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Winds of Change

by Jefferson Starship

Released: October 04, 1982

Rock, AOR

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This album matters because its strongest editorial story is: Chart Success.

The Album

Aynsley Dunbar played drums on the album but was replaced by Donny Baldwin for the supporting tour. It marked the first studio album produced after Grace Slick rejoined the band as a full member. "Winds of Change" is the seventh album by Jefferson Starship, released in 1982.

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Cash Box described the title track as "concisely…

Cash Box described the title track as "concisely crafted" and noted it as a return to Jefferson Airplane's style.

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Reception

Joseph McCombs of AllMusic considered the album "one of the weakest entries" in the band's discography, calling it "strikingly unadventurous." Writing for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden remarked that the songs felt like bland, recycled versions of previous Jefferson Starship tracks but acknowledged that there was still "enough of a glimmer from the spark of Red Octopus to keep this ship rattling along." The LP produced two U.S. Top 40 singles: "Be My Lady" in the fall of 1982, which peaked at #28, and "Winds of Change" in the winter of 1983, which reached #38. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard charts.

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"Winds of Change" is the seventh album by Jefferson Starship, released in 1982. It marked the first studio album produced after Grace Slick rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar played 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 described the title track as "concisely crafted" and noted it as a return to Jefferson Airplane's style. Joseph McCombs of AllMusic considered the album "one of the weakest entries" in the band's discography, calling it "strikingly unadventurous." Writing for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden remarked that the songs felt like bland, recycled versions of previous Jefferson Starship tracks but acknowledged that there was still "enough of a glimmer from the spark of Red Octopus to keep this ship rattling along."

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