Roll with It (album)

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

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.

  1. ^ "News". Record Mirror. 18 June 1988. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via Flickr.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Roll with It - Steve Winwood | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "W". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 10 July 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Spangler, Jelly (11 August 1988). "ON THE RECORD: OLD ROCKERS DON'T FADE AWAY, THEY RETURN AGAIN AND AGAIN". Deseret News. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. ^ Hunt, Dennis (19 June 1988). "Steve Winwood Is Still On a Roll With White Hot Soul". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  6. ^ Holden, Stephen (17 July 1988). "RECORDINGS; Three Veteran Rock-and-Rollers Spin New Disks". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  7. ^ Novak, Ralph/ Hiltbrand, David (18 July 1988). "Picks and Pans Review: A Roll with It". people.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Pond, Steve (2011). "Steve Winwood: Roll With It : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2011.