| Changes | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Charles Bradley |
| Cover: | Charles_Bradley_Changes_cover.jpeg |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Label: | Daptone Records/Dunham Records |
| Producer: | Thomas Brenneck |
| Prev Title: | Victim of Love |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Black Velvet |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
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]
The album was released to positive critical reception with an aggregate score of 80 on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.[3]
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". 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".
The Observers Kitty Empire awarded the album 3 stars, likening Bradley to Al Green,[4] 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".
The album also received praise from a number of other musical publications, including American Songwriter, Record Collector[5] and Paste.
| 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 | ||
| Blues Critic | Top 10 Retro-Soul/Soul Blues Albums Of 2016 | 2016 |
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".
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