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^[5] and No. 12 in the UK.

Chronicles
Compilation album by Steve Winwood
Released	26 October 1987[1]
Recorded	1977–1987
Genre	Rock, blue-eyed soul, Pop
Length	46:48
Label	Island
Producer	Steve Winwood, Tom Lord-Alge
Steve Winwood chronology
Back in the High Life (1986) Chronicles (1987) Roll With It (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s	C+[3]
New Musical Express	7/10[4]

It was Winwood's 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^[6]

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)[7]	32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	12
US Billboard 200[10]	26

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Billboard 200[11]	91

References

1. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 24 October 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. DeGagne, Mike (2011). "Chronicles – Steve Winwood". allmusic. 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. Barron, Jack (7 November 1987). "Steve Winwood: Chronicles". New Musical Express. p. 35.
5. "Billboard chart history". Rovi Corporation / Billboard. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
6. bibliographic record for Chronicles (Musical CD, 1990). Dublin, OH, USA: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. OCLC 263436270 – via WorldCat.
7. 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.
8. "Charts.nz – Steve Winwood – Chronicles". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
9. "Steve Winwood | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
10. "Steve Winwood Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.