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Nine Lives
Rock · 2008 · 9 tracks · 57m

Nine Lives

Steve Winwood

Earthy, unhurried, and deeply organic rock. Winwood trades 80s polish for Hammond B-3 growls, acoustic blues, and expansive Afro-Latin rhythmic explorations.

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It's Winwood going back to the Hammond organ and the blues, and he brought Eric Clapton along for the ride.

A warm, weathered collection of spiritual reflections anchored by deep, earthy grooves.

Nine Lives · vs · Steve Winwood
Low Energy-1.7σ

It runs notably cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 57m
01
I’m Not Drowning
3:32
01
Hungry Man
7:08
02
Secrets
6:41
02
Fly
7:49
03
At Times We Do Forget
5:58
03
Raging Sea
6:18
04
Other Shore
6:41
04
Dirty City
7:44
05
We’re All Looking
5:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The raw, skeletal opening of track 1 where Winwood’s voice sits entirely unsupported by his usual lush arrangements.
Eric Clapton's searing, blues-drenched guitar solo cutting through the hypnotic organ swirl of Dirty City.
The transition into the polyrhythmic Afro-Latin percussion break during the extended mid-section of Hungry Man.
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