| A Change Is Gonna Come | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Leela James |
| Cover: | Leela James - A Change Is Gonna Come.jpg |
| Studio: | |
| Length: | 64:54 |
| Next Title: | Let's Do It Again |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
A Change Is Gonna Come is the debut album by American soul singer–songwriter Leela James. It was released on Warner Bros. Records on June 21, 2005 in the United States.
James covers Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and No Doubt's "Don't Speak" on the album.[1]
Allmusic editor Andy Kellman wrote that the album "retains a nostalgic tint. James has the stature of a woman who should possess a squeaky voice, but she sings with demonstrative grit. More importantly, she doesn't see her inspirations merely as artists to mimic; she sees how they learned from the past and applied it to the present. The past is built upon (if only a little), rather than simply revisited [...] There's plenty of thematic range, whether there are blue lights in the basement, tears on the pillow, sweat on the dancefloor, or sun showers on the porch."[2]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Change Is Gonna Come.[3]
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