Change the Station

Change the Station
Studio album by ACR
Released	January 1997
Genre	Dance-pop ambient
Length	74:04
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 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

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.^[4]

• 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. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Certain Ratio - Change the Station". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
3. Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 1. ISBN 1858284570.
4. A Certain Ratio – Change the Station album liner notes

External links

• Change the Station at Discogs