Chronicles (Steve Winwood album)

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Chronicles
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Compilation album by
Steve Winwood
Released9 October 1987
Recorded1977–1987
GenreRock, blue-eyed soul, Pop
Length46.48
LabelIsland
ProducerSteve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood chronology
Back in the High Life
(1986) 		Chronicles
(1987) 		Roll with It
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80sC+[2]

Chronicles is the first compilation album by Steve Winwood as a solo artist. The album contains some of his major hits up to this point and new remixes produced by Tom Lord-Alge, who had helped commercialize Winwood's sound on his previous album Back in the High Life. One track, "Valerie", was originally released as a single for Winwood's 1982 album, Talking Back to the Night. Despite the original single being a commercial flop, the remix of the song included in this album peaked at No. 9 on the US charts and No. 19 in the UK. The album peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 album chart[3] and No. 12 in the UK.

It was his last release with Island Records, before his departure to Virgin Records.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings, unless otherwise noted[4]

  1. "Wake Me Up on Judgment Day" 5:42 from the album Back in the High Life
  2. "While You See a Chance" 4:02 edited from the album Arc of a Diver
  3. "Vacant Chair" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) 4:31 edited from the album Steve Winwood
  4. "Help Me Angel" (Remix) 5:03 Original version on Talking Back to the Night
  5. "My Love's Leavin'" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) 5:12 from the album Back in the High Life
  6. "Valerie" (Remix) 4:05 Original version on Talking Back to the Night
  7. "Arc of a Diver" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) 5:25 from the album Arc of a Diver
  8. "Higher Love" 4:07 from the album Back in the High Life
  9. "Spanish Dancer" 4:35 from the album Arc of a Diver
  10. "Talking Back to the Night" (Remix) 4:06 Original version on Talking Back to the Night

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 12
US Billboard 200[8] 26

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1988) Position
US Billboard 200[9] 91

References[]

  1. ^ DeGagne, Mike (2011). "Chronicles – Steve Winwood". allmusic. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "W". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 10 July 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Billboard chart history". Rovi Corporation / Billboard. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ bibliographic record for Chronicles (Musical CD, 1990). WorldCat. Dublin, OH, USA: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. OCLC 263436270.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 342. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – Steve Winwood – Chronicles". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Steve Winwood | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Steve Winwood Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.


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