Roll with It (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Roll with It
Type =Album
Artist = Steve Winwood


Released = June 1988
Recorded = 1987-88
Genre = Rock, Blue-eyed soul
Length = 44:35
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hr63mpv39ffo link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stevewinwood/albums/album/189010/review/5941454/roll_with_it link]
Last album ="Chronicles"
(1987)
This album = "Roll with It"
(1988)
Next album ="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?" (U.S. #6) and "Holding On" (U.S. #11) were also big hits. "Hearts on Fire" and "Put on Your Dancing Shoes" also saw radio airplay.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted
#"Roll With It" – 5:20 (Winwood, Jennings, Holland, Dozier, Holland)
#"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 Song" – 5:28

Awards

1988 Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Album, Non Classical

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

Charts

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