Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)

Winds of Change
Studio album by Jefferson Starship
Released	October 4, 1982
Recorded	1982 at the Automatt, San Francisco
Genre	Rock, AOR
Length	40:16
Label	Grunt
Producer	Kevin Beamish
Jefferson Starship chronology
Modern Times (1981) Winds of Change (1982) Nuclear Furniture (1984)

Winds of Change is the seventh album by Jefferson Starship and was released in 1982. It was the first studio album produced after Grace Slick rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar plays drums on the album, but was replaced by Donny Baldwin for the supporting tour. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard charts.

The LP produced two U.S. Top 40 singles: "Be My Lady" in the fall of 1982 (#28), and "Winds of Change" in the winter of 1983 (#38).

Reception

Cash Box called the title track "concisely crafted" and called the song a return to Jefferson Airplane's style. ^[1] Joseph McCombs of AllMusic called the album "one of the weakest entries" in the band's discography and "strikingly unadventurous". ^[2] Writing for Rolling Stone , Stephen Holden said that the songs sounded like bland, recycled versions of Jefferson Starship's other songs but that "there's still enough of a glimmer from the spark of Red Octopus to keep this ship rattling along". ^[3]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Winds of Change"	Jeannette Sears	Pete Sears	3:52
2.	"Keep on Dreamin'"	Craig Chaquico	Chaquico	5:00
3.	"Be My Lady"	J. Sears	P. Sears	3:50
4.	"I Will Stay"	J. Sears	P. Sears	3:56
5.	"Out of Control"	Paul Kantner, China Wing Kantner, Grace Slick	Kantner	2:53

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Can't Find Love"	Grace Slick, Monica Clemans, Mickey Thomas, Chaquico	Chaquico	4:48
2.	"Black Widow"	Chaquico, Grace Slick	Chaquico	4:59
3.	"I Came Back From the Jaws of the Dragon"	Kantner	Kantner	5:57
4.	"Quit Wasting Time"	J. Sears	P. Sears	5:01

Personnel

• Mickey Thomas – lead (1–4, 6, 9) and backing vocals
• Grace Slick – lead (1, 5, 7, 9) and backing vocals
• Paul Kantner – lead (8) and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• David Freiberg – vocals, bass (3), keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), organ on (9), synthesizer (9)
• Pete Sears – bass (1, 2, 4–9), keyboards (3, 4), synthesizer (7, 9), piano (3, 8)
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion

Production

• Kevin Beamish – producer for Kevin Beamish Productions, Inc., engineer
• Maureen Droney – assistant engineer
• Tom Cummings – assistant mixing engineer
• Jeff Sanders – mastering
• Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
• Andreas Nottebohm – cover art, painting
• Dyer / Kahn, Inc. – design
• Paul Tokarski, Visual Promotions, Inc. – special effects photography
• Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco
• Mixed and mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
• Bill Thompson – manager

Singles and music videos

• "Be My Lady" (1982) #28 US
• "Winds of Change" (1983) #38 US Billboard Hot 100; #37 Cash Box Top 100 ^[4]
• "Can't Find Love" (1983)
• "Out of Control" (music video only / no single released)

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 22, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
2. McCombs, Joseph. "Winds of Change: Jefferson Starship". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
3. Holden, Stephen (December 9, 1982). "Winds of Change". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
4. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 26, 1983
5. "Jefferson Starship Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. "American album certifications – Jefferson Starship – Winds of Change". Recording Industry Association of America.

References

• Winds of Change (Vinyl inside sleeve). Jefferson Starship. New York City: RCA. 1982. BXL1-4372.