Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)

Winds of Change
Studio album by Jefferson Starship
Released October 4, 1982
Recorded 1982 at the Automatt, San Francisco
Genre Rock, AOR
Length 40:16
Label Grunt
Producer Kevin Beamish
Jefferson Starship chronology
Modern Times
(1981)Modern Times1981		 Winds of Change
(1982)		 Nuclear Furniture
(1984)Nuclear Furniture1984

Winds of Change is the seventh album by Jefferson Starship and was released in 1982. It was the first studio album produced after Grace Slick rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar plays drums on the album, but was replaced by Donny Baldwin for the supporting tour. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard charts.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Winds of Change"Jeannette SearsPete Sears3:52
2."Keep on Dreamin'"Craig ChaquicoChaquico5:00
3."Be My Lady"J. SearsP. Sears3:50
4."I Will Stay"J. SearsP. Sears3:56
5."Out of Control"Paul Kantner, China Wing Kantner, Grace SlickKantner2:53
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Can't Find Love"Grace Slick, Monica Clemans, Mickey Thomas, ChaquicoChaquico4:48
2."Black Widow"Chaquico, Grace SlickChaquico4:59
3."I Came Back From the Jaws of the Dragon"KantnerKantner5:57
4."Quit Wasting Time"J. SearsP. Sears5:01

Personnel

  • Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion
  • David Freiberg – vocals, bass on "Be My Lady", keyboards on "Winds of Change", "Keep on Dreamin'", "Out of Control", "Can't Find Love", and "I Came Back from the Jaws of the Dragon", organ on "Quit Wasting Time", synthesizer on "Quit Wasting Time"
  • Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Pete Sears – bass on all tracks except "Be My Lady", keyboards on "Be My Lady" and "I Will Stay", synthesizer on "Black Widow" and "Quit Wasting Time", piano on "I Came Back from the Jaws of the Dragon"
  • Mickey Thomas – vocals
  • Grace Slick – vocals

Production

  • Kevin Beamish – producer for Kevin Beamish Productions, Inc., engineer
  • Maureen Droney – assistant engineer
  • Tom Cummings – assistant mixing engineer
  • Jeff Sanders – mastering
  • Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
  • Andreas Nottebohm – cover art, painting
  • Dyer / Kahn, Inc. – design
  • Paul Tokarski, Visual Promotions, Inc. – special effects photography
  • Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco
  • Mixed and mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
  • Bill Thompson – manager

Singles and music videos

  • "Be My Lady" (1982) #28 US
  • "Winds of Change" (1983) #38 US Billboard Hot 100; #37 Cash Box Top 100[1]
  • "Can't Find Love" (1983)
  • "Out of Control" (music video only / no single released)

Notes

  1. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 26, 1983

References

  • Winds of Change (Vinyl inside sleeve). Jefferson Starship. New York City: RCA. 1982. BXL1-4372.
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