Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)

1982 studio album by Jefferson Starship

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)  | Winds of Change
(1982)  | Nuclear Furniture
(1984)

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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.

Cash Box called the title track "concisely crafted" and called the song a return to Jefferson Airplane's style.[1] Joseph McCombs of AllMusic called the album "one of the weakest entries" in the band's discography and "strikingly unadventurous".[2] Writing for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden said that the songs sounded like bland, recycled versions of Jefferson Starship's other songs but that "there's still enough of a glimmer from the spark of Red Octopus to keep this ship rattling along".[3]

The LP produced two U.S. Top 40 singles: "Be My Lady" in the fall of 1982 (#28), and "Winds of Change" in the winter of 1983 (#38).

## Track listing

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Side ANo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Winds of Change"| Jeannette Sears| Pete Sears| 3:52
2.| "Keep on Dreamin'"| Craig Chaquico| Chaquico| 5:00
3.| "Be My Lady"| J. Sears| P. Sears| 3:50
4.| "I Will Stay"| J. Sears| P. Sears| 3:56
5.| "Out of Control"| Paul Kantner, China Wing Kantner, Grace Slick| Kantner| 2:53

Side BNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Can't Find Love"| Grace Slick, Monica Clemans, Mickey Thomas, Chaquico| Chaquico| 4:48
2.| "Black Widow"| Chaquico, Grace Slick| Chaquico| 4:59
3.| "I Came Back From the Jaws of the Dragon"| Kantner| Kantner| 5:57
4.| "Quit Wasting Time"| J. Sears| P. Sears| 5:01

## Personnel

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* Mickey Thomas – lead (1-4, 6, 9) and backing vocals
* Grace Slick – lead (1, 5, 7, 9) and backing vocals
* Paul Kantner – lead (8) and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
* Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
* David Freiberg – vocals, bass (3), keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), organ on (9), synthesizer (9)
* Pete Sears – bass (1, 2, 4-9), keyboards (3, 4), synthesizer (7, 9), piano (3, 8)
* Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion

### Production

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* 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

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* "Be My Lady" (1982) #28 US
* "Winds of Change" (1983) #38 US Billboard Hot 100; #37 Cash Box Top 100[4]
* "Can't Find Love" (1983)
* "Out of Control" (music video only / no single released)

## Charts

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Chart (1982)  | Peak
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US Billboard 200[5] | 26

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold  | 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## Notes

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1. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 22, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
2. ^ McCombs, Joseph. "Winds of Change: Jefferson Starship". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
3. ^ Holden, Stephen (1982-12-09). "Winds of Change". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
4. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 26, 1983
5. ^ "Jefferson Starship Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. ^ "American album certifications – Jefferson Starship – Winds of Change". Recording Industry Association of America.

## References

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* Winds of Change (Vinyl inside sleeve). Jefferson Starship. New York City: RCA. 1982. BXL1-4372.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Studio albums|

| Jefferson Airplane|

* Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
* Surrealistic Pillow
* After Bathing at Baxter's
* Crown of Creation
* Volunteers
* Bark
* Long John Silver
* Jefferson Airplane

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Jefferson Starship|

* Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner)
* Dragon Fly
* Red Octopus
* Spitfire
* Earth
* Freedom at Point Zero
* Modern Times
* Winds of Change
* Nuclear Furniture
* Windows of Heaven
* Jefferson's Tree of Liberty
* Mother of the Sun

Starship|

* Knee Deep in the Hoopla
* No Protection
* Love Among the Cannibals
* Loveless Fascination

Live albums|

* Bless Its Pointed Little Head
* Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
* Deep Space/Virgin Sky
* Greatest Hits: Live at the Fillmore
* Across the Sea of Suns

Archival releases|

* Live at the Monterey Festival
* Live at the Fillmore East
* At Golden Gate Park
* Last Flight
* Sweeping Up the Spotlight
* At the Family Dog Ballroom
* The Woodstock Experience

Compilations|

* The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
* Early Flight
* Flight Log
* Gold
* 2400 Fulton Street
* Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991)
* Jefferson Airplane Loves You
* The Essential Jefferson Airplane

Singles|

* "My Best Friend"
* "Somebody to Love"
* "White Rabbit"
* "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
* "Volunteers"
* "Wooden Ships"
* "Mexico"
* "Miracles"
* "Play on Love"
* "With Your Love"
* "Count On Me"
* "Runaway"
* "Jane"
* "Find Your Way Back"
* "We Built This City"
* "Sara"
* "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

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