Things Have Changed
by Bettye LaVette
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Mar 30, 2018
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. PopMatters
    May 9, 2018
    90
    With Things Have Changed, Bettye Lavette hasn't just joined the ranks of first-rate Dylan interpreters, female and male--she's taken her place as leader of the pack.
  2. AllMusic
    Apr 4, 2018
    80
    Bettye LaVette has been enjoying a remarkable career resurgence in the 21st century, and Things Have Changed demonstrates why--she's as strong and compelling an interpretive vocalist as you're likely to hear in this day and age, and given a set of great songs, she can work magic with ease.
  3. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 2, 2018
    80
    LaVette, an intense, mesmerising presence throughout.
  5. Mojo
    Mar 30, 2018
    80
    This is LaVette's album, start to finish: heterodox song choices, rearranged verses, tweaked lyrics--none of it gratuitous. [May 2018, p.90]
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  6. American Songwriter
    Mar 30, 2018
    80
    These dozen performances will make listeners reassess songs some already know. But more likely they’ll be stunned at how LaVette revitalizes and shape shifts them into her own soulful reflection.
  7. Rolling Stone
    Mar 30, 2018
    80
    The tricks and miracles of Things Have Changed are manifold. Half of its 12 tracks restore life to songs that were dead-on-arrival on Dylan albums from 1979 to 1989; the rest reshapes more essential parts of the legend.
  8. Slant Magazine
    Mar 30, 2018
    70
    Songs like those find Things Have Changed making good on its promise: the chance to hear a legendary interpretive singer reach deep into one of pop music's richest songbooks, and to refashion its contents in her own image.

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#46 Best Album of 2018

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. joshuaoehler
    Apr 13, 2018
    8
    Creative covers are some songs that already have classic lyrics to provide the structure for a great song, but with no guarantee they can beCreative covers are some songs that already have classic lyrics to provide the structure for a great song, but with no guarantee they can be done justice by anyone covering them. Ms. LaVette does a great job making these songs her own. A good tribute to some timeless odes and observations.… Full Review »
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