Refugees of the Heart


Refugees of the Heart is the sixth solo studio album by Steve Winwood, released in 1990. The album contained the hit single, "One and Only Man", which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, was No. 18 at Billboard's Hot 100 and saw the return of former Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi to Winwood's songwriting team. A Traffic reunion followed in 1994, and because of that collaboration, Winwood would not release another solo album until 1997. "I Will Be Here" and "Another Deal Goes Down" were also released as singles.
Winwood stated about the closing track, “In the Light of Day”: 'When Will and I wrote the song it was our idea of what Nelson Mandela's dream was, while he was in prison. It was really just a fantasy of ours, but that's what we based the song on.'

Reception

NME said, "Winwood seems to have recorded this in his sleep. Stevie pulls every stale cliche out of his repertoire and gets a couple of witless friends to write equally tired lyrics for them. Retire now." Entertainment Weekly said, "this tasteful and exquisitely boring record is merely another exercise in rock professionalism; it's like being trapped in an hour-long TV commercial for an after-work singles bar."

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted.
  1. "You'll Keep on Searching" – 6:15
  2. "Every Day " – 5:44
  3. "One and Only Man" – 4:55
  4. "I Will Be Here" – 5:50
  5. "Another Deal Goes Down" – 4:55
  6. "Running On" – 4:15
  7. "Come Out and Dance" – 5:30
  8. "In the Light of Day" – 9:35

Non-album tracks

Personnel

Production