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{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name | | name = The More Things Change... | ||
| type | | type = studio | ||
| artist | | artist = [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] | ||
| cover | | cover = Machine Head - The More Things Change....jpg | ||
| alt | | alt = | ||
| released | | 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> | ||
| recorded | | recorded = | ||
| venue | | venue = | ||
| studio | | studio = {{hlist|[[Record Plant|The Plant]] (Sausalito)|[[Hyde Street Studios]] (San Francisco)}} | ||
| genre | | 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 | * [[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 | * [[progressive metal]]<ref name="bio"/> | ||
| producer | | length = {{Duration|m=52|s=42}} | ||
| prev_title = [[Burn My Eyes]] | | label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] | ||
| prev_year | | producer = [[Colin Richardson]] | ||
| next_title = [[The Burning Red]] | | prev_title = [[Burn My Eyes]] | ||
| next_year | | prev_year = 1994 | ||
| misc | | 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 | '''''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 | Dave posted this a while ago}}</ref> | |||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
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{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| 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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Production
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Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
References
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External links
- The More Things Change... at machinehead1.com
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