Nine Lives is Steve Winwood

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 first full-length studio album since 2003. It was released on April 29, 2008.

The album's first single, "Dirty City

Dirty City

Dirty City is also a nickname for Jersey City, New Jersey."Dirty City" is a rock song by Steve Winwood from his album Nine Lives, released on February 19, 2008....

" featuring guitarist Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

, held the number-one added single spot for three weeks in a row and peaked at the overall number-two spot on AAA Radio

Adult album alternative

Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....

The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 chart, selling about 26,000 copies in its first week

Track listing

1. "I'm Not Drowning"
2. "Fly"
3. "Raging Sea"
4. "Dirty City
   Dirty City
   Dirty City is also a nickname for Jersey City, New Jersey."Dirty City" is a rock song by Steve Winwood from his album Nine Lives, released on February 19, 2008....
   
   " (with Eric Clapton
   Eric Clapton
   Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
   
   )
5. "We're All Looking"
6. "Hungry Man"
7. "Secrets"
8. "At Times We Do Forget"
9. "Other Shore"

Personnel

• Richard Bailey – drums
• Paul Booth – flute, saxophone, human whistle
• Tim Cansfield – guitar
• Eric Clapton
  Eric Clapton
  Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
  
   – guitar
• Jose Pires de Almeida Neto – guitar
• Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
• Steve Winwood
  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...
  
  – guitar, organ, Hammond organ, vocals

Production:

• Josh Cheuse – art sirection, design
• Tony Cousins – mastering
• Sam Erickson – photography
• Juan Pont Lezica – photography
• Johnson Somerset – associate producer
• James Towler – engineer, mixing
• Steve Winwood – producer