Arc of a Diver

Arc of a Diver is the second solo studio album by singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood. Released in 1980, Winwood played all of the instruments on the album.

Arc of a Diver
Studio album by
Steve Winwood
Released29 December 1980
Recorded1980
StudioNetherturkdonic Studios, Gloucestershire, England
Genre
Length39.49
LabelIsland
ProducerSteve Winwood
Steve Winwood chronology
Steve Winwood
(1977)
Arc of a Diver
(1980)
Talking Back to the Night
(1982)

Featuring his first solo hit, "While You See a Chance" (which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States), this was Winwood's breakthrough album as a solo artist. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, establishing him as a commercially viable act.

The cover artwork for the album is by Tony Wright. He took inspiration from Jazz by Henri Matisse, notably VIII: Icarus.

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