Music : Refugees of the Heart

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077778618928
Label: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: July 01, 1992
Studio: Virgin Records Us
Sales Rank: 80198

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Two stars, two good songs, that's all, folks
I come to this album almost ten years after it was issued, which means that practically no one will read this review, but it also means that I have a good vantage point, looking back at the nineties as a whole, in terms of musical genres and Winwood's progress within it.
Much was made of Winwood's return to form after a series of overly pop-commercial albums, which made him millions but took him off the pedestal of the renegade musician who never "sold out." Consequently, the album failed ... Read More

Rating:

- Great one
Hopefully they will re-issue this or have it go on-line. This is as good as 'Roll With It' and 'Back In The High Life'

The album does have a slight (maybe production sound) like pink Floyd's 'A Momentary Lapse..' which is not bad, but it isn't like a floyd thing of course.

The album maybe the closest thing he has done, as someone else said, to be 'Christian music' but it is more subtle in some ways. But he has done this before on some other songs 'Higher love' is along ... Read More

Rating:

- Winwood's Masterpiece
1990's "Refugees Of The Heart" was the album that made me a Steve Winwood fan. I'd heard some of Steve's hit songs from "Arc Of A Diver," "Back In The High Life" & "Roll With It," and I liked them, but "Refugees Of The Heart" completely blew me away. That this wonderful album was NOT a hit and is now out-of-print is a very sad thing, for this is Steve's best solo album by far. I enjoy all of Steve's albums, of course, but "Refugees" has a very special maturity & musical richness to it, and Steve ... Read More

Rating:

- Winwood at his best
Steve Winwood had a period of 3 years from 1986 to 1988 where he was on top of the world. He had three very commercially successful albums in "Back in the High Life", "Chronicles", and "Roll With It". As with most artists who cross-over into pop, its often very difficult to have 3 to 4 successful albums commercially. Thus when Refugees of the Heart (ROTH) came out, it hit the wall in terms of commercial sales.

When you listen to this album, there are three noticable differences with this album:
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Rating:

- An Underappreciated Gem
On "Roll With It," Steve Winwood added touches of his '60s R&B influences to the catchy '80s pop-rock of "Back in the High Life." With "Refugees of the Heart," he added one more ingredient: the progressive-rock and jazz experimentation of his days with Traffic. "You'll Keep on Searching" suggests latter-day Pink Floyd, then builds to a soulful climax (which is reprised on the beautiful "I Will Be Here"). "One and Only Man" proves again that Winwood has the most hard-edged keyboard technique in rock. He could ... Read More

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