Refugees of the Heart

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Refugees of the Heart
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Studio album by Steve Winwood
Released	1990
Genre	Rock, Blue-eyed soul
Length	unknown
Label	Virgin Records
Roll with It (1988)	Refugees of the Heart (1990)	Junction Seven (1997)

Refugees of the Heart is the 1990 solo album by Steve Winwood. The album combined a chart-topping single, "One and Only Man" with some of Winwood's most mature and complex songs, including his masterpiece "In The Light Of Day". Unlike his previous two albums, Refugees was not as accessible and is one of the more neglected albums in Winwood's corpus. While "I Will Be Here" was released as a single, this album did not have the second smash radio hit that characterized the previous two albums.

"One and Only Man" also saw the return of former Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi to Winwood's songwriting team. This would lead to the Traffic "reunion" in 1994, which consisted of a collaboration between Winwood and Capaldi. (By that time, Chris Wood was deceased and none of the other former members were invited to participate.) Because of the collaboration, Winwood would not record another solo album until the late 1990s.

[edit] Track list

You'll Keep on Searching - 6:19
Every Day (Oh Lord) - 5:49
One and Only Man - (Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi) 5:00
I Will Be Here - 5:58
Another Deal Goes Down - 4:57
Running On - 4:18
Come Out and Dance - 5:33
In the Light of Day - 9:44

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted

[edit] Non-album tracks

Always (instrumental)
In The Light Of Day (instrumental version)

"Always" was the b-side to "One and Only Man", while the instrumental version of "In The Light of Day" was the b-side to "I Will Be Here". The instrumental version is about three minutes shorter than the album version with vocals, and contains some improvisational work at the end which is not on the album version. It is unclear if this is simply the album version with the vocals removed, or a different take.

In 1990, cassette singles were popular, and both of this album's singles were released in cassette single format. There were also CD singles with these b-sides.

These non-album tracks are notable because Winwood rarely produced non-album songs. "Always" is the first true non-album song from a Winwood solo project that was not simply an album song remixed or edited in some way.