Change the Station explained

Change the Station
Type:studio
Artist:ACR
Cover:A Certain Ratio - Change the Station.jpg
Released:January 1997
Label:Rob's
Producer:A Certain Ratio
Prev Title:Up in Downsville
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Mind Made Up
Next Year:2008

Change the Station is an album by English band A Certain Ratio, released under the acronym ACR in January 1997. Released on Rob's Records label, it was the band's first album after a five-year hiatus, since 1992's Up in Downsville.[1]

The album finds the band working from a dance-pop and ambient music foundation,[2] with elements from Madchester funk and ambient house. The record also features vocals from singers Denise Johnson and Lorna Bailey.[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic senior critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought that the record "finds A Certain Ratio in top form." Erlewine also praised Johnson and Bailey's vocals, writing that their "soulful singing gives the songs dimension, helping make Change the Station a genuine return to form."

Track listing

  1. "Listen to the Sound" – 4:59
  2. "Some Day" – 6:15
  3. "Your on Your Own" – 4:54
  4. "Waiting for You" – 6:00
  5. "Yeah Boy" – 6:59
  6. "Sister Brother" – 5:11
  7. "Desire" – 6:05
  8. "Samba 123" – 5:27
  9. "Pole" – 5:47
  10. "Do Du Beep" – 6:07
  11. "Golden Balls" – 5:48
  12. "Funk Off" – 5:34
  13. "Groov(E)" – 5:01

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from album liner notes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Certain Ratio . AllMusic. 19 August 2016. Bush, John.
  2. Book: The Rough Guide to Rock . Rough Guides . Buckley, Peter . 2003 . 1 . 1858284570 . registration .
  3. A Certain Ratio – Change the Station album liner notes

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