Change the Station | ||||
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Released | January 1997 | |||
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Length | 74:04 | |||
Label | Rob's | |||
Producer | A Certain Ratio | |||
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Change the Station is an seventh studio 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 [2] and ambient music foundation, [3] with elements from Madchester funk and ambient house. [2] The record also features vocals from singers Denise Johnson and Lorna Bailey. [3]
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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." [2]
Album personnel as adapted from album liner notes. [6]