Chronicles (Steve Winwood album)

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.

Chronicles
Compilation album by
Steve Winwood
Released9 October 1987
Recorded1977–1987
GenreRock, blue-eyed soul, Pop
Length54:55
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
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80sC+[2]

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" 5:47 from the album Back in the High Life
  2. "While You See a Chance" 5:09 from the album Arc of a Diver
  3. "Vacant Chair" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) 6:49 from the album Steve Winwood
  4. "Help Me Angel" (Remix) 4:57 Original version on Talking Back to the Night
  5. "My Love's Leavin'" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) 5:19 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) 5:28 from the album Arc of a Diver
  8. "Higher Love" 5:47 from the album Back in the High Life
  9. "Spanish Dancer" 5:58 from the album Arc of a Diver
  10. "Talking Back to the Night" (Remix) 5:44 Original version on Talking Back to the Night

Charts
Chart (1987/88) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 32
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 12
United States (Billboard 200) 26

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.


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