I Change, come ho gia accennato sulla recensione del loro primo album, "The glow of love", è stata una band Italo-Americana (cantanti statunitensi, musicisti e studio in Italia) di discreto successo dei primi anni '80, che proponeva musica R'nB/Soul sofisticata con influenze Disco Music ed elettroniche e che si teneva equidistante tra discoteca e la critica. Prodotti e capitanati dal manager guadalupeiano trapiantato a Bologna Jacques Fred Petrus, i Change avevano regalato al mondo gia dal primo album nel 1980, un insieme di canzoni raffinate, orecchiabili e sopratutto ballabili. Il successo, sia di pubblico che di critica, portò il navigato produttore a continuare l'avventura della band, facendo lievi modifiche allo stile e cambiando qualche vocalist. L'anno dopo, nel 1981, uscì "Miracles", forse il loro più omogeneo e raffinato album. I musicisti sono rimasti gli stessi: Mauro Malavasi alle tastiere, oggi produttore (ha prodotto anche Lucio Dalla), Davide Romani al basso e Paolo Gianolio ancora una (e per l'ultima) volta insieme ai Change con la sua chitarra. Le differenze di sound tra il primo album e il secondo sono, anche se non così radicali, molto aprezzabili. L'opera, al contrario del quasi pionieristico ed eterogeneo "The glow of love", è molto meglio amalgamata e più costante (anche se perde parte della dinamica presente invece nel primo album). In genere i timbri sonori utilizzati sono più ortodossi e la ritmica è più rigorosa. Luther Vandross viene rimpiazzato (all'ultimo momento) da James "Crab" Robinson. Il lavoro fu un successo. Non come il primo, ma singoli come "Paradise" o "Hold tight" sono diventati dei veri e propri cult, impossibili da non trovare in una serata revival anni '80. Il mio personale commento all'album? Un'opera da seguire e imitare, come il primo. Nulla è fuori posto e la precisione è assoluta. Altro che le batterie casinare e le chitarre marce alla Avril Lavigne. Questa è musica seria! Ora passo ad analizzare i singoli brani:
If you touch me with your smile
I'll get you to paradise
I can make it worth your while
I'll get you to paradise, oh
Houses made of ecstasy
Around the rooms
So picturesque together
(Picturesque together now)
Feeling all our dreams are freed
Romantic thoughts and not
Letting them fade away (oh, no)
Reach for the sky (reach for the sky)
I want you, I want you more
(You know I want you more)
I'll be nearby (I'll be nearby)
Come with me, I'll take you there
Reach for the sky (oh, reach for the sky)
I want you, I want you more
(I want, I want you)
I'll be nearby (You know I'll be nearby)
(You know I'll be nearby)
Come with me, I'll take you there
I'll be back to ?
On the road to paradise
You'll be safe with me, so try
We can make a paradise, oh, yeah
I can share my space with you
After all, this is how it should be
I want your love, I need your love
Just some tenders words alone
Let me know that this is
How it ought to be
Reach for the sky (oh, oh)
I want you, I want you more
(I want you, I want you)
I'll be nearby (I'll be nearby)
Come with me, I'll take you there
Reach for the sky (oh, oh)
I want you, I want you more
(I want you more) I'll be nearby
(You know I'll be nearby, oh, oh)
Come with me, I'll take you there
If you touch me with your smile
I'll get you to paradise
I can make it worth your while
I'll get you to paradise, oh
If you touch me with your smile
I'll get you to paradise
I can make it worth your while
I'll get you to paradise, oh
Reach for the sky (reach for the sky)
I want you, I want you more
(You know I want you)
I'll be nearby (I'll be nearby)
Come with me, I'll take you there
Reach for the sky
(Reach for, reach for the sky)
I want you, I want you more
(You know I want you, you know I want you)
I'll be nearby (I'll be nearby)
Come with me, I'll take you there
Reach for the sky (reach for the sky)
I want you, I want you more
(I want you, I want you more)
I'll be nearby
Come with me, I'll take you there
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
I have opened up my eyes
Now I can see clearly
You told there's no other guy
Who would be as good to me
I fell in love
And didn't start to think what you were doing
But now I know
I don't need you at all, you're no good for me
I've changed my mind
I'm takin' back my love
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
I would never let you down
So you began to use me
You were always afraid of my
Female sensitivity (And you knew that)
I do my best to give you what you want
And you abused me
It's time you go
I'd rather be alone without the heartache
I've changed my mind
I'm takin' back my love
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Ohohoho
Change of heart
You made me change my mind, yeah, yeah
I'm takin' back all the love I gave to you, baby
Ohohoho
Yeah, you, yeah, you
Yeah, you!
Ohohoho
You, give it back to me
I'm takin' back my love
Give me back all my love (My love, my love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love (My love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart (Oh, oh, oh, my love)
Give me back all my love (My love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love (My love, my love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back me, give me back me....
Change of heart
Change of heart
Change of heart
Change of heart
I'm takin' back my love
Give me back
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love (My love, my love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love (My love)
I've had a chance of heart
Give me back all my love
I've had a chance of heart (Oh, oh, oh, my love)
Give me back all my love (My love)
I've had a chance of heart