Things Have Changed (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Things Have Changed

| type = Studio

| artist = Bettye LaVette

| cover = Things_Have_Changed_cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2018|03|30}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = R&B,{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/things-have-changed-bettye-lavette-dylan/|title="Choosing A Song Is Like Choosing A Lover": Bettye LaVette On Dylan Covers Album|last=Chilton|first=Martin|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2018}} Americana

| length =

| label = Verve

| producer = Steve Jordan

| prev_title = Worthy

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

|MC=85/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/things-have-changed/bettye-lavette|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=June 3, 2018}}

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/things-have-changed-mw0003152021|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Deming|first=Mark|accessdate=June 3, 2018}}

|rev2=PopMatters

|rev2Score=9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/bettye-lavette-things-have-changed-2563333910.html|title=Bettye LaVette Is the Leader of the Pack of Bob Dylan Interpreters on 'Things Have Changed'|work=PopMatters|last=De Steffano|first=George|date=May 9, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}

|rev3=Rolling Stone

|rev3Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-bettye-lavettes-things-have-changed-w518502|title=Review: Bettye LaVette Dives Deep Into Bob Dylan Songbook on 'Things Have Changed'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Levy|first=Joe|date=March 30, 2018|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}

}}

Things Have Changed is a studio album by Bettye LaVette. It was released in March 2018 through Verve Records. The album features songs originally written and sung by Bob Dylan.

The album received a nomination for Best Americana Album and "Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight" received a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-61st-annual-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-nominees-and-winners-list|title=61st GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees & Winners List|date=December 7, 2018|website=Grammy.com|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}

Greil Marcus, writing in the Village Voice, named it the best album of 2018.{{Cite web|title=Greil Marcus's Real Life Rock Top 10: Bettye LaVette Rewrites Dylan, George Washington Claps Back {{!}} The Village Voice|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/03/21/greil-marcuss-real-life-rock-top-10-bettye-lavette-rewrites-dylan-george-washington-claps-back/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.villagevoice.com|date=21 March 2018 }}

Lavette's arrangement of the title track has proven influential. Both Margo Price and Adia Victoria have performed the song live in arrangements directly inspired by LaVette's.{{Cite web|last=Victoria|first=Adia|date=|title=Things Have Changed|url=https://twitter.com/adiavictoria/status/1304428689288032256|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Twitter}}{{Cite web|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=2020-06-16|title=Watch Margo Price Cover Bob Dylan's 'Things Have Changed' {{!}} uDiscover|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/margo-price-covers-bob-dylans-things-have-changed/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=uDiscover Music|language=en-US}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bob Dylan

{{Track listing

|title1=Things Have Changed

|length1=6:57

|title2=It Ain't Me Babe

|length2=5:46

|title3=Political World

|length3=4:03

|title4=Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight

|length4=5:21

|title5=Seeing the Real You at Last

|length5=5:08

|title6=Mama, You Been on My Mind

|length6=3:47

|title7=Ain't Talkin'

|length7=5:41

|title8=The Times They Are A-Changin'

|length8=5:10

|title9=What Was It You Wanted

|length9=4:47

|title10=Emotionally Yours

|length10=5:27

|title11=Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

|length11=3:38

|title12=Going, Going, Gone

|length12=4:06

}}

See also

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