Dave Mason, who hadn't released a new album in seven years, surprisingly released two in 1987. The second was Two Hearts, a major label stab at a comeback.
Steve Winwood,
Mason's estwhile partner in
Traffic, contributed background vocals, synthesizer and organ on a few tracks ("Something In The Heart" featured that patented "While You See A Chance" synth sound), and the album featured a soft-rock radio hit in "Dreams I Dream," a duet with
Phoebe Snow. But co-producer Jimmy Hotz tried to update
Mason for the '80s by using a heavily synthesized musical backup that wasn't always appropriate to
Mason's songs. The album made no commercial impression, and
Mason once again was without a record label. ~ William Ruhlmann