Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life ( 1986 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Higher Love"	5:45
2.	"Take It as It Comes"	5:20
3.	"Freedom Overspill" (writers: Steve Winwood, George Fleming, James Hooker)	5:33
4.	"Back in the High Life Again"	5:33
5.	"The Finer Things"	5:47
6.	"Wake Me Up on Judgment Day"	5:48
7.	"Split Decision" (Winwood, Joe Walsh)	5:58
8.	"My Love's Leavin'" (Winwood, Vivian Stanshall)	5:19

Personnel

Adapted from the AllMusic credits

• Steve Winwood – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–3, 8), synthesizer (1, 4, 6, 7), drum machine programming (1, 3–6, 8), sequencer programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), keyboards (2, 5, 8), Hammond organ (2, 3, 7), guitar (2, 8), synth bass (3), piano (4), mandolin (4), Moog bass (4, 7, 8), synth solo (5, 8)
• John Robinson – drums (1, 4–7)
• Mickey Curry – drums (2)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (3)
• Carole Steele – tambourine (1, 2, 7), congas (1, 5), percussion (3, 6, 8)
• Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming (1, 3–6)
• Philippe Saisse – synth bass (1)
• Rob Mounsey – additional synthesizer (4), additional keyboards (5), synth strings (8)
• Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards (5), additional synthesizer (6, 7), synth bell (8), synthesizer and sequencer programming
• Andrew Thomas – PPG WaveTerm synthesizer programming (1, 5, 6)
• Nile Rodgers – rhythm guitar (1, 6)
• Eddie Martinez – lead guitar (1), rhythm guitar (3)
• Joe Walsh – slide guitar (3), guitar (7)
• Paul Pesco – guitar (5)
• Ira Siegel – lead guitar (6)
• David Frank – synth horns (1, 6), horn arrangements (2, 3)
• Arif Mardin – synth string arrangements (8)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (2, 3)
• Lewis Del Gatto – baritone and tenor saxophones (2, 3)
• Tom Malone – trombone (2, 3)
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone (2, 3)
• George Young – alto saxophone (2, 3)
• Chaka Khan – backing vocals (1)
• James Taylor – backing vocals (4)
• James Ingram – backing vocals (5)
• Dan Hartman – backing vocals (5)
• Jocelyn Brown – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Connie Harvey – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Mark Stephens – backing vocals (6, 7