Customer Rating: 
Summary: From time to time you just got to roll with it.
Comment: This is the very album that got me hooked into Steve Winwood. If it were possible to wear out a disc this might be the one. Over time I've come to enjoy this album more. With the hit (roll with it) in the 80's you couldn't go far with out hearing this cool tune playing. Being only 8 tracks they didn't go wrong. Yes there are songs I like more then others. Not every track is fast paced 80's beat. (The morning side) and (one morning) help change the pace form the fast clip of (holding on) making you want to (put on your dancing shoes). With this album Steve was Back in the High Life and must have set many of ladies (hearts on fire).
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Metamorpho Rolls With It............
Comment: I tell ya people, I was on my way to the Caribbean (my fourth trip there since leaving my reviews) and I realized how boring retirement is. So, when I arrived home I found bundles and bundles of mail. All from fans all over the world. In truth, there was so much mail that I couldn't get into my castle! And that entrance is at least 50 feet high. It was easy to see that I was sorely missed by the earth's population. A tear came to my eye (but only briefly).
Then Seering Stone Magazine contacted me and wanted an interview. Yes people- the accolades and pure unadulterated fawning made me graciously accept. However, there was one glitch which caused a great stir. The magazine quoted me as saying "I'm more popular than Santa now", and from that point there was a big outcry and backlash. I had to go on t.v. to explain that it was just a silly joke to appease the masses. (Although, deep in my heart, I believed it to be true). In any case, here it is, another review. It will have a Christmas flavor to it (since it is that time again), and I hope you all are not disappointed.
You better not cry, you better not pout
Or all your votes, they won't count,
Santa Seer is now back in Town
He's making a Hiss, he's screaming it loud
one could go deaf, so says the crowd
Santa Seer is now back in Town
He reviews Steve Winwood's music
It's soul-rock-pop he smiles
Steve's smokey vocal alluring
Will make dancing shoes dance for miles
So, you better hear good, you better hear well
Rolling with it all, is truth to tell
Santa Seer is now back in town
Steve is in fine form, polished music indeed
doesn't need no reindeer, just a noble steed
Santa Seer is now back in Town
The reviewers and folks in Amazonland, will have a jubilee
You have this soulful music, and now you even have me!
So, you better go buy, you better go gift
My advice is always golden, if you catch my drift
Santa Seer is now back in Town
Santa Seer is now back in Town
SANTA SEER IS NOW BACK IN TOWN!!!
Well,,,, that was fun. But, if you have admired the musicianship of Winwood in the past, this effort will not disappoint. Makes a great present for the holidays or to hear on a plane to the Caribbean.
Now it's time for a brandy and cigar!
Have a wonderful season my trillions of fans.
Seers that We Have Heard On High.......... Metamorpho ;)
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of my all time favorites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: I LOVE THIS CD. Even though it was originally recorded in 1988, it is one of my all time favorites and I love every single song on it. Steve Winwood and the many groups he belonged to were staples in my teen years and way beyond. I am so happy to have a copy of this album again. Thanks, Amazon, for carrying it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What more can I say ...ROLL WITH IT!
Comment: Roll With It is a song I just enjoy dancing and listening to any time. This is one of his best and still rocks on after some 20 years! There are some other great tracks but Roll With It is the best!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good effort, but I like High Life better
Comment: It was a big risk for Steve Winwood to follow a hugely successful album in Back in the High Life from '86 with this 1988 album. And while I like the songs here, such as Roll With It, it lacks the excitement of High Life or its major hits. Roll With It sounds like it was recorded in a blues soul club in a Southern town. It recalls '60s soul in a big way but with a 1988 sheen to it. Don't You Know What the Night Can Do has that cool, modern feel to it, as if it's to be heard under neon lights. The album version feels and sounds long every time I hear it. But Holding On sounds too dull every time I hear it. It still doesn't grab me like his earlier records. The rest of the album tries too hard to follow the formula of the last effort. Where High Life has more of a relaxed comfortable feel, some songs on Roll With It sound a little too forced in the way they were performed and recorded. Winwood sounds superb vocally on all numbers, but without the excitement of the other one. His keyboard playing is among the best in the business, but he falls short on some songs. Roll With It has had the strongest shelf life, as I hear it a lot in some stores. The other singles haven't been as memorable.
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