Roll with It (album)
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| Roll with It | ||
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| Studio album by Steve Winwood | ||
| Released | June 1988 | |
| Genre | Rock, Blue-eyed soul | |
| Length | 44:35 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Steve Winwood chronology | ||
| Back in the High Life (1986) |
Roll with It (1988) |
Refugees of the Heart (1990) |
Roll with It is the fifth solo album by blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. It topped the album charts in the United States, and has sold over three million copies. The single "Roll with It" topped the singles chart, while "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" and "Holding On" were also big hits. "Hearts on Fire" and "Put on Your Dancing Shoes" also saw radio airplay.
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[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted
- Roll With It – 5:20
- Holding On – 6:15
- The Morning Side – 5:14
- Put on Your Dancing Shoes – 5:11
- Don't You Know What the Night Can Do? – 6:54
- Hearts on Fire – 5:15 (Winwood, Jim Capaldi)
- One More Morning – 4:58
- Shining Sing – 5:28
[edit] Awards
1988 Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Album, Non Classical
[edit] Personnel
- Steve Winwood - Bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, programming, producer
- Paul Pesco - Guitar
- Robbie Kilgore - Keyboards
- Mike Lawler - Keyboards
- John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
- Jimmy Bralower - Percussion, drum machine
- Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
- Andrew Love - Tenor sax
- Wayne Jackson - Trombone, trumpet
- The Memphis Horns - Horn arrangements
- Mark Williamson - Background vocals
- Tessa Niles - Background vocals
- Tom Lord-Alge - Tambourine, producer, engineer, mixing
- Jeff Lord-Alge - Assistant engineer
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - Art Direction
- Lee Charteris - Production coordination
- Jon Clarke - Executive producer
- Mick Haggerty - Art direction, design
- Ted Jensen - Mastering
- Mary Kettle - Assistant engineer
- Herb Ritts - Photography
- Paul Shubat - Assistant engineer
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1988 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1988 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 93 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1988 | "Roll With It" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| 1988 | "Roll With It" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1988 | "Roll With It" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1988 | "Roll With It" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 21 |
| 1988 | "Roll With It" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Track | 30 |
| 1988 | "Put on Your Dancing Shoes" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 25 |
| 1988 | "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1988 | "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" | Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| 1989 | "Holding on" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1989 | "Holding on" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1989 | "Holding on" | Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| 1989 | "Hearts on Fire" | Adult Contemporary | 22 |
| 1989 | "Hearts on Fire" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 22 |
| 1989 | "Hearts on Fire" | Billboard Hot 100 | 53 |
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