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Changes (Roman Lob album)

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Changes
Studio album by
Released13 April 2012
Length43:49
LabelUniversal Domestic Pop
Producer
Roman Lob chronology
Changes
(2012)
Home
(2014)
Singles from Roman Lob
  1. "Standing Still"
    Released: February 16, 2012
  2. "Call Out the Sun"
    Released: August 31, 2012

Changes is the debut studio album by German singer Roman Lob. It was released by Universal Music Domestic Pop on 13 April 2012 in German-speaking Europe. Recorded after Lob's win of Unser Star für Baku, the national pre-selection programme for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, it was largely procued under the guidance of musician Thomas D, with additional production from André "Brix" Buchmann, Thorsten Brötzmann, Michael Dörfler, Bertil Mark, Mathias Ramson, and production team Beatgees.

The album earned largely mixed to positive reviews from music critics some of who felt that it was uneven but praised Lob's vocal performance. Changes debuted and peaked at number nine on the German Albums Chart and reached the top 50 in Austria. It was preceded by lead single "Standing Still," Germany's 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entry in Baku,[1][2] which finished in 8th place and became a top three hit in Germany. A second single, "Call Out the Sun," failed to chart.

Singles

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Changes was preceded by lead single "Standing Still," Germany's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Issued by Universal Domestic Pop on May 26, 2012, it peaked at number three on the German Singles Chart and finished in eighth place with 110 points on 26 May, 2012. After Lob's performance on the night of the contest, it also entered some international charts.[3] "Call Out the Sun" was released as the album's second and final single on August 31, 2012 but failed to chart.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[4]
Plattentests4/10[5]

Amelie Köppl from laut.de rated the album two out of five stars. She found that Changes "turns out to be too clumsy and inconsistent for Roman Lob's previously praised musical ambitions. His slightly smoky, pleasant voice doesn't come into its own enough due to all the changes in style. Lob is obviously a born ballad singer, but that raises the question of why they didn't want to stick to the general direction of "Standing Still", "Day By Day" or "Revolution" and not just put the young man in front of his piano has set."[4] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung critic Dieter Bartetz felt that Lob had "already proven that he has what it takes to withstand it. But he still has to prove that he, the exceptional talent, cannot be smoothed over musically. His debut album points in both directions, the smooth and the rough."[6]

Track listing

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Changes track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Call Out the Sun"
  • Duncan Townsend
  • Leonard Valentin Lazar
  • Daniel Stroyanov
3:05
2."Dream on"
  • Dominik Schäfer
  • Hans Tauscheck
Bertil Mark2:51
3."Standing Still"
  • Dörfler
  • Mark
3:26
4."Alone"Thorsten Brötzmann3:29
5."Changes"
  • Thomas Dürr
  • Dörfler
  • Tina Dürr
  • Carsten Thonack
  • Lob
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
3:08
6."Flying"SchäferMark2:50
7."Make You Smile"
  • Farhot
  • Malika Ferguson
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
2:53
8."Day By Day"
  • Lob
  • Dejan Stankovic
  • Christoph Zimmermann
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
3:30
9."After Tonight"
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
3:44
10."Something Stupid"
Beatgees3:40
11."First Time"
  • Dürr
  • Mark
  • Dörfler
  • Lob
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
3:37
12."Conflicted"Martin Mulholland
  • Brix
  • Mathias Ramson
3:50
13."Revolution"
  • Andre Schild
  • Justin Hopkins
  • Alex Breuner
  • Thomas D
  • Dörfler
4:01

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Changes
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 81

Release history

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Changes release history
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 13 April 2012 Universal Domestic Pop [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Roman Lob to Baku for Germany". ESCToday.com. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Roman Lob to perform "Standing Still" for Germany – ESC Radio – Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio". 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Official Charts Analysis: Gary Barlow LP sells 40k | News | Music Week". musicweek.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Köppl, Amelie. "Die eigentlich gute Stimme kommt hier kaum zur Geltung". Laut.de (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ Read, Mark. "Unser Roman über Lob". Plattentests.de (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ Bartetz, Dieter. "Debütalbum von Roman Lob: Herzensheimatlos". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Roman Lob – Changes" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Roman Lob – Changes". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Roman Lob – Changes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Roman Lob (Künstler)" (Audio CD). Amazon.de. Retrieved 27 May 2012.