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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]

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) Black Velvet (2018)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
American Songwriter	[4]
Exclaim!	[5]
Paste	7.9/10[6]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[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] 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".[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	14[13]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	43[14]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	5[15]
Blues Critic	Top 10 Retro-Soul/Soul Blues Albums Of 2016	2016	1[16]

Track listing

Personnel

• Charles Bradley – vocals

Menahan Street Band

• Victor Axelrod – piano/vibraphone
• Thomas Brenneck – guitar/bass guitar/organ/percussion
• Nick Movshon – bass guitar
• Homer Steinweiss – drums
• Michael Deller – organ
• David Guy – trumpet
• Leon Michels – saxophone/organ/flute

The Budos Band

• Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
• Thomas Brenneck – electric guitar
• John Carbonella Jr. – congas, drums
• Mike Deller – organ
• Daniel Foder – bass guitar
• Andrew Greene – trumpet
• Rob Lombardo – bongos, congas
• Brian Profilio – drums
• Dame Rodriguez – percussion

The Gospel Queens

• Naomi Shelton – leading vocals
• Cliff Driver – pianist
• Bobbie Jean Gant – background vocals
• Edna Johnson – background vocals
• Gabriel Caplan – guitars
• Fred Thomas – bass
• Michael Post – drums

Additional Musicians

• Raynier Jacildo – Organ on “God Bless America”
• William Schalda Jr. – Piano, Organ & Mellotron on "Things We Do For Love"

References

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