Steve Winwood - Junction Seven

Japanese Release of his Forthcoming Album, Freaturing an Exclusive Bonus Track. Tracklisting Unavailable at this Time. Album Details

A Soulful Winwood

When Steve Winwood remarked he was returning to his R&B roots on Junction Seven he came close on many of the tracks. When I got the CD I bought it for Plenty Lovin and at first wasn't really impressed with the other tracks. The more you listen to the CD however you begin to realize that there are some great songs that many people have wrote off as some of Winwood's less impressive work. Spy in the House is a fabulous dance song, Angel of Mercy will take you to church and back, Let Your Love Come Down is pure funk fantasy, Real Love is melodic and haunting and Winwood then turns the heat up with a sassy Latin percussion and full horn section on Fill me up. The CD is almost ten years old and it's one of my favorites that seems as fresh today as it was when it first came out. Steve has won a new cadre of fans in Steppers and skaters as both Plenty Lovin and one of his earlier songs Can I Touch You There are now standards at stepper's sets and in the roller rinks. Give this CD a listen. You too will find it draws you in, catches hold of your soul and won't let you go. November 20, 2006

You Will Have Some Fun

I had purchased this used at a record store nearby I had expected something horrible out of this CD from the reviews I had read but I was incorrect this CD is packed with surprises

Winwood collaborates with 3 people in this
Songwriter Narada Michael Walden + Steve's long time friend Jim Capaldi + Steve's Wife Euginia Winwood

This has a mixture of extremely danceable songs + Winwood's nice calming blue eyed soul pop we all know.


When I mean extremly danceable I mean If you listen to the entire album and not feel like you want to dance then there is something wrong with you .


I do recommend you buy this album if you are new to Steve Winwood or if you are a long time listener
April 17, 2006

SADLY OVERLOOKED

It is ashame when someone of Winwood's talent goes out on a creative limb and get eviscerated for it. I didn't dig this recording for some time after I got it, I must admit. But about two or three years after I picked this CD up, I actually listened to it and found such fully realized funk and soul brought together by some very talented people!! All I can say is give it another non-judgemental listen. I actually think that this recording is less 'pop' sounding that his more successful solo releases such as Roll With It & Back In The High Life.

My faves are SPY IN THE HOUSE..., JUST WANNA HAVE SOME FUN, LET YOUR LOVE COME DOWN (What a soulman!! And the backing vocals work for me!!), FILL ME UP, GOTTA GET BACK TO MY BABY, FAMILY AFFAIR (nice version)& PLENTY LOVE feat. Desiree (I believe this was the only single/minor hit from this CD). Why do artists have to constantly repeat themselves to be honored by fans of no imagination? And when they DO repeat themselves, these same fans tend to complain "been there, done that". I don't get it.

Give this one another try!!! December 2, 2005

Excellent Winwood that just fell through the cracks

While I am a big Winwood fan, I'm not above pointing out his less than stellar work, such as Refugees of the Heart, but this is definately not one of them.

Some of Winwood's stuff falls between the rock&roll, r&b, and jazz format lines and never gets picked up. This album has a lot of those type of songs, so it never took off and was even considered a "failure" by some chart-orientated critics. But there are a lot of excellent songs and no duds. You really need to listen to the album as a whole as it is not a "singles" album. After a couple listens, you'll love it. In fact, I was just downloading songs from all my Winwood CDs for my .mp3 collection and I actually took more songs off this album than any other, it's that consistent and album-like.

If you want a Winwood fan album comparison, it's better than Roll With It, Refugees, and his debut but not as good as Arc, Back in the High Life, or Talking Back. June 17, 2004

As Good as Back in the High Life

I'm totally bemused by the poor reviews of this album - it is more poppy but so what - it's a 90's version of Back in the High Life ...the duet with Des'ree on Plenty Lovin' is great; the remake of Family Affair a favourite and Someone Like You is a great love song. If you are critic of Winwood because this doesn't stay with the roots I'm not sure how you could also be a fan of his Grammy winning music in the mid-80's. It also was commercial in nature - as this is. It sounds good, it makes you feel good and the music touches the heart and speaks to you. What more can you want. To the critics - this isn't earth breaking stuff but why must it be - it's music not the bill of rights!!! February 21, 2004

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