Change the Station

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Change the Station
A Certain Ratio - Change the Station.jpg
Studio album by
ACR
ReleasedJanuary 1997
Genre
Length74:04
Label Rob's
Producer A Certain Ratio
ACR chronology
Up in Downsville
(1992)		Change the Station
(1997)		 Mind Made Up
(2008)

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]

Contents

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Muzik Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

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]

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. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "A Certain Ratio". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Certain Ratio - Change the Station". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock . Rough Guides. pp.  1. ISBN   1858284570.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 29. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
  5. ↑ Newsome, Rachel (January 1997). "ACR: Change The Station" (PDF). Muzik . No. 20. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ↑ A Certain Ratio – Change the Station album liner notes
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