Winelight

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FieldValue
nameWinelight
typeStudio album
artistGrover Washington Jr.
coverWinelight.jpg
releasedOctober 24, 1980
recordedJune & July 1980
studioRosebud Recording Studio, New York City
genreSmooth jazz
length39:01
labelElektra
producerGrover Washington Jr., Ralph MacDonald
prev_titleSkylarkin'
prev_year1980
next_titleCome Morning
next_year1981
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| name = Winelight | type = Studio album | artist = Grover Washington Jr. | cover = Winelight.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = October 24, 1980 | recorded = June & July 1980 | studio = Rosebud Recording Studio, New York City | venue = | genre = Smooth jazz | length = 39:01 | label = Elektra | producer = Grover Washington Jr., Ralph MacDonald | prev_title = Skylarkin' | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Come Morning | next_year = 1981 Winelight is a 1980 studio album by jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. The record received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album was released by Elektra Records. It includes the Grammy Award-winning hit "Just the Two of Us" sung by Bill Withers. The track "In the Name of Love" from the album was also released in rearranged form, without Washington's saxophone track, under the name of Ralph MacDonald and Bill Withers (on vocals).

Reception

| rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score =
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 203 |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = The album, propelled by "Just the Two of Us", is often credited for leading to the 1980s smooth jazz explosion.

Scott Yanow of AllMusic describe the album as "a memorable set of high-quality and danceable soul-jazz".

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Winelight" (William Eaton) – 7:32
  2. "Let It Flow (For "Dr. J")" (Grover Washington Jr.) – 5:52
  3. "In the Name of Love" (William Salter, Ralph MacDonald) – 5:26

Side Two

  1. "Take Me There" (Washington) – 6:16
  2. "Just the Two of Us" (Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald) – 7:23
  3. "Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba)" (Washington) – 6:32

Personnel

Production

  • Grover Washington Jr. – producer
  • Ralph MacDonald – producer
  • Richard Alderson – engineer
  • Ed Heath – assistant engineer
  • Vlado Meller – mastering at CBS Studios (New York City).
  • Paul Silverthorn – production coordinator
  • Ron Coro – art direction, design
  • Jim Shea – cover photography
  • Don Hunstein – inner sleeve photography

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1980–81) | Peak position | |---|---| | last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=333}} | 35 | | US Billboard Pop Albums | 5 | | US Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 1 | | US Billboard Top Soul Albums | 2 | | UK Official Charts | 34 | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (2025) | Peak position | |---|---| | Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) | 12 | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1981)Position
US Billboard 20013
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Chart positions | US Pop | US R&B | US AC | UK | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1981 | "Just the Two of Us" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 34 | | ::

Certifications

References

References

  1. Elsworth, Catherine. (August 10, 2006). "Still a lovely day". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
  2. {{AllMusic. Scott. Yanow
  3. (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
  4. Micucci, Matt. (June 17, 2020). "Song of the Day: Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers, “Just the Two of Us”".
  5. Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
  6. "Grover Washington Jr. US albums chart history". allmusic.com.
  7. "GROVER WASHINGTON JR {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company".
  8. "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 28. hét". [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies.
  9. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1981".
  10. "Grover Washington Jr. US singles chart history". allmusic.com.
  11. Salaverri, Fernando. (2005). "Sólo éxitos. Año a año. 1959–2002". Iberautor Promociones Culturales.

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