''All Change'' is the debut
album
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by the
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band
Cast
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, released on 16 October 1995 by
Polydor
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. It spawned four
singles: "
Finetime
"Finetime" is the debut single by the Liverpool britpop band Cast, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power. The song is taken from the debut album ''All Change''.
Finetime was first performed acoustically by John Power with the La's at a Liverpo ...
", "
Alright", "
Sandstorm
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" and "
Walkaway". It became the highest selling debut album in the history of the Polydor label. A deluxe edition was released in November 2010.
Critical reception
Roch Parisien of
AllMusic
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found the album to be "the perfect antidote to the inner rage fueling much American alternative rock", praising the production and Power's musicianship for carrying anthemic positivity and exuberant delivery, saying that "Cast transcends the hackneyed expectations of its environment, structure, and genetics through sheer, relentless quality of songcraft and performance."
In a retrospective review, Jamie Atkins of ''
Record Collector
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'' said the album "still has the most to offer", highlighting "Alright", "Sandstorm" and "Finetime"; though on tracks such as "Tell It Like It Is" and "Walkaway" "we get strong hints of future disappointments".
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Track listing
2010 Deluxe Edition
CD1
# "Alright"
# "Promised Land"
# "Sandstorm"
# "Mankind"
# "Tell It Like It Is"
# "Four Walls"
# "Finetime"
# "Back of My Mind"
# "Walkaway"
# "Reflections"
# "History"
# "Two of a Kind"
# "Instrumental (Original hidden track)"
# " Flying"
# "Better Man"
# "Satellites"
# "Follow Me Down"
# "Meet Me"
# "Hourglass"
# "Mother"
# "For So Long"
CD2
# "Sandstorm" (Demo)
# "Who You Gonna Ask?" (Demo)
# "Two Of A Kind" (Demo)
# "Finetime" (Demo)
# "Alright" (Demo)
# "Follow Me Down" (Demo)
# "Tell It Like it Is" (Demo)
# "History" (Demo)
# "Alright" (Demo)
# "Flying" (Demo)
# "Back Of My Mind" (Alternate Mix)
# "All My Days" (Outtake)
# "Back Of My Mind" (Live)
# "Sandstorm" (Live)
# "Reflections" (Live)
# "Walk Away" (Live)
# "Finetime" (Live)
# "Alright" (Live)
Personnel
Adapted from the liner notes of ''All Change''.John Leckie
John William Leckie (born 23 October 1949) is an English record producer and recording engineer. His production credits include Magazine's ''Real Life'' (1978), XTC's ''White Music'' (1978) and Dukes of Stratosphear's ''25 O'Clock'' (1985), t ...
– producer, engineer, mixing
* Ash Alexander – assistant recording engineer (The Manor)
;Additional musicians
* Jonathan Stone – strings (on "Walkaway")
* Vincent Needham – strings (on "Walkaway")
;Artwork
* Norman Watson – photography
* Stylorouge Stylorouge is a graphic design studio based in Yalding, Kent, formed in London by creative director Rob O'Connor in 1981.
Art work created by the studio has included record sleeve designs for bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees for their 1981' ...
– design
Chart performance
Certifications
References
External links
* ''All Change'' at Billboard
1995 debut albums
Cast (band) albums
Polydor Records albums
Albums produced by John Leckie
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