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 and No. 12 in the UK.
It was Winwood's last release with Island Records, before his departure to Virgin Records.
Track listing
2, 3, 8, 9 & 10 are edited on vinyl editions (edit lengths shown above); CD/digital include full-length versions. 4, 6 & 10 are remixed by Tom Lord-Alge for this release.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1987–88) PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report) 32Japanese Albums (Oricon) 66
Year-end charts Chart (1988) PeakpositionUS Billboard 20091
Certifications
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