Steve Winwood - About Time

The live tracks on the DVD side are:

*Dear Mr. Fantasy - Austin City Limits Festival *Different Light - Sonoma Jazz Festival *Take It To The Final Hour - Sonoma Jazz Festival Album Description

Great album!

This is a great album and real return to form for Mr. Winwood. I can't believe that I missed it the first time around - saw it but never got around to buying it; it happens. Unfortunately my machine falls into the catagory warned of on the cover where it says "The audio side of this DualDisc does not conform to CD specifications and therefore will not play on some CD and DVD players". The DVD side plays though and makes the purchase worthwhile in its own right: the album and the live concert performances and extra tracks are terrific. Hearing Mr. Winwood rip into 'Voodoo Chile' seems to complete some sort of circle. Makes me want to play 'Electric Ladyland' straight away! August 10, 2008

BY FAR THE BEST

Steve Winwood's done it again. Randomly chose this CD for my Winwood collection and it surely turned out to be a goldmine. The songs are simply fantastic and the music especially the percussion and Winwood's keyboard are a terrific treat to the ears. With that a DVD of 3 songs aptly resulted in one of my great buys. This album definitly deserves a 5 star rating ----- BY FAR THE BEST July 21, 2008

"About Time" is aptly named.

This excellent album by Winwood takes us back to the days of the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic. By that I mean it is heavy on the Hammond B3 Organ and percussion. Gone are the "Top Forty" pop hits of the 1980s. This album is the strongest work by Winwood in years and features longer pieces with excellent keyboard work. I am so glad I bought this cd. Everything about it is top notch. Winwood has assembled a group of musicians that contribute strongly to the set. The songs are well written, the guitar and drum work are very good and, above all, Winwood does an incredible job of bringing the B3 organ to the forefront. If you are a Winwwood fan and haven't purchased this album, do so. You will find "About Time" to be the most enjoyable album you have heard in years. May 15, 2008

Just keeps coming

Bought this because I follow/love what Winwood has done in the past - very pleased I got it. It is full of tracks that stand out because of their musicality, difference to the current musical mainstream and depth/richness of melody and instruments. This album could be prescribed for stress relief, it is very cool. Plenty of Latin influence in this one but SW, as always, finding warm melodies and stunning vocals to spark the soul. For me it was worth buying just for track 1 (Different Light) and track 9 (Horizon) - and everything in between is great too. January 15, 2007

Sensational

This is the best quality album soud wis I have. The music is first class and will be enjoyed by all Steve Winwood fans. He only makes one every five years or so. You cant miss really. We all want a box set remastered but alas not yet. This is the next best thing. January 12, 2007

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