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2016 studio album by Charles Bradley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Changes is the third album released by American funk/soul singer Charles Bradley, released on April 1, 2016 on Daptone Records.[1] The title track on the album is a cover of the Black Sabbath song of the same name and was first released as a Record Store Day Black Friday single in 2013.[2]
| Changes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | Daptone Records/Dunham Records | |||
| Producer | Thomas Brenneck | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| American Songwriter | [4] |
| Exclaim! |   [5] |
| Paste | 7.9/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10[7] |
| PopMatters | [8] |
| Record Collector | [9] |
The album was released to positive critical reception with an aggregate score of 80 on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.[10]
Pitchfork awarded the album a score of 7.1, with music critic Jay Balfour describing the album as Bradley's "most straightforward and best to date".[7] AllMusic awarded the album a positive review, stating that "the rough-hewn power of Bradley's voice is at its most powerful, and there's a fierce sense of longing and need in this music that's almost tactile in its realism".[1]
The Observer's Kitty Empire awarded the album 3 stars, likening Bradley to Al Green,[11] while critic Steve Horowitz from PopMatters praised Bradley's vocal style, describing him as "the closest living equivalent to [James] Brown" and concluding that "Bradley sings of his aches and pleasures with such conviction that he makes one believe this is possible".[8]
The album also received praise from a number of other musical publications, including American Songwriter,[4] Record Collector[12] and Paste.[6]
The theme song for Big Mouth is Bradley's cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes". The opening title sequence for the first three seasons of Barry uses the instrumental intro of Bradley's song "Change for the World".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "God Bless America" | Menahan Street Band, Irving Berlin | 1:31 |
| 2. | "Good to Be Back Home" | Menahan Street Band, Victor Axelrod, Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Nobody But You" | Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Ain't Gonna Give It Up" | Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Changes" | The Budos Band, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward | 5:45 |
| 6. | "Ain't It a Sin" | The Budos Band, Brian Profilio | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Things We Do For Love" | Menahan Street Band, Thomas Brenneck, William Schalda Jr. | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Crazy for Your Love" | Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck | 4:21 |
| 9. | "You Think I Don't Know (But I Know)" (featuring The Gospel Queens) | Menahan Street Band, Victor Axelrod, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Change For the World" (featuring The Gospel Queens) | Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Slow Love" | Menahan Street Band, Thomas Brenneck, Paul Schalda, Will Schalda | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 40:44 | ||
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