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Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (1995)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Dimples Spencer Davis Group 2:21
  2. I Can't Stand It Spencer Davis Group 2:11
  3. Every Little Bit Hurts Spencer Davis Group 3:31
  4. Strong Love Spencer Davis Group 2:15
  5. Keep On Running Spencer Davis Group 2:49
  6. Somebody Help Me Spencer Davis Group 2:04
  7. When I Come Home Spencer Davis Group 1:59
  8. I Want To Know Spencer Davis Group 2:17
  9. Crossroads The Powerhouse 2:19
  10. Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group 2:58
  11. I'm A Man Spencer Davis Group 2:58
  12. Paper Sun Traffic 4:16
  13. Dealer Traffic 3:12
  14. Coloured Rain Traffic 2:45
  15. No Face, No Name, No Number Traffic 3:35
  16. Heaven Is In Your Mind Traffic 4:19
  17. Smiling Phases Traffic 2:43
  18. Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 5:39
  19. Pearly Queen Traffic 4:20
  20. Forty Thousand Headmen Traffic 3:16
  21. No Time To Live Traffic 5:22
  22. Shanghai Noodle Factory Traffic 5:06
  23. Medicated Goo Traffic 3:36
  24. Withering Tree Traffic 3:03
CD2
  1. Had To Cry Today Blind Faith 8:48
  2. Can't Find My Way Home (electric) Blind Faith
  3. Sea Of Joy Blind Faith 5:25
  4. Sleeping In The Ground (live) Blind Faith 4:33
  5. Under My Thumb (live) Blind Faith 5:53
  6. Stranger To Himself Traffic 3:54
  7. John Barleycorn Traffic 6:24
  8. Glad Traffic 6:59
  9. Freedom Rider Traffic 5:29
  10. Empty Pages Traffic 4:38
  11. Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys Traffic 11:43
  12. Rainmaker Traffic 7:51
CD3
  1. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Facto Traffic 6:02
  2. (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired Traffic 10:31
  3. Happy Vibes Traffic 4:56
  4. Something New Traffic 3:17
  5. Dream Gerrard Traffic 11:05
  6. Walking In The Wind Traffic
  7. When The Eagle Flies Traffic
  8. Winner/Loser 4:20
  9. Crossing The Line (live)
  10. Hold On 4:34
  11. Time Is Running Out 6:31
  12. Vacant Chair 6:54
CD4
  1. While You See A Chance
  2. Arc Of A Diver
  3. Spanish Dancer
  4. Night Train
  5. Dust
  6. Valerie
  7. Talking Back To The Night
  8. Your Silence Is Your Song
  9. Higher Love
  10. Freedom Overspill
  11. Back In The High Life Again
  12. The Finer Things
  13. Roll With It
  14. Don't You Know What The Night
  15. One And Only Man

Notes

Steve Winwood has led a long and varied career, recording everything from straight R&B and jazz-flavored rock to folk and pop. Over the course of four discs, The Finer Things chronicles the entirety of his career, beginning with The Spencer Davis Group, through Traffic and Blind Faith, right until his successful solo career. It includes all of the hits and many of his finest album tracks, yet the overall approach is rather exhausting — the rarities are rarely illuminating, they're just there for the sake of being there. Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile purchase for anyone wanting a comprehensive picture of Winwood in all of his various guises.