Steve Winwood had already made a massive impact on music as a member of three different highly regarded bands before he embarked on a solo career. Once he committed to that path in the 80s, he started to churn out pop hits with regularity. Steve Winwood pitches the melody into the stratosphere at times, allowing him to show off the elasticity of his vocals. 1 in 1988Many rock veterans from the 60s and 70s popped up in the latter half of the 80s with star-studded hit albums, a la Back In The High Life for Steve Winwood. Steve Winwood could easily have gone on releasing well-regarded solo albums that didn’t tilt the needle much when it came to pop radio.