1988 Steve Winwood – Roll With It
Roll With It is the fifth solo studio album by English blue-eyed soul artist Steve Winwood, released on 20 June 1988. It became Winwood’s most commercially successful album, 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.
Tracks
1 Roll With It (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings; Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier; Edward Holland) 05:20
2 Holding On (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 06:16
3 The Morning Side (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 05:14
4 Put On Your Dancing Shoes (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 05:13
5 Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do? (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 06:55
6 Hearts On Fire (Steve Winwood; Jim Capaldi) 05:17
7 One More Morning (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 05:00
8 Shining Song (Steve Winwood; Will Jennings) 05:29
Biography
Musicians
1 Roll With It
Bass | Steve Winwood |
Drums | Steve Winwood |
Guitar | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Hammond Organ | Steve Winwood |
Piano | Steve Winwood |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Sax | Andrew Love |
Trombone | Wayne Jackson |
Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
2 Holding On
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Steve Winwood |
Hammond Organ | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Keyboards | Robbie Kilgore |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Sax | Andrew Love |
Trombone | Wayne Jackson |
Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
3 The Morning Side
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Pesco |
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Moog | Steve Winwood |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
4 Put On Your Dancing Shoes
Drums | JR Robinson |
Drums (programming) | Jimmy Bralower |
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Keyboards | Robbie Kilgore |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Percussion | Jimmy Bralower |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
5 Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?
Drums | JR Robinson |
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
6 Hearts On Fire
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Paul Pesco |
Hammond Organ | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Sax | Andrew Love |
Trombone | Wayne Jackson |
Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
7 One More Morning
Bass | Steve Winwood |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Steve Winwood |
Hammond Organ | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Piano | Steve Winwood |
Sax | Andrew Love |
Trombone | Wayne Jackson |
Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
8 Shining Song
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Keyboards | Robbie Kilgore |
Mini Moog | Steve Winwood |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Tambourine | Tom Lord-Alge |
Percussion | Jimmy Bralower |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
Liner Notes
Producer – Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Producer (Executive) – John Clarke
Coordinator – Lee Charteris
Engineer – Tom Lord-Alge
Engineer (Additional) – Jeff Lord-Alge
Engineer (Assistant) – Mary Kettle, Paul Shubat
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By – Tom Lord-Alge
Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Mick Haggerty
Design – Mick Haggerty
Photography – Herb Ritts
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Recorded At Windmill Lane Studios
Recorded At McClear Place
Phonographic Copyright Virgin Records Ltd
Copyright Virgin Records America Inc