Amazing what you can do when your back's against the wall!  It is said that Winwood was seriously considering giving up on his musical career and this album was his last throw of the dice; what a throw!  The sparse instrumentation as compared with his group work plus the signature synthesizer which I personally like and think gives the album a unique sound allows for Steve to showcase his best talent i.e. his remarkable tone in his vocals without the rest of a band to distract from it and he bares his soul here with meaningful lyrics told by a master storyteller.  I enjoyed every track which are all consistently strong making this come in a close second to&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Back-in-High-Life/dp/B00599UE1C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Back in High Life</a>as his best ever album.  This mini-lp replica sleeve (mlps) release is pretty good and although the design and assembly is not among the best that I've seen it is good enough coming with a very good inner sleeve and a foldout containing all the lyrics in Japanese only.  Overall this will please both the mlps collector as well as other fans as the sound quality has been remastered very well too.