Editing In Step

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{{Infobox album
| name       = In Step
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and [[Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble]]
| cover      = SRVinstep.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 6, 1989
| recorded   = January 25 – March 13, 1989 
| studio = Kiva Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Sound Castle and Summa Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| venue      =
| genre      = 
*[[Blues rock]]
*[[jazz blues]]
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name= "Larkin 1999">{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|title=All-Time Top 1000 Albums|url=https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_d7o0/page/179/mode/1up|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_d7o0/mode/1up|date=1999|archive-date= October 8, 2021|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|isbn=0-7535-0354-9|page=149}}</ref>
| length     = 40:53
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   = [[Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble]], Jim Gaines
| prev_title = [[Live Alive]]
| prev_year  = 1986
| next_title = [[The Sky Is Crying (album)|The Sky Is Crying]]
| next_year  = 1991
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = In Step
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = The House Is Rockin'/Tightrope
 | single1date = 1989
 | single2     = Crossfire
 | single2date = 1989
 | single3     = Wall of Denial
 | single3date = 1989
 | single4     = Tightrope
 | single4date = 1989
}}
}}

'''''In Step''''' is the fourth studio [[album]] by [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and [[Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble]], released in 1989.  The title ''In Step'' can be seen as referring to Vaughan's new-found [[sobriety]], following the years of drug and alcohol use that eventually led Vaughan into rehabilitation. It was also Vaughan's final album with Double Trouble and the last album to be released during his lifetime. In 1990, he recorded an album with his brother, [[Jimmie Vaughan]], called ''[[Family Style (Vaughan Brothers album)|Family Style]]''; later that same year, [[Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan|Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash]].

At the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1990, the album won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording.<ref>https://www.grammy.com/awards/32nd-annual-grammy-awards</ref>

In 1999, a reissue of the album was released which contains an audio interview segment and four live bonus tracks.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="atAllmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21047|llabel=In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = A−<ref name="SqueezeBox">{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2137&name=Stevie+Ray+Vaughan+and+Double+Trouble |title=CG:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |first=Robert |last=Christgau |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev3Score = 6/10<ref name="GRD">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin |title=[[The Great Rock Discography]] |year=2004 |edition=7th|publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |isbn=1-84195-615-5|page=1611}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]]''
|rev4score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]] |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=668}}</ref>
}}

Reviews for ''In Step'' have generally been positive. [[Robert Christgau]] rated the album an A−, signifying "a very good record." Although he stated that "Wall of Denial" and "Tightrope" fall into ex-addict jargon like it was natural speech and that "if the music was preachy or wimpy this would be a disaster," he concluded that "House Is Rockin'" keeps on boogieing on and that on the mood-jazz closer he escapes the blues undamaged for the first time in his career.<ref name="SqueezeBox"/>

[[Lou Reed]] selected ''In Step'' as one of his 'picks of 1989'.<ref>''[[Rolling Stone]]'', March 8, 1990</ref>

In a retrospective review, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] rated ''In Step'' five out of five stars. He noted that before the album was released, "his songwriting was hit or miss. Even when he wrote a classic modern blues song, it was firmly within the genre's conventions." He further stated that it helped "Vaughan found his own songwriting voice, blending blues, soul, and rock in unique ways, and writing with startling emotional honesty." Although he stated that "tunes like the terse "Tightrope" and the dense "Wall of Denial" feel so intensely personal, it's hard to believe that they weren't the product of just one man", he also stated that "the lighter numbers [...] are just as effective as songs." He concluded that "it's fully realized, presenting every facet of Vaughan's musical personality, yet it still soars with a sense of discovery. It's a bittersweet triumph, given Vaughan's tragic death, [...] yet it's a triumph all the same."<ref name="atAllmusic"/>

==Track listing==
===Original Release===
{{Track listing
| title1 = The House Is Rockin{{'-}}
| length1 = 2:24
| writer1 = [[Doyle Bramhall]], Stevie Ray Vaughan
| title2 = Crossfire
| length2 = 4:10
| writer2 = [[Tommy Shannon]], [[Chris Layton]], [[Reese Wynans]], [[Bill Carter (musician)|Bill Carter]], Ruth Ellsworth
| title3 = Tightrope
| writer3 = Bramhall, Vaughan
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Let Me Love You Baby
| length4 = 2:43
| writer4 = [[Willie Dixon]]
| title5 = Leave My Girl Alone
| length5 = 4:15
| writer5 = [[Buddy Guy]]
| title6 = Travis Walk
| length6 = 2:19
| writer6 = Vaughan
| title7 = Wall of Denial
| length7 = 5:36
| writer7 = Bramhall, Vaughan
| title8 = Scratch-N-Sniff
| length8 = 2:43
| writer8 = Bramhall, Vaughan
| title9 = Love Me Darlin{{'-}}
| length9 = 3:21
| writer9 = [[Howlin' Wolf]]
| title10 = Riviera Paradise
| length10 = 8:49
| writer10 = Vaughan
}}

===1999 Reissue Bonus Tracks===
{{track list
| title11 = SRV Speaks
| length11 = 1:33
| title12 = The House is Rockin{{'-}} 
| note12=Live
| length12 = 2:48
| writer12 = [[Doyle Bramhall]], Vaughan
| title13 = Let Me Love You Baby 
| note13=Live
| length13 = 3:46
| writer13 = [[Willie Dixon]]
| title14 = [[Texas Flood (song)|Texas Flood]] 
| note14=Live
| length14 = 7:28
| writer14 = [[Larry Davis (blues musician)|Larry Davis]], [[Joe Scott (musician)|Joseph Wade Scott]]
| title15 = Life Without You 
| note15=Live
| length15 = 13:17
| writer15 = Vaughan
}}

The bonus tracks are all taken from recordings for Westwood One Radio.  "SRV Speaks" is from a studio interview with Timothy White.  The rest are all from recordings for the Superstar Concert Series broadcast.  The next three tracks are from Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque on November 28, 1989.  The last is from McNichols Arena, Denver on November 29, 1989.

==Personnel==
;Double Trouble
* [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] – [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
* [[Tommy Shannon]] – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Chris Layton]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], percussion
* [[Reese Wynans]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Additional personnel
* Texacali Horns – on "Crossfire" and "Love Me Darlin'"
** Joe Sublett – saxophone
** [[Darrell Leonard]] – trumpet

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Chart (1989)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|album=In Step|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|20|chartid=6432|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|44|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|album=In Step|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 8
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|16|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|album=In Step|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|41|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|album=In Step|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|24|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|album=In Step|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|63|date=19890709|rowheader=true|access-date=October 25, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|33|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan|rowheader=true|access-date=May 20, 2020}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble|title=In Step|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1989}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=S.R. Vaughan & Double Trouble|title=In Step|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1989|certyear=1995}}
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==Awards==
'''[[Grammy Award]]s'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Winner
!align="left"|Category
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|''Stevie Ray Vaughan''
|align="left"|[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album|Best Contemporary Blues Album]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041027203018/http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/StevieRayVaughan/catalog/9.html Sony Music - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step]

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[[Category:Stevie Ray Vaughan albums]]
[[Category:1989 albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album]]