Winds of Change

Studio album by

Released

October 4, 1982

Recorded

1982 at the Automatt, San Francisco

Genre

Rock, AOR

Length

40:16

Jefferson Starship chronology

Modern Times
(1981)

Winds of Change
(1982)

Nuclear Furniture
(1984)

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]

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

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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 B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

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

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^[2]
"Can't Find Love" (1983)
"Out of Control" (music video only / no single released)

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	26

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

References

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)

Jefferson Airplane (discography, members) · Jefferson Starship (discography, members) · Starship (discography, members)

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
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

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Compilations

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