Small Change (Prism album): Difference between revisions

| type = [[Studio album]]

| studio = [[Ocean Way Recorders ([[Hollywood, Los AngelesRecording]])

| genre = {{hlist|[[* Rock
* music|Rock]]|[[adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]|
* [[pop rock]]|
* [[arena rock]]|
* [[soft rock]]}}

| prev_title = [[All the Best Fromfrom Prism]]

| misc = {{SinglesExtra chronology

| type = [[Studio album]]

| single2 = [[Turn onOn Your Radar]]

'''''Small Change''''' is the fifth [[studio album]] by Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Prism (band)|Prism]], released in December 1981 by [[Capitol Records]]. It was the first of two Prism studio albums with lead vocalist [[Henry Small (singer)|Henry Small]], who had replaced Ron Tabak after his forced departure and the last studio album to feature guitarist and founding member [[Lindsay Mitchell]]. The album is generally regarded as the genesis of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. The album peaked at No. 53 on the ''[[Billboard 200]]''.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/small-change-mw0000803445/awards|title=Awards|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref>

On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics, although it was criticized for being too commercial. This was a departure from the band's early [[arena rock]] roots and opinions became much more negative in subsequent decades. Regardless of the criticism, ''Small Change'' became Prism's most commercially successful studio album on the ''Billboard 200'' and it was their first and only album to the make the Top 100. The lead single, "[[Don't Let Him Know]]", inspired by the [[Kim Carnes]] song "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]",<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-prism-don%27t-let.html|title=Prism song "Don't Let Him Know"|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref> was written by [[Jim Vallance]], using his real name instead of the pseudonym Rodney Higgs that he used on previous Prism studio albums, and [[Bryan Adams]]. It became Prism's first and only Top 40 hit in the US and went on to peak at number-one on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart in 1982. It stayed in the charts for just over four months.<ref>{{citation |title=Billboard Rock Tracks chart, 27 March 1982}}</ref> The follow-up single, "[[Turn On Your Radar]]", was their fifth and final single to chart, peaking at No. 64 on the ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]''. ''Small Change'' went on to achieve Gold status in Canada (in excess of 50,000 copies sold).

| headline = Side one

| title1 = [[Don't Let Him Know]]

| length1 = 3:09

| writer1 = {{flatlisthlist|[[Bryan Adams]]|[[Jim Vallance|James Vallance]]}}

| title2 title3 = [[Turn OnHole Yourin Radar]]Paradise

| length2 length3 = 3:1425

| title3 title4 = Hole in ParadiseRain

| length3 length4 = 34:2505

| headline = Side two

| total_length = 34:48

| title6 = Heart and Soul

| length6 = 3:35

| writer6 = [[Bruce Turgon]]

| title7 = Stay

| length7 = 3:31

| writer7 = {{flatlisthlist|Adams|Vallance}}

| title8 title9 = When Love Goes Wrong[[In (You'rethe NotJailhouse Alone)Now]]

| length8 length9 = 3:3003

| title9 title10 = [[InWings theof JailhouseYour Now]]Love

| length9 length10 = 3:0341

* [[Henry Small (singer)|Henry Small]] – [[Singing|lead vocals]]

* [[Lindsay Mitchell]] – [[guitar]]

* Rocket Norton – [[Drum kit|drums]]

*[[ Al Harlow]] – [[bass guitar]]

'''Additional Personnelmusicians'''

* Jimmy Phillips – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

* [[Randy Hansen]] – guitar

* [[Norton Buffalo]] – [[harmonica]]

* Alvin Taylor – drums, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]

* [[Reggie McBride]] – bass guitar

* [[Don Francisco (musician)|Don Francisco]] – [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]

* [[Shirley Matthews]] – backing vocals

* Paulette Brown – backing vocals

* Cleopatra Kennedy – backing vocals

* [[John S. Carter]] – [[Record producer|producer]]

* Warren Dewey – [[audio