Roll with It (album)

Roll with It is the fifth solo studio album by the 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.

Roll with It
Studio album by Steve Winwood
Released	20 June 1988[1]
Recorded	Autumn 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
Length	44:27
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Winwood Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood chronology
Chronicles (1987) Roll with It (1988) Refugees of the Heart (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s	B−[3]
Deseret News	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The New York Times	(Positive)[6]
People	(Mixed)[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

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

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
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

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1989 [11]	Roll with It	Best British Album	Nominated
	Steve Winwood	Best British Male	Nominated

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 16 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[13] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 21 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 7 Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[16] 17 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 53 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 16 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 4 US Billboard 200[23] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[24] 93

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[25] 11 US Billboard 200[26] 34

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[28]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[30]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.