Arc Of A Diver (studio album) by Steve Winwood

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 5,718th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 120 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1980 (101st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (844th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,718th)
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Steve Winwood bestography

Arc Of A Diver is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Steve Winwood on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Steve Winwood is Back In The High Life which is ranked number 5348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 253.

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Arc Of A Diver track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 120 votes)
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06/18/2025 19:11 idiotican  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,80374/100
 
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06/04/2025 15:30 Cyrax  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,74061/100
 
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12/06/2024 20:59 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,48284/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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85/100
From 11/06/2022 07:43
Loved this album in the 80s and still a "guilty pleasure." He plays every instrument...kind of amazing. Solid album.
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From 12/02/2021 13:54
vanilla pop songs
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60/100
From 11/11/2018 11:27
When my kids ask me what did the 80's sound like ? I'll play them this album

It's a complete compliment highlighted by the timeless "While You See A Chance"
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85/100
From 04/11/2017 12:43
Excellent record underrated.
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75/100
From 11/05/2016 12:10
A good album with good songs, although the use of keyboards when a nice honking sax would do is a little disappointing. Still, a solid album from Winwood.
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From 02/19/2016 12:17
His best solo record.
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From 06/08/2015 22:59
Of course, "While you see a chance" is the classic track here, and it definitely stands the test of time. That might not be necessarily true for the rest of the record. The synth on some of the tracks kind of sound a bit dated.
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95/100
From 10/11/2014 22:56
steve winwood at his best
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80/100
From 08/05/2011 01:44
i just love the fact Winwood produced the thing and played every instrument on this set of pop songs...i never heard of that before...I revist this every so often and when i do i'm reminded of the beauty in it..." Dust" and "Slowdown Sundown" always tear me down...and the optimism of "While you see a chance" shines...
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Permanent Waves by Rush
9. Pretenders by Pretenders
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12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
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