Refugees of the Heart
| Refugees of the Heart | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 5 November 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 1989–Summer 1990 | |||
| Studio | Netherturkdonic Studios (Gloucestershire, England, UK) Emerald Sound (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) | |||
| Genre | Rock, Blue-eyed soul, Pop | |||
| Length | 46:59 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Steve Winwood | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| People | (Neutral) |
| Rolling Stone | |
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 #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.'