Roll with It (album) explained

Roll with It
Type:	Album
Artist:	Steve Winwood
Cover:	Roll with It.jpg
Released:	20 June 1988^[1]
Recorded:	Autumn 1987–Spring 1988
Studio:	Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland) McClear Place Studio(Toronto, Canada)
Genre:	Rock, blues, pop, blue-eyed soul, adult contemporary
Length:	44:27
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Steve Winwood Tom Lord-Alge
Prev Title:	Chronicles
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Refugees of the Heart
Next Year:	1990

Roll with It is the fifth solo studio album by English blue-eyed soul artist Steve Winwood, released on 20 June 1988. It became one of Winwood's most commercially successful albums, reaching number four on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the US Billboard 200, and has sold over three million copies.

The title track topped the pop and rock singles charts; its success led to the subsequent singles "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" and "Holding On". "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" had been written by Winwood to be featured in an ad campaign for Michelob, which began running on American television on the day of the Roll with It album's US release. Two other tracks from Roll with It: "Hearts on Fire" and "Put on Your Dancing Shoes", also achieved radio airplay.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted.

1. "Roll with It" (Winwood, Jennings, Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 5:17
2. "Holding On" – 6:14
3. "The Morning Side" – 5:12
4. "Put on Your Dancing Shoes" – 5:10
5. "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" – 6:53
6. "Hearts on Fire" (Winwood, Jim Capaldi) – 5:14
7. "One More Morning" – 4:58
8. "Shining Song" – 5:29

Personnel

• Steve Winwood – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8), acoustic piano (1, 7), Hammond organ (1, 2, 6, 7), Fairlight programming (1, 2, 4–6, 8), bass guitar (1, 7), drums (1), keyboards (2-5, 8), guitar (2, 4, 7), Moog bass (3), Minimoog solo (8)
• Mike Lawler – keyboards (1-8)
• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards (2, 4, 8)
• Paul Pesco – guitar (3, 6)
• John Robinson – drums (2-7)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (2-5, 7)
• Jimmy Bralower – percussion (4, 8), drum machine (4, 8)
• Tom Lord-Alge – tambourine (8)
• The Memphis Horns – horn arrangements (1, 2, 6, 7)
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone, sax solo (1)
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
• Mark Williamson – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8)
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8)

Production

• Steve Winwood – producer
• Tom Lord-Alge – producer, engineer, mixing
• John Clarke – executive producer
• Jeff Lord-Alge – assistant engineer
• Mary Kettle – assistant engineer
• Paul Shubat – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Lee Charteris – production coordination
• Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
• Mick Haggerty – art direction, design
• Herb Ritts – photography

Accolades

Grammy Awards

|-| width="35" align="center" rowspan="4"|1989
^[2] || Roll with It || Album of the Year^[3] || |-|rowspan="2"| "Roll with It" || Record of the Year || |-| Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || |-| Tom Lord-Alge (engineer) || Best Engineered Album, Non Classical || |-

BRIT Awards

|-| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1989
^[4] || Roll with It || Best British Album || |-| Steve Winwood || Best British Male || |-

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart^[5]	16
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[6]	3
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[7]	21
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[8]	53
New Zealand Albums Chart^[9]	16
Norwegian Albums Chart^[10]	11
Swedish Albums Chart^[11]	3
Swiss Albums Chart^[12]	4
UK Albums Chart^[13]	4
US Billboard 200^[14]	1
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	93
West German Media Control Albums Chart^[15]	7

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. 18 June 1988. News. Record Mirror. 4. 19 August 2022. Flickr.
2. Web site: Chapman, McFerrin Lead Grammy Race : Baker, Sting, Michael, Winwood Also Capture Multiple Nominations. Los Angeles Times. 13 January 1989. 13 October 2013. Hunt. Dennis.
3. Web site: GRAMMYs' Best Albums 1980–1989 . grammy.org . 2012-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830143245/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-1 . 2011-08-30 .
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120314111713/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1989. The BRITs 1989. British Phonographic Industry. brits.co.uk. 14 March 2012. 10 October 2013.
5. Web site: australian-charts.com Steve Winwood – Roll with It. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 October 2013.
6. Top Albums/CDs - Volume 48, No. 15 1988. RPM. PHP. 30 July 1988. 10 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017112234/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8577&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=adi8sjvtk744tnp1av8s57ktv2. 17 October 2013. dead.
7. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Steve Winwood – Roll with It. dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. ASP. 10 October 2013.
8. Web site: スティーヴ・ウィンウッド-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック Highest position and charting weeks of Roll with It by Steve Winwood. Japanese. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. 10 October 2013.
9. Web site: charts.nz Steve Winwood – Roll with It. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ASP. 10 October 2013.
10. Web site: norwegiancharts.com Steve Winwood – Roll with It. ASP. 10 October 2013.
11. Web site: swedishcharts.com Steve Winwood – Roll with It. Sverigetopplistan. ASP. 10 October 2013.
12. Web site: Steve Winwood – Roll with It – hitparade.ch. ASP. 10 October 2013.
13. Web site: Steve Winwood > Artists > Official Charts. UK Albums Chart. 10 October 2013.
14. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22080/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((''Roll with It'' > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))]. allmusic.com. 31 August 2011.
15. Web site: Album Search: Steve Winwood – Roll with It. German. Media Control. ASP. 10 October 2013.
16. Web site: Billboard.BIZ. billboard.biz . 1 August 2011.