Name: The More Things Change...
Brand: Roadrunner
SKU: 67493
Price: 4.49 GBP
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Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

The More Things Change...

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Album: The More Things Change...
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ten Ton Hammer Album Version	More Info...	4:15
2)	Take My Scars Album Version	More Info...	4:20
3)	Struck A Nerve Album Version	More Info...	3:30
4)	Down To None Album Version	More Info...	5:28
5)	The Frontlines Album Version	More Info...	5:51
6)	Spine Album Version	More Info...	6:36
7)	Bay Of Pigs Album Version	More Info...	3:46
8)	Violate Album Version	More Info...	7:20
9)	Blistering Album Version	More Info...	4:59
10)	Blood Of The Zodiac Album Version	More Info...	6:38

Album: The More Things Change...
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Ten Ton Hammer Album Version	More Info...	4:15
2)	Take My Scars Album Version	More Info...	4:20
3)	Struck A Nerve Album Version	More Info...	3:30
4)	Down To None Album Version	More Info...	5:28
5)	The Frontlines Album Version	More Info...	5:51
6)	Spine Album Version	More Info...	6:36
7)	Bay Of Pigs Album Version	More Info...	3:46
8)	Violate Album Version	More Info...	7:20
9)	Blistering Album Version	More Info...	4:59
10)	Blood Of The Zodiac Album Version	More Info...	6:38

Performer Notes

Machine Head: Robb Flynn (vocals, guitar); Logan Mader (guitar); Adam Duce (bass, background vocals); Dave McClain (drums).
Recorded at The Plant, Sausalito, California and Hyde Street, San Francisco, California.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
Personnel: Robb Flynn (vocals, guitar); Logan Mader (guitar); Dave McClain (drums); Adam Duce (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Colin Richardson; Andy Sneap; Robb Flynn.
Recording information: Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA; The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA.
Photographers: Harold O.; Joseph Cultice.
The title isn't really a joke, actually. Machine Head do take some chances on their second album, The More Things Change..., expanding their brutal attack with gothic flourishes and prog rock pretensions without ever abandoning their blistering thrash metal roots. And that's good -- few bands have the appealing, gut-level visceral attack of Machine Head and The More Things Change... proves they are among the more vital metal bands of the latter half of the '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Q (5/97, p.124) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...THE MORE THINGS CHANGE...is dominated by speed-of-light drumming, droning sub-sonic bass and colossal wedges of heavyweight maltreated guitars....the sound of a dentist's drill midway through the album almost offering a calming influence."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "[T]he album was a typically seething and jaw-breaking affair..."