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Changed is the eighth studio album by country music group Rascal Flatts. It is their second studio album release after signing with Big Machine Records, and was released on April 3, 2012. The band released the album's debut single, "Banjo," on January 16, 2012.[1] The album's second single "Come Wake Me Up" released to country radio in May 21, 2012.

Content

Gary LeVox explains the title, "Actually there's a song on the album called "Changed" and it's a really, really special song. And we thought that title of that song really captures what this new season of our career is because everything in our professional career has changed...(we) thought the title was appropriate." Rascal Flatts worked with long-time producer Dann Huff on their new album but also produced a few of the tracks on their own.

The Limited Deluxe Edition 'ZinePak includes the 15-song Changed Deluxe CD, an exclusive 72-page magazine, and a set of four Rascal Flatts guitar picks. The magazine includes exclusive interviews with Gary, Jay and Joe Don, rare photographs, lyrics, commentary on the band's career and much more. Only 40,000 copies are available. The Limited Deluxe Edition version was exclusively available at Wal-Mart stores.

In the weeks leading up to the album's release, three promotional singles were released for music download; the title track was released on March 13, 2012, "Hot In Here" on March 20, 2012, and "She's Leaving" on March 27, 2012.

Commercial Performance

In the United States, the album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 130,000 copies.[2] It also was the trio's seventh consecutive album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, making them only the fourth act in Nielsen Soundscan history to attain this goal.[3]

In Australia, Changed made its debut on the ARIA albums at No. 51 and peaked at No. 2, the band's highest position on the ARIA country chart to date.[4]

As of November 7, 2012, the album has sold 394,000 copies in the US.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Associated Press(positive)[7]
Country Weekly[8]
Roughstock[9]
Taste of Country[10]
Under The Gun Review[11]
USA Today[12]
The New York Times(positive)[13]
About.com[14]

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the album four stars out of five, saying that it was true that Changed is the most country project they’ve released in 10 years, and there are some new approaches on tracks like "Sunrise" and "Let It Hurt," on which he notes, "The second verse of this dark, brooding ballad is brilliant, and LeVox goes somewhere deep to bring it to life."[10] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave it four stars out of five, saying, "Changed represents the continuation of a new chapter for the trio in their career and while the songs on the album don't represent the "change" some critics and some fans may have hoped for, what they have done is provide their loyal set of fans and other country fans a strong, consistent album of radio-ready material and something that can compete with the bands chompin' at their feet to take their place as the #1 band in country music.""[9] Jessica Nicholson of Country Weekly gave the release three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "the album lacks some of the energy and freshness of 2010’s Nothing Like This, but introspective tunes such as “A Little Home,” “Sunrise" and “Come Wake Me Up” add even more depth to the trio’s sound."[8] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars, saying the album "errs on the side of caution" and "toned down the brightness" from their prior release, but praised the consistency of the songs and the "cool assured adult contemporary pulse of "Hot in Here.""[6] Michael McCall of the Associated Press gave the album a positive review, saying that they sound wiser and more grounded, balancing grown-up, light country-rockers with ballads grounded in real life and the album proves they have moved forward in the most important of ways — with their music.[7] Grace Duffy of the Under The Gun Review gave the album seven out of ten stars, saying that the album is an open and natural addition to Rascal Flatts’ repertoire.[11] Meena Iyer of Musicperk gave the album eight-and-a-half out of ten stars, saying "the album is a mixture of soulful music which can melt your heart and few fun upbeat tracks to make you dance."[15] Brian Mansfield of USA Today gave the album three out of five stars, saying "the trio has streamlined its mix of pop and country in 'Changed.'"[12] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times gave the album a positive review, saying "on this album has largely taken to heart."[13] Robert Silva of About.com gave the album three out of five stars, saying "the new record puts the trio in more rootsy territory than their previous effort, Nothing Like This."[14]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Changed"Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher4:22
2."Banjo"Tony Martin, Mobley, Thrasher4:17
3."Hot in Here"Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace3:53
4."Come Wake Me Up"Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Sean McConnell4:23
5."She's Leaving"Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele3:17
6."Let It Hurt"Jay DeMarcus, Gordie Sampson, Caitlyn Smith3:53
7."Lovin' Me"Tom Shapiro, Thrasher, Jimmy Yeary3:25
8."Hurry Baby"Paul Jenkins, Jason Sellers, Shapiro3:56
9."Sunrise"Nathan Chapman, Joe Don Rooney5:07
10."Great Big Love"LeVox, Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen, Sampson3:23
11."A Little Home"Gorley, Lovelace, Thrasher4:01
Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Friday"Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele2:58
13."Fall Here"Lee Thomas Miller, Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro3:29
14."Right One Time"Wendell Mobley, Jimmy Yeary, Tony Martin3:26
15."Next to You, Next to Me"Robert Ellis Orrall, Curtis Wright4:08

