Refugees of the Heart explained

Refugees of the Heart
Type:	studio
Artist:	Steve Winwood
Cover:	Refugees of the Heart.jpg
Released:	5 November 1990^[1]
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
Prev Title:	Roll with It
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Junction Seven
Next Year:	1997

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 record another solo album until late 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.'

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 (Oh Lord)" – 5:44
3. "One and Only Man" – (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi) 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

• 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, an edit of the album version's backing track, runs for about 6 minutes and contains some improvisational work at the end not found on the album version.

Personnel

• Steve Winwood – vocals, keyboards (1-6, 8), Hammond organ (1, 3-7), Minimoog solo (2), keyboard bass (3), guitar (3, 7), additional percussion (3), vibraphone solo (8), additional drums (8), keyboard programming, Fairlight programming, drum programming
• Mike Lawler – additional keyboards (1, 4)
• Anthony Crawford – guitar (1)
• Larry Byrom – guitar (2, 4, 6, 7), slide guitar (5)
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar (1, 2, 4-7)
• Russ Kunkel – drums (1, 4, 5)
• Jim Capaldi – drums (2, 3, 7), percussion (3)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (6)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1, 2, 4-8)
• Randall Bramblett – soprano saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7), tenor saxophone (8)
• Jim Horn – alto saxophone (4), baritone and tenor saxophones (7)
• Harvey Thomson – tenor saxophone (7)
• Michael Haynes – trumpet (7)

Production

• Produced by Steve Winwood
• Executive Producer and Management – John Clarke
• Engineered and Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
• Assistant Engineer – Brian Harding (Nashville)
• Additional Engineering – Mick Dolan
• Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff and Melanie Nissen
• Design – Mike Fink
• Photography – Andrew and Stuart Douglas

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Refugees of the Heart!Chart (1990)!Peak
position

Australian ARIA Albums Chart^[2]	45
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[3]	23
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[4]	58
German Media Control Albums Chart^[5]	25
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[6]	91
Swedish Albums Chart^[7]	19
Swiss Albums Chart^[8]	27
UK Albums Chart^[9]	27
United States Billboard 200^[10]	26

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Refugees of the Heart!Chart (1990)!Position

Canadian Albums Chart^[11]	97

Notes and References

1. 3 November 1990. New Albums. Music Week. 36. 19 August 2022.
2. Web site: australian-charts.com Steve Winwood – Refugees of the Heart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 October 2013.
3. Top Albums/CDs - Volume 53, No. 5. https://archive.today/20131015093020/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9121&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=adi8sjvtk744tnp1av8s57ktv2. dead. October 15, 2013. RPM. PHP. 15 December 1990. 10 October 2013.
4. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Steve Winwood – Refugees of the Heart. dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. ASP. 10 October 2013.
5. Web site: Album Search: Steve Winwood – Refugees of the Heart. German. Media Control. ASP. 10 October 2013.
6. Web site: スティーヴ・ウィンウッド-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック Highest position and charting weeks of Refugees of the Heart by Steve Winwood. Japanese. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. 10 October 2013.
7. Web site: swedishcharts.com Steve Winwood – Refugees of the Heart. Sverigetopplistan. ASP. 10 October 2013.
8. Web site: Steve Winwood – Refugees of the Heart – hitparade.ch. ASP. 10 October 2013.
9. Web site: Steve Winwood > Artists > Official Charts. UK Albums Chart. 10 October 2013.
10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22072/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((''Refugees of the Heart'' > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))]. allmusic.com. 31 August 2011.
11. Top 100 Albums of 1990 . RPM . 22 December 1990 . 10 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018073620/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9145&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . 18 October 2015 .