Change the Station

Change the Station
Studio album by
ACR
ReleasedJanuary 1997
Genre
Length74:04
LabelRob's
ProducerA Certain Ratio
ACR chronology
Up in Downsville
(1992) 		Change the Station
(1997) 		Mind Made Up
(2008)

Change the Station is an 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Muzik[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]

  • A Certain Ratio – performance, production, mixing; recording (2–5, 7–12)
  • Denise Johnson – additional vocals (1, 6–7, 9, 11–12)
  • Lorna Bailey – additional vocals (2–3)
  • Liam Mullan – additional keyboards (3)
  • Andy Connell – piano, Rhodes piano (6)
  • Corinne Drewery – additional vocals (6)
  • MCR Horns – brass instruments (11–12)
  • Tim Oliver – audio engineering (1, 6, 13)
  • Julia Fenton – CGI artist
  • Andy Robinson – editing
  • Graham Newman – typography

References

  1. ^ Bush, John. "A Certain Ratio". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Certain Ratio - Change the Station". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b 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