Roll with It (album)

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Roll with It
Roll with It.jpg
Studio album by
Steve Winwood
Released20 June 1988 [1]
RecordedAutumn 1987–Spring 1988
Studio Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
McClear Place Studio (Toronto, Canada)
Genre Rhythm and blues, Rock, blues, pop, blue-eyed soul, adult contemporary
Length44:27
Label Virgin
Producer
Steve Winwood chronology
Chronicles
(1987)		Roll with It
(1988)		 Refugees of the Heart
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s B− [3]
Deseret News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New York Times (Positive) [6]
People (Mixed) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

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.

Contents

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

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

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1989
[9] 		Roll with It Album of the Year [10] Nominated
"Roll with It" Record of the Year Nominated
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
Tom Lord-Alge (engineer) Best Engineered Album, Non Classical Won

BRIT Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1989
[11] 		Roll with ItBest British AlbumNominated
Steve WinwoodBest British MaleNominated

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [27] 2× Platinum200,000^
Sweden (GLF) [28] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [30] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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