Arc of a Diver

ARC OF A DIVER
 
 
Arc of a Diver  is the second solo studio album by singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood, released in July 1980.  All of the instruments featured on the album were performed entirely by Winwood.  Featuring his first solo hit “While You See a Chance”, (which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States), this was Winwood’s true breakthrough album as a solo artist.  It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, establishing him as a commercially viable act.  The cover artwork for the album was by Tony Wright.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

One glance at the album cover for Saved proves beyond doubt that Bob Dylan was serious with his Christian period.  The album art is by a veteran in that field, Tony Wright; two of his designs – for Traffic’s The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) and Steve Winwood’s Arc of a Diver (1980) – were named among the 100 Greatest Album Covers by Rolling Stone magazine. 

 

In order to downplay the Christian message in the Saved album (if that’s possible), the cover painting was later replaced with a painting of Dylan in performance.  

 

(August 2014)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021