Nine Lives (Steve Winwood album)

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Nine Lives
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Studio album by
Released29 April 2008
Genre
Length57:13
Label Columbia
Producer Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood chronology
About Time
(2003)
Nine Lives
(2008)
Live from Madison Square Garden
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Billboard (not rated) [3]

Nine Lives is Steve Winwood's ninth solo studio album, released on 29 April 2008. It is his last to date.

Contents

The album's first single, "Dirty City" featuring guitarist Eric Clapton, held the number-one added single spot for three weeks in a row and peaked at the overall number-two spot on AAA Radio. [4]

The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 26,000 copies in its first week. [5] [6]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Not Drowning" (Steve Winwood, Peter Godwin) – 3:32
  2. "Fly" (Winwood, Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto) – 7:49
  3. "Raging Sea" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:17
  4. "Dirty City" (with Eric Clapton) (Winwood, Godwin) – 7:44
  5. "We're All Looking" (Winwood, Godwin) – 5:25
  6. "Hungry Man" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 7:07
  7. "Secrets" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:41
  8. "At Times We Do Forget" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 5:57
  9. "Other Shore" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:41

Personnel

Production

Studios

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  6. Rocker won't let nostalgia define career Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By Gary Graff. Columbus Dispatch