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[16] 51
Australian Country Albums Chart[17] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[18] 10
US Billboard 200[18] 3
US Billboard Top Country Albums[18] 1

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US Country Airplay US CAN
2012 "Banjo" 1 — 51 57
"Come Wake Me Up"A 9 7 57 99
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
  • ACurrent single.
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
April 21, 2012 		Succeeded by
Tuskegee by Lionel Richie

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[19] Gold

Personnel

  • Gary LeVox - lead vocals
  • Jay DeMarcus - backing vocals (1-15), bass (1-15), electric guitar (10, 13), bouzouki (13), mandolin (13)
  • Joe Don Rooney - lead guitar (1-15), backing vocals (1-15), acoustic guitar (14)
  • Dann Huff - electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14), bouzouki (2, 4, 14), mandolin (2, 4, 7, 9, 14), programming (13), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14), B-Bender guitar (3), ganjo (4), banjo (9), sitar (9), acoustic 12-string guitar (2)
  • Tom Bukovac - electric guitar (1-15), acoustic guitar (11, 14, 15)
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar (3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14)
  • Travis Toy - steel guitar (10, 12, 13), dobro (15), banjo (7)
  • Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), banjo (2, 5), mandolin (7, 10, 11, 12), fiddle (2), dobro (5), bouzouki (6), octomandolin (7)
  • Jenee Fleener - fiddle (10, 12, 15), violin (13), viola (13)
  • Charlie Judge - keyboards (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15), B-3 organ (1, 2, 3, 9), synths (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), programming (8, 10, 12, 13, 15), strings (4, 6)
  • Robbie Buchanan - piano (3, 4, 6, 7, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (2)
  • Gordon Mote - piano (6, 11, 14)
  • Eric Darken - percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14)
  • Dorian Crozier - drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
  • Chris McHugh - drums (5, 6, 9, 11, 14)
  • Shannon Forrest - drums (10, 12, 13, 15), cowbell (10)
  • David Huff - programming (10, 13)
  • Sean Neff - programming (10)
  • Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle (2, 5), mandolin (3), viola (3, 5, 11), violin (5, 11), accordion (3), cello (5, 11)

References

  1. ^ "Rascal Flatts Release New Single "Banjo" From Upcoming Albums". Rascal Flatts - Band Website. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/nicki-minaj-s-roman-reloaded-debuts-at-no-1006723952.story
  3. ^ http://www.rascalflatts.com/story/news/ichangedi-album-debuts-at-1
  4. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm
  5. ^ http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-for-november-7-2012-cma-awards-impact-taylor-swift-red-sells-340-000-more
  6. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Changed: Rascal Flatts". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b McCall, Michael (2 April 2012). "Review: Rascal Flatts' Sound Matures on Changed". Associated Press. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ^ a b Nicholson, Jessica. "Changed : Rascal Flatts - Reviews - Country Weekly Magazine". Country Weekly. Retrieved 6 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |= ignored (help)
  9. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt. "Changed review". Roughstock. Retrieved 6 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |= ignored (help)
  10. ^ a b Dukes, Billy. "Changed review". Taste of Country. Retrieved 6 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |= ignored (help)
  11. ^ a b Duffy, Grace (8 April 2012). "REVIEW: Rascal Flatts – Changed". Under The Gun Review. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. ^ a b Mansfield, Brian (3 April 2012). "Rascal Flatts' 'Changed' is charged with emotion". USA Today. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  13. ^ a b Caramanica, Jon (2 April 2012). "Album by Rascal Flatts". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  14. ^ a b Silva, Robert (3 April 2012). "Rascal Flatts - 'Changed' Album Review". About.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  15. ^ Iyer, Meena (18 April 2012). "Changed – Rascal Flatts". Musicperk. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  16. ^ "australian-charts.com - Rascal Flatts - Changed". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  17. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_country.asp?chart=1F20
  18. ^ a b c "Chart listing for Changed". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  19. ^ "American album certifications – Rascal Flatts – Changed". Recording Industry Association of America.
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