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Roll with It
Studio album by Steve Winwood
Released	20 June 1988
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
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s	B−
Deseret News
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times	(Positive)
People	(Mixed)
Rolling Stone

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.

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

• Steve Winwood – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8), acoustic piano (1, 7), Hammond organ (1, 2, 6, 7), Fairlight programming (1, 2, 4–6, 8), bass guitar (1, 7), drums (1), keyboards (2–5, 8), guitar (2, 4, 7), Moog bass (3), Minimoog solo (8)
• Mike Lawler – keyboards (1–8)
• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards (2, 4, 8)
• Paul Pesco – guitar (3, 6)
• John Robinson – drums (2–7)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (2–5, 7)
• Jimmy Bralower – percussion (4, 8), drum machine (4, 8)
• Tom Lord-Alge – tambourine (8)
• The Memphis Horns – horn arrangements (1, 2, 6, 7)
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone, sax solo (1)
  • Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
• Mark Williamson – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8)
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8)

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

BRIT Awards

Charts

Certifications

References

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• Steve Winwood albums
• 1988 albums
• Albums produced by Tom Lord-Alge
• Virgin Records albums
• Albums produced by Steve Winwood
• Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical