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Change Studio album by The Alarm Released 1989 Recorded 1988-1989 Genre Rock, Pop Label IRS Records Producer Tony Visconti Professional reviews The Alarm chronology Electric Folklore Live
(1988)Change
(1989)Standards
(1990)Change is the fourth studio album from The Alarm. It was released in 1989 on IRS Records.
The album was released initially on vinyl LP, cassette and CD, reaching No.13 in the UK charts and No.75 in the US charts.
An extended re-mastered version was released, including extra tracks.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald.
- "Sold Me Down The River" - 5:25
- "The Rock" - 4:39
- "Devolution Workin' Man Blues" - 4:11
- "Love Don`t Come Easy" - 4:08
- "Hardland" - 4:09
- "Change II" - 2:52
- "No Frontiers" - 3:53
- "Scarlet" - 4:17
- "Where A Town Once Stood" - 3:48
- "Black Sun" - 4:30 *
- "Prison Without Prison Bars" - 3:48
- "How The Mighty Fall" - 4:19 *
- "Rivers To Cross" - 3:42
- "A New South Wales" - 4:46
- Release as limited edition free single with vinyl LP
Single releases
Sold me down the River was released before the album, reaching No.40 in the UK singles chart.
This was followed after the album release by A New South Wales, which reached No.22 and saw the band on Top of the Pops and Wogan.
Love don't Come Easy was the third and final single, just failing to reach the Top 40.
Credits
Arranged By - The Alarm
Bass - Eddie Macdonald
Drums - Twist
Engineer - Tony Visconti
Guitar - Dave Sharp
Keyboards - Mark Taylor
Producer - Tony Visconti
Vocals - Mike Peters
Notes: Lookout management: Elliot Roberts and Barry DickensRecorded at the Skylight Suite and Mixed Good Earths Studios
A New South Wales Recorded at BBC Wales Cardiff with the Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir and members of the Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Welsh release
An edition of the album sung in Welsh called Newid was released in 1989.
Track listing:
- "Gwerthoch Fi I Lawr Yr Afon" - 4:09
- "Y Graig" - 4:39
- "Datganoli Y Falen Gweithiwr" - 4:11
- "Dydi Cariad Byth Yn Hawdd" - 4:08
- "Hiraeth" - 4:09
- "Newid II" - 2:52
- "Dim Ffiniau" - 3:53
- "Ysgarlad" - 4:18
- "Ble Sefa Dref" - 3:48
- "Rhyddid Caeth" - 3:48
- "Croesi'r Afon" - 3:42
- "Hwylio Dros Y Mor" - 4:47
Japanese promotional release
A Japanese 15-track promo-only CD was released including a different track list, custom picture sleeve and Japanese biography.
Track listing:
- "Declaration"
- "Marching"
- "68 Guns"
- "The Stand (Full Length Version)"
- "Absolute Reality"
- "Strength"
- "Spirit Of '76"
- "Rain In The Summertime"
- "Rescue Me"
- "Sold Me Down The River"
- "Hardland"
- "Change II"
- "No Frontiers"
- "Black Sun"
- "A New South Wales"
Remastered release
Released in 2000, the remastered edition featured a revised track listings, b-sides and previously unreleased recordings, new and original artwork, unseen photos, lyrics, sleeve notes by Mike Peters and interactive programming information to play the album in its original form.
Change demos
Two-disc release including 16 acoustic tracks from a 1988 L.A. demo session with Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald and 20+ electric tracks with the full band at the 1988-1989 Kinmell Hall demo sessions in Wales.
Mike Peters · Eddie MacDonald · Dave Sharp · Nigel Twist Managers Ian WilsonAlbums Declaration • Strength • Eye of the Hurricane • Change • Raw •
In the Poppyfields • Under Attack • Guerilla Tactics • Direct Action (Released as Alarm MM++)Welsh Albums Newid • TanLive albums Electric Folklore Live • Live at the Hammersmith Palais 1984 • King Biscuit Flower Hour Radio Show • Blaze of Glory • Sound and the FuryCompilations Compact Hits • Standards • The Best of The Alarm and Mike Peters • 68 Guns • The CollectionEPs The AlarmPromos Curtain CallDemos Change Demos • Alt-StrengthSingles Unsafe Building • Marching On • The Stand • Sixty Eight Guns • Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke? • The Deceiver • The Chant Has Just Begun • Absolute Reality • Strength • Spirit of '76 • Knife Edge • Rain in the Summertime • Rescue Me • Presence of Love • Sold Me Down the River • A New South Wales/The Rock • Love Don't Come Easy • Raw • 45 RPM • A New Home New Life • Close • Superchannel • Rain Down Released as Alarm MM++DVD Audio From the Front Row LiveVideos Spirit of '86 • Change EP • Blaze of GloryCategories:- 1989 albums
- 2000 albums
- Albums produced by Tony Visconti
- I.R.S. Records albums
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