Change!

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Change!
Studio album by The Black Swans
Released November 6, 2007
Genre folk-rock
Length about this long
Label La Société Expéditionnaire
Producer Jerry DeCicca
Professional reviews
The Black Swans chronology
Sex Brain [EP]
(2006)		 Change!
(2007)

Change! is the second full-length album by the Black Swans. It is a follow up to 2004's Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You? and their 2006 EP, Sex Brain. Harp Magazine described the album as a tip of the hat to Charles Simic, the Left Banke, and Fred Neil.[3]

Contents

[edit] Cover

The cover of the CD release is a painting, "Untitled", by Debbie Porchetti, a member of Arc Industries North Workshop, a branch of Franklin County Board of MRDD. The workshop provides services to 300 adults with developmental challenges and recognize their talents by offering an environment that reinforces their confidence and self expression. Change! was also released in a limited edition vinyl featuring original, one of a kind artwork by workshop members who applied their expression to 500 blank album sleves.[3][4]

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Jerry DeCicca, except "Blue Moon #9 by DeCicca, Faulkner & Forbes

  1. "New Face" - 2:37
  2. "Hope Island" - 4:52
  3. "Coats" - 3:55
  4. "Only Be with You" - 4:35
  5. "Shake" - 6:21
  6. "Purple Heart" - 2:28
  7. "Fruitless Ways" - 3:57
  8. "Blue Moon #9" - 2:33
  9. "3 Broken Words" - 3:48
  10. "Slide on Down" - 3:46
  11. "Change!" - 3:35
  12. "3 Chord Song" - 5:55

[edit] Credits

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Releases

year format label catalog #
2007 CD La Société Expéditionnaire 7

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stephen M. Deusner, "Review: The Black Swans Change", Pitchfork Media, January 3, 2008
  2. ^ Andrew Iliff, "Review: The Black Swans - Change!", Stylus, October 30, 2007
  3. ^ a b Fred Mills, "Black Swans Ready for 'Change'", Harp Magazine, August 13, 2007
  4. ^ liner notes