Back to the Island

back to the island

Track Listings

1. Back to the Island
2. Jamaica Me Crazy
3. Palm Beach
4. Brazilia
5. Miami Moon
6. Casablanca
7. Never Looked Good on You
8. All Night Rain
9. Key Largo
10. Just Another Day in Paradise

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Talking Back to the Night
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Steve Winwood's third solo album
  • Winwood Is Still In The Game
  • sounds like he sat down and just played
  • great 80s synth-pop
  • Righteous Pop-Rock Multi-Instrumentalist/Singer Makes Statement About Self-Indulgence
Talking Back to the Night
Steve Winwood
Manufacturer: Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001FT0
Release Date: 1990-08-31

Tracks:

  1. Valerie
  2. Big Girls Walk Away
  3. And I Go
  4. While There's A Candle Burning
  5. Still In The Game
  6. It Was Happiness
  7. Help Me Angel
  8. Talking Back To The Night
  9. There's A River

Product Description

Good condition, includes the original CD, case, and paperwork, fast shipped, ask me for my CD List! :D

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Steve Winwood's third solo album.......2007-05-28

This is Steve's third solo album and second with Will Jennings as co songwriter. The main problem with this album is that Steve chose to go it alone instead of using a band. Many of the songs on here would come across better if he was using real players but just about everything is done with synths which gives the album a very dry feeling to me. Several of the songs would come across pretty well had he used a band-Valerie, And I Go, While There's A Candle Burning, Still In The Game and Help Me Angel shows signs of being really good songs.

5 out of 5 stars Winwood Is Still In The Game.......2007-01-30

Steve Winwood's 1982 solo album, "Talking Back To The Night," is a breezy, cheerful delight. Winwood plays all of the instruments himself, and the very-catchy songs on this album are among Steve's best, including the classic "Valerie," and other winners like "Big Girls Walk Away," "Still In The Game," "Help Me Angel," and the excellent, made-for-cruising title track. Yes, this is unquestionably Steve's most synthesiser-heavy album, (after all, it was made in 1982), but I think his synth sound here is simply wonderful and uplifting (as is his singing, songwriting, performing & production chops). I love the charming "do-it-yourself" vibe that Steve gives the music on this disc! So go ahead and pick up "Talking Back To The Night," one of my personal favorites from the multi-talented Steve Winwood.

4 out of 5 stars sounds like he sat down and just played.......2005-10-20

This album is interesting (1982). It sounds like he sat down at a keyboard and drum machine and simply recorded the entire album. It's very raw and simple (complex at the same time) with little production and it is almost entirely steve winwood, a drum box, and keyboards. There's good stuff on here includinghelp me angel, valerie, and talking back to the night. Chronicles(1987) features versions of those songs listed above and are much more produced and much more powerful. Valerie, from chronicles, has been played on mainstream radio since then. I love winwood's vocal range and his keyboard patterns and it's interesting to hear a rock album so stripped down. This album is much better than 1980s arc of a diver (while you see a chance). Winwood is also renound for doing many different things and this album was much different than back in the high life (1986) which was much more organic but still electric. Overall, good album and a must for winwood fans.

5 out of 5 stars great 80s synth-pop.......2005-10-01

I actually like this one better than Arc of a Diver (unlistenable?!?) and Back in the High Life. While I love Winwood in all his guises (Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, Traffic, etc), this album has always been my personal favorite. Valerie (this version is much better than later one with revised drum track and vocals) and Still in the Game are the highlights for me (if you're of a certain age, you'll recall seeing the videos on MTV), although the ballads are also excellent. I can't recall how many papers I wrote in high school and college with this album on repeat in the background. The guy's talent is limitless.

5 out of 5 stars Righteous Pop-Rock Multi-Instrumentalist/Singer Makes Statement About Self-Indulgence.......2005-06-16

On TALKING BACK TO THE NIGHT, Steve Winwood makes a strong statement about how happy life can be if you don't indulge in bad habits (e.g. drugs, caffeine, alcohol, food, tobacco, gambling). When this album came out, many thought it was the work of a recovering addict, but interviews with Winwood proved that not to be the case. Rather, he was commenting on how he had survived while many of his contemporaries had not. This album makes me contemplate how many kids I went to school with may end up in psychiatric centers for the rest of their lives, whereas I'm in my own apartment, and how, in May 1993, many of my classmates were in terrible shape, but a girl I was on a rec group trip with, who I'd gone to camp with, who was available (not already dating), thought I was attractive. Winwood's belief that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia since 2005 for drug-smuggling was unjustly convicted makes this CD/cassette an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
Back to the Island
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great!!!
Back to the Island
Bertie Higgins
Manufacturer: Southern Tracks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000154T
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

  1. Back to the Island
  2. Jamaica Me Crazy
  3. Palm Beach
  4. Brazilia
  5. Miami Moon
  6. Casablanca
  7. Never Looked Good on You
  8. All Night Rain
  9. Key Largo
  10. Just Another Day in Paradise

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great!!!.......1999-04-19

Please tell me when your new album will be out--I thought they said the spring of 99-- please let me know--judy
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