''Nine Lives'' is

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's ninth solo studio album, released on 29 April 2008. It is his last to date. The album's first single, " Dirty City" featuring guitarist

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. The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 26,000 copies in its first week.Rocker won't let nostalgia define career Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By Gary Graff. Columbus Dispatc

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Track listing

# "I'm Not Drowning" (

, Peter Godwin (singer), Peter Godwin) – 3:32 # "Fly" (Winwood, Godwin, José Pires de Almeida Neto) – 7:49 # "Raging Sea" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:17 # " Dirty City" (with

) (Winwood, Godwin) – 7:44 # "We're All Looking" (Winwood, Godwin) – 5:25 # "Hungry Man" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 7:07 # "Secrets" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:41 # "At Times We Do Forget" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 5:57 # "Other Shore" (Winwood, Godwin, Neto) – 6:41

Personnel

– vocals,

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, guitars * Tim Cansfield – guitars *

– guitars, guitar solo (4) * José Pires de Almeida Neto – guitars * Richard Bailey – drums * Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion * Paul Booth –

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, saxophone, human whistle

Production

* Steve Winwood – producer * Johnson Somerset – associate producer * James Towler – engineer, mixing * Tony Cousins – mastering * Josh Cheuse – art direction, design * Sam Erickson – photography * Juan Pont Lezica – photography Studios * Recorded and Mixed at Wincraft Studios (Gloucestershire, UK). * Mastered at

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(London, UK).

References

{{Authority control Steve Winwood albums 2008 albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Steve Winwood