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{{about|the album by the Black Swans||Change (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Change!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Black Swans]]
| cover      = Change!.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 6, 2007
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk rock]]
| length     =
| label      = [[La Société Expéditionnaire]]
| producer   = Jerry DeCicca
| prev_title = Sex Brain
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = Words Are Stupid
| next_year  = 2010
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
|rev1score = (7.9/10)<ref name=pfm>Stephen M. Deusner, [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47478-change "Review: The Black Swans Change"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406015204/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47478-change |date=April 6, 2008 }}, ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'', January 3, 2008</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
|rev2score = A<ref name=stylus>Andrew Iliff, [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-black-swans/change.htm "Review: The Black Swans - ''Change!''"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403192420/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-black-swans/change.htm |date=April 3, 2008 }}, ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'', October 30, 2007</ref>
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'''''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)|Harp Magazine]]'' described the album as a  tip of the hat to [[Charles Simic]], the [[Left Banke]], and [[Fred Neil]].<ref name=harp>Fred Mills, [http://www.guthriedesign.com/news/detail.cfm?article=11552 "Black Swans Ready for 'Change'"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711135525/http://www.guthriedesign.com/news/detail.cfm?article=11552 |date=July 11, 2011 }}, ''[[Harp (magazine)|Harp Magazine]]'', August 13, 2007</ref>
== 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, Ohio|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 sleeves.<ref name=harp/><ref name=liner>liner notes</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| total_length    =
| all_writing     = Jerry DeCicca, except "Blue Moon #9" by DeCicca, Faulkner & Forbes
| title1          = New Face
| length1         = 2:37
| title2          = Hope Island
| length2         = 4:52
| title3          = Coats
| length3         = 3:55
| title4          = Only Be with You
| length4         = 4:35
| title5          = Shake
| length5         = 6:21
| title6          = Purple Heart
| length6         = 2:28
| title7          = Fruitless Ways
| length7         = 3:57
| title8          = Blue Moon #9
| length8         = 2:33
| title9          = 3 Broken Words
| length9         = 3:48
| title10          = Slide on Down
| length10         = 3:46
| title11          = Change!
| length11         = 3:35
| title12          = 3 Chord Song
| length12         = 5:55
}}
== Personnel ==
=== Musicians ===
* [[Jerry DeCicca]] - [[acoustic guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]], [[electric guitar]] on "Purple Heart"
* [[Noel Sayre]] - [[violin]], [[viola]]
* Canaan Faulkner - [[Bass (instrument)|bass]], backing vocals
* Chris Forbes - electric guitar, [[tenor guitar]], backing vocals
* Keith Hanlon  [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* Amy Alwood - backing vocals
* Joe Peppercorn - [[piano]]
== Releases ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! year !! format !! label !! catalog #
|-
| 2007 || CD || [[La Société Expéditionnaire]] || 7
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.theblackswans.com/ The Black Swans], official web site
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[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:The Black Swans albums]]