Changes (Charles Bradley album)

Changes
Studio album by Charles Bradley
Released April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
Genre Soul
Label Daptone Records/Dunham Records
Producer Thomas Brenneck
Charles Bradley chronology
Victim of Love
(2013)
Changes
(2016)

Changes is the third album released by American funk/soul singer Charles Bradley, released on 1 April 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
American Songwriter[4]
Exclaim![5]
Paste7.9/10[6]
Pitchfork7.1/10[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] whilst critic Steve Horowitz from PopMatters praised Bradley's vocal style, describing him as "the closest living equivalent to 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]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Mojo The 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2016

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "God Bless America"  Menahan Street Band/Irving Berlin 1:31
2. "Good to Be Back Home"  Victor Axelrod/Menahan Street Band/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"  The Budos Band/Charles Bradley/Thomas Brenneck/David Guy/Leon Michels/Nick Movshon/Homer Steinweiss 3:56
5. "Changes"  Geezer Butler/Tony Iommi/Ozzy Osbourne/Bill Ward 5:45
6. "Ain't It a Sin"  Menahan Street Band/Brian Profilio 3:52
7. "Things We Do For Love"  Menahan Street Band/Thomas Brenneck/Will Schalda 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)Victor Axelrod/Menahan Street Band/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

Personnel

Menahan Street Band

Main article: Menahan Street Band

The Budos Band

Main article: The Budos Band

The Gospel Queens

References

  1. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Changes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. Blistein, Jon (8 December 2015). "Charles Bradley Preps 'Changes' LP With Powerful Black Sabbath Cover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. "Changes – Charles Bradley". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal (2016-03-28). "Album Review: Charles Bradley: Changes". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  5. Mathurin, Yasmine (2016-03-30). "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Changes". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  6. 1 2 Danton, Eric R. (1 April 2016). "Charles Bradley: Changes Review". Paste. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  7. 1 2 "Charles Bradley 'Changes' review". Pitchfork. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 Horowitz, Steve (31 March 2016). "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Changes". PopMatters. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  9. Kennedy, Jake. "Charles Bradley - Changes". Record Collector. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  10. "Charles Bradley 'Changes'". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  11. Empire, Kitty. "Charles Bradley: Changes review – heartbreak with horns". The Observer. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  12. Kennedy, Jake. "Charles Bradley - Changes". Record Collector. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  13. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  14. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Paste. November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  15. "Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
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