Now I have a feeling that following the disappointing reception of his debut album&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Steve-Winwood/dp/B001GHSFMQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Steve Winwood</a>&nbsp;three years earlier that some refinements had to be made in order for Winwood to become as commercially successful as he was creatively so. One of the major ones was is that he would need to put some distance between some of the more progressive melodic/harmonic instincts he might've developed during his Traffic period. Also he might've also had the sense that,although strongly synergistic with musicians such as Jim Capaldi,that as a multi instrumental Winwood was more in the position to instrumentally carry his follow up album on his own He also added another element to the mix along with Viv Stanshall. And that was the presence of the apparently more pop radio friendly lyricist Will Jennings. The result was this album-one which held the hopes within it for the future of Steve Winwoods musical future as a solo artist.