ROLL WITH IT topped the album charts for just 1 week, eventually selling 2 million in the US. This is his 1st solo #1 and last solo #1 album, though he did have a #1 with Blind Faith. Stephen Lawrence Winwood has had a long, storied and multi-tiered career. Most of the first ½ half of the year had just 3 #1sħ. Posted in: The Number Ones: Richard Marx’s “Hold On To The Nights”ĭocumenting the Billboard 200 TOP ALBUMS 1988ġ988 has 11 #1 albums. Real Richard Marx will appear again, as will Richard Marx-Lite. Then our smiling, giggling coworker moved to Boston where she became the nanny for the manager of a future Number One act. We saw a lot of young Richard Marx-Lite over the next few months. It was her way of saying, “I can’t believe I have the cutest boyfriend in the city.” I commented on his good looks and his resemblance to Richard Marx, and she would smile, dart her eyes up to the left, and giggle. The visits became more frequent, and my co-worker’s smile, brighter. He’d visit my co-worker and I couldn’t help but see who his celebrity doppelganger was. Remember my young co-worker from Mandan who spearheaded the Dance Party USA contest win? One of her classmates had his own wide-eyed good looks, topped with Marx-worthy follicles. Add in his wide-eyed good looks, and he was a ready-made, radio friendly heartthrob. But Richard Marx gets my vote for taking the volume and body all the way to 11. With Hair Metal, there might be more Aquanet. It may be spikier, brighter, or more colorful. Is there any better head of hair than Richard Marx in the history of the Number Ones? There might be more iconic, or larger hair in the Number Ones. Posted in: The Number Ones: Steve Winwood’s “Roll With It” By the radically lowered standards of 1988 #1s, “Roll With It” is one of the three best #1s of the year, and it’s an 8/10. We have a lot of really, really terrible #1s coming up in the ass end of 1988 here. It’s upbeat, infectious, tightly played and sung plenty soulfully for my tastes. It was a welcome sound on my radio in the scorching summer of 1988, and it’s a welcome song when I hear it now. I don’t really understand the “We Built This City”-level disdain for this song. Thing is, some other commenters have tipped their hands prior to today that they, too, are not fond of “Roll With It.”
He tipped his hand in virtual 1986 by panning Steve Winwood’s last #1, “Higher Love.” If Tom hated that, he hates this. I am sitting down to write this entry having not seen Tom’s review or his grade for “Roll With It” yet.
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