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Them Changes
Them Changes
Live album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	September 1970
Recorded	May 8 & 9, 1970 ; The Depot, Minneapolis
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet; LPS-844
Producer	Ramsey Lewis
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Them Changes is a live album by pianist Ramsey Lewis, released in 1970 on Cadet Records.^[2] The album peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 34 on the US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's charts.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

AllMusic gave a 2/5 stars rating of the album.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ramsey Lewis except as indicated

"Them Changes" (Buddy Miles) - 6:40
"Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) - 7:25
"Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 7:10
"Do Whatever Sets You Free" - 7:53
"Something" (George Harrison) - 5:15
"See the End from the Beginning, Look Afar" (Lewis, Cleveland Eaton) - 6:15
"The Unsilent Minority" - 3:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs^[3]	4
US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's^[3]	34
US Billboard Top LPs^[3]	157

References

^ New Album Releases. Vol. 82. Billboard. October 3, 1970. p. 53.
^ Ramsey Lewis: Them Changes. Cadet Records. September 1970.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)". AllMusic.
^ ^a ^b "Ramsey Lewis - Them Changes". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

[1] New Album Releases. Vol. 82. Billboard. October 3, 1970. p. 53.

[2] Ramsey Lewis: Them Changes. Cadet Records. September 1970.

[BB-3] "Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)". AllMusic.

[Allmusic-4] "Ramsey Lewis - Them Changes". AllMusic. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

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-| Type        = Live album
+| type       = Live album
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-| Cover       = Them Changes.jpg
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-| Released    = 1970
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-| Recorded    = May 8 & 9, 1970 <br><small>The Depot, Minneapolis</small>
+| recorded   = May 8 & 9, 1970 <br><small>The Depot, Minneapolis</small>
-| Genre       = [[Jazz]]
-| Length      =
+| venue      =
+| studio     =
-| Label       = [[Cadet Records|Cadet]]<br><small>LPS-844</small>
-| Producer    = Ramsey Lewis
+| genre      = [[Jazz]]
+| length     =
-| Chronology  = [[Ramsey Lewis]]
+| label      = [[Cadet Records|Cadet]]<br><small>LPS-844</small>
-| Last album  = ''[[The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis album)|The Piano Player]]''<br>(1969)
+| producer   = [[Ramsey Lewis]]
-| This album  = '''''Them Changes'''''<br>(1970)
-| Next album  = ''[[Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)|Back to the Roots]]''<br>(1970)
+| chronology = [[Ramsey Lewis]]
+| prev_title = [[The Piano Player (Ramsey Lewis album)|The Piano Player]]
+| prev_year  = 1969
+| next_title = [[Back to the Roots (Ramsey Lewis album)|Back to the Roots]]
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-'''''Them Changes''''' is a [[live album]] by pianist [[Ramsey Lewis]] which was recorded in Minneapolis in 1970 and released on the [[Cadet Records|Cadet]] label.<ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/cadet.html Cadet Records discography] accessed October 18, 2012</ref>
+'''''Them Changes''''' is a [[live album]] by pianist [[Ramsey Lewis]], released in 1970 on [[Cadet Records]].<ref>{{cite work|title=Ramsey Lewis: Them Changes|date=September 1970|publisher=[[Cadet Records]]}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 4 on the US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Jazz Albums|Best Selling Jazz LPs]] and No. 34 on the US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Best Selling Soul LP's]] charts.<ref name=BB />
 ==Reception==
 {{Album ratings
-| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
+| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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 }}
-[[Allmusic]] awarded the album 2 stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/them-changes-mw0000868070 Allmusic Review] accessed October 18, 2012</ref>
+[[AllMusic]] gave a 2/5 stars rating of the album.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/them-changes-mw0000868070|title=Ramsey Lewis - Them Changes|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
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 # "[[Oh Happy Day]]" ([[Edwin Hawkins]]) - 7:10
 # "Do Whatever Sets You Free" - 7:53
-# "[[Something]]" ([[George Harrison]]) - 5:15
+# "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" ([[George Harrison]]) - 5:15
-# "See the End from the Beginning, Look Afar" (Lewis, Cleveland Eaton)  6:15
+# "See the End from the Beginning, Look Afar" (Lewis, Cleveland Eaton) - 6:15
 # "The Unsilent Minority" - 3:45
 == Personnel ==
-*[[Ramsey Lewis]] - [[piano]], [[electric piano]]
+*[[Ramsey Lewis]] – [[piano]], [[electric piano]]
-*[[Phil Upchurch]] - [[electric guitar]]
+*[[Phil Upchurch]] – [[electric guitar]]
-*[[Cleveland Eaton]] - [[electric bass]]
+*[[Cleveland Eaton]] – [[electric bass]]
-*[[Morris Jennings]]  - [[drum kit|drums]]
+*[[Morris Jennings]]  – [[drum kit|drums]]
+==Charts==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Chart
+! Peak<br>position
+|-
+| US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Jazz Albums|Best Selling Jazz LPs]]<ref name=BB />
+| align="center"|4
+|-
+| US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Best Selling Soul LP's]]<ref name=BB />
+| align="center"|34
+|-
+| US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Billboard 200|Top LPs]]<ref name=BB>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103012013/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|title= Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
+| align="center"|157
+|-
+|}
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
+{{Ramsey Lewis|state=autocollapse}}
 [[Category:1970 live albums]]
 [[Category:Ramsey Lewis live albums]]

v t e Ramsey Lewis
Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Ramsey (1979) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1995) Between the Keys (1996) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999) Urban Knights III (2000) Urban Knights IV (2001) Time Flies (2004)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"