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| name       = The More Things Change...
| name         = The More Things Change...
| type       = studio
| type         = studio
| artist     = [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]
| artist       = [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]
| cover     = Machine Head - The More Things Change....jpg
| cover       = Machine Head - The More Things Change....jpg
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| released   = {{Start date|1997|3|25}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=The More Things Change - Machine Head {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-more-things-change-mw0000020966|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| released     = {{Start date|1997|3|25}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=The More Things Change - Machine Head {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-more-things-change-mw0000020966|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
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| studio     = {{hlist|[[Record Plant|The Plant]] (Sausalito)|[[Hyde Street Studios]] (San Francisco)}}
| studio       = {{hlist|[[Record Plant|The Plant]] (Sausalito)|[[Hyde Street Studios]] (San Francisco)}}
| genre     = {{hlist|[[Groove metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/machine-head-the-more-things-change-story-behind-album |title= How Machine Head's The More Things Change… took ’90s metal to a new level of intensity |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |last=Lawson |first=Dom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|date=July 10, 2019|title=The 50 best albums from 1999|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-albums-from-1999/|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=[[Kerrang!]]}}</ref>|[[speed metal]]<ref name="bio">{{cite web|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|title=Machine Head Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-head-mn0000221445/biography|access-date=September 21, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>|[[progressive metal]]<ref name="bio"/>}}
| genre       = * [[Groove metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/machine-head-the-more-things-change-story-behind-album |title= How Machine Head's The More Things Change… took '90s metal to a new level of intensity |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |last=Lawson |first=Dom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|date=July 10, 2019|title=The 50 best albums from 1999|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-albums-from-1999/|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=[[Kerrang!]]}}</ref>
| length     = {{Duration|m=52|s=42}}
* [[speed metal]]<ref name="bio">{{cite web|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|title=Machine Head Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-head-mn0000221445/biography|access-date=September 21, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| label     = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
* [[progressive metal]]<ref name="bio"/>
| producer   = [[Colin Richardson]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=52|s=42}}
| prev_title = [[Burn My Eyes]]
| label       = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| prev_year = 1994
| producer     = [[Colin Richardson]]
| next_title = [[The Burning Red]]
| prev_title   = [[Burn My Eyes]]
| next_year = 1999
| prev_year   = 1994
| misc       = {{Singles
| next_title   = [[The Burning Red]]
| next_year   = 1999
| misc         = {{Singles
  | name        = The More Things Change...
  | name        = The More Things Change...
  | type        = studio
  | type        = studio
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| rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=April 1997 |title=Reviews |magazine=Vox |publisher=[[TI Media|IPC]] |issue=78 |page=103}}</ref>
| rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=April 1997 |title=Reviews |magazine=Vox |publisher=[[TI Media|IPC]] |issue=78 |page=103}}</ref>
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'''''The More Things Change…''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], released on March 25, 1997, through [[Roadrunner Records]]. It is the band's last release to feature original guitarist [[Logan Mader]], and the first to feature drummer [[Dave McClain (musician)|Dave McClain]]. The album's title alludes to the first part of the phrase, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"; the same phrase is mentioned during the chorus of "Struck a Nerve". ''The More Things Change...'' reached #138 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in 1997. By July 1998, it had sold 400,000 copies worldwide,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Chirazi |first=Steffen |date=July 25, 1998 |title=The Harder They Come |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |pages=40–43 |issue=709}}</ref> with 115,000 copies sold in the United States (as of 2002).<ref>{{cite web|date=April 30, 2002|title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1997 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1997/2 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=March 6, 2021 |date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
'''''The More Things Change…''''' is the second studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], released on March 25, 1997 through [[Roadrunner Records]]. It is the band's last release to feature original guitarist [[Logan Mader]] and the first to feature drummer [[Dave McClain (musician)|Dave McClain]]. The album's title alludes to the first part of the phrase, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"; the same phrase is mentioned during the chorus of "Struck a Nerve".  
 
''The More Things Change...'' reached #138 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in 1997. By July 1998, it had sold 400,000 copies worldwide,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Chirazi |first=Steffen |date=July 25, 1998 |title=The Harder They Come |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |pages=40–43 |issue=709}}</ref> with 115,000 copies sold in the United States (as of 2002).<ref>{{cite web|date=April 30, 2002|title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1997 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1997/2 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=March 6, 2021 |date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
 
==Artwork==
The album cover was photographed by [[Joseph Cultice]]; [[Dave McKean]] designed an artwork that was ultimately not used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/davemckean/posts/10162491632022069/|title=Dave McKean Fans &#124; Dave posted this a while ago}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| headline = Japanese edition enhanced CD
| headline     = Japanese edition enhanced CD
| title1 = Ten Ton Hammer
| title1       = Ten Ton Hammer
| note1 = music video
| note1         = music video
| length1 = 4:28
| length1       = 4:28
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Digipak edition bonus tracks
| headline     = Digipak edition bonus tracks
| title11 = [[Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing|The Possibility of Life's Destruction]]
| title11       = [[Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing|The Possibility of Life's Destruction]]
| length11 = 1:31
| length11     = 1:31
| note11 = [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] cover
| note11       = [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] cover
| title12 = My Misery
| title12       = My Misery
| length12 = 4:42
| length12     = 4:42
| title13 = [[Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors]]
| title13       = [[Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors]]
| length13 = 4:39
| length13     = 4:39
| note13 = [[Ice-T]] cover
| note13       = [[Ice-T]] cover
}}
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Latest revision as of 02:13, 20 December 2025

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The More Things Change... reached #138 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1997. By July 1998, it had sold 400,000 copies worldwide,[1] with 115,000 copies sold in the United States (as of 2002).[2] In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.[3]

Artwork

The album cover was photographed by Joseph Cultice; Dave McKean designed an artwork that was ultimately not used.[4]

Track listing

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Personnel

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Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 30
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 24
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[7] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] 20
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 22
Finnish Albums Chart[10] 13
French Albums Chart[11] 21
German Albums Chart[12] 22
Hungarian Albums Chart[13] 25
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 44
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 15
Scottish Albums Chart[16] 23
Swedish Albums Chart[17] 17
UK Album Chart[18] 16
Billboard 200[19] 138

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