Album · Charles Bradley
Changes by Charles Bradley
Changes is an album by Charles Bradley, released in 2016. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Changes”, on 11 lists with a best position of #45.
Changes, Charles Bradley's third album, came out on Daptone on April 1, 2016, and its title track is the kind of left turn that stops you cold: a Black Sabbath song, of all things, recast as a slow-burning soul confession. Bradley had first put his version out as a Record Store Day Black Friday single in 2013, and here it anchors the whole record.
The rest sits squarely in the Daptone tradition of old-school funk and soul played with no irony at all, and Bradley's voice cracks wide open in the way that has had critics reaching for Otis Redding. Coming after Victim of Love, it caps an unlikely late bloom by a singer who spent years in obscurity before anyone noticed. He died of stomach cancer in September 2017, the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Changes on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changes | 11 | #45 | – | 2016–2026 | |
| 2 | Ain't It a Sin | 6 | #36 | – | 2016–2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.