| Refugees of the Heart | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Chicago Tribune | [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C−[4] |
| Los Angeles Times | [5] |
| People | (Neutral)[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
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.'
- ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 3 November 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Refugees of the Heart at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Kot, Greg (22 November 1990). "Steve Winwood: Refugees of the Heart (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Browne, David (23 November 1990). "Music Review : Steve Winwood : Refugees of the Heart (1990)". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Hunt, Dennis (4 November 1990). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Hiltbrand, David /Novak, Ralph / Abrahams, Andrew / Kaufman, Joanne / Small, Michael / Shea, Lisa (19 November 1990). "Picks and Pans Review: Refugees of the Heart". People. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Steve Winwood". Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Hunter, James. "Steve Winwood: Refugees of the Heart : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2011.