no particular nostalgia for this album but I was familiar with the lead track. Some of the choices of synth tones are a bit cringey at times. Where I start to have a real problem is on "slowdown sundown" - it sort of breaks the sound he had going for this folksier/rootsier thing and it sounds really out of place. I like "Spanish Dancer" alright but it is mixed so weirdly with those hyper prominent synth notes that it's kinda off putting. "Night Train" probably works best for me overall? By the time it got to the last track I just wanted it to be over (and it's not a long album). I like some individual tracks by him but I can't hang with it for a whole album. 2.5 down to 2.