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Junction Seven is Steve Winwood
's seventh original solo album and was released in June 1997. The album did not sell very well, breaking the Top 40 in the UK but not the USA, and Winwood took a six-year break from making solo albums (returning in 2003 with About Time). This album was produced by Narada Michael Walden
, whilst Winwood's wife Eugenia co-wrote several songs. Des'ree
provided vocals on 'Plenty Lovin'.
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
's seventh original solo album and was released in June 1997. The album did not sell very well, breaking the Top 40 in the UK but not the USA, and Winwood took a six-year break from making solo albums (returning in 2003 with About Time). This album was produced by Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
, whilst Winwood's wife Eugenia co-wrote several songs. Des'ree
Des'ree
Des'ree is an English pop/soul singer who was popular during the 1990s. She is well known for her hits: "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You"...
provided vocals on 'Plenty Lovin'.
Track listing
- "Spy in the House of Love" (Winwood, Narada Michael WaldenNarada Michael WaldenNarada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
, Eugenia Winwood, Jim CapaldiJim CapaldiNicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...
) - "Angel of Mercy" (Winwood, Walden, Eugenia Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Just Wanna Have Some Fun" (Winwood, Walden)
- "Let Your Love Come Down" (Winwood, Walden, Eugenia Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Real Love" (Winwood, Walden, Eugenia Winwood)
- "Fill Me Up" (Winwood, Eugenia Winwood)
- "Gotta Get Back to My Baby" (Winwood, Eugenia Winwood)
- "Someone Like You" (Winwood, Walden, Eugenia Winwood)
- "Family AffairFamily Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)"Family Affair" is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by Sly & the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double a-sided single "Thank You "/ "Everybody is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the fourth and final number-one pop hit for the...
" (Sylvester Stewart) - "Plenty Lovin'" (Winwood, Walden)
- "Lord of the Street" (Winwood, Walden, Eugenia Winwood, Capaldi)
Personnel
- Steve Winwood - keyboards, guitar, percussion, vocals
- Lenny KravitzLenny KravitzLeonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
- guitar - Nile RodgersNile RodgersNile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
- guitar - Des'reeDes'reeDes'ree is an English pop/soul singer who was popular during the 1990s. She is well known for her hits: "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You"...
- vocals - Vernon "Ice" Black - guitar
- Jeff Cressman - trombone
- Walfredo Reyes - drums, percussion
- Myron Dove - bass
- Louis Fasman - trumpet
- Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - MIDI drums, percussion
- Jerry HeyJerry HeyJerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....
- trumpet - Melecio Magdaluyo - saxophone
- Rebeca Mauleón - piano
- Michael McEvoy - bass, keyboards, drum programming
- Narada Michael WaldenNarada Michael WaldenNarada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
- bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, drum programming - José Neto - guitar
- Bill Ortiz - trumpet
- Marc Russo - saxophone
- Marc van Wageningen - bass
- Wayne Wallace - trombone
- Annie LeibovitzAnnie LeibovitzAnna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.-Early life and education:Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's...
- photography - Daniel Reyes - percussion
- Frank Martin - keyboards
- Gary Brown - bass
- Ruby TurnerRuby TurnerRuby Turner is a British R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress. In 1967, she relocated with her family to Handsworth, Birmingham, England when she was nine years old...
, Tony Lindsey, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Skyler Jett, Claytoven Richardson, Annie Stocking, Simone Sauphanor, Tina Gibson, Eugenia Winwood - background vocals