Changes (Charles Bradley album)
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| Studio album by Charles Bradley | ||||
| Released | April 1, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | Daptone Records/Dunham Records | |||
| Producer | Thomas Brenneck | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| American Songwriter | |
| Exclaim! |   |
| Paste | 7.9/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
| PopMatters | |
| Record Collector | |
Changes is the third album released by American funk/soul singer Charles Bradley, released on 1 April 2016 on Daptone Records. 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.
The album was released to positive critical reception with an aggregate score of 80 on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.
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 Observer's Kitty Empire awarded the album 3 stars, likening Bradley to Al Green, 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".
The album also received praise from a number of other musical publications, including American Songwriter,Record Collector and Paste.
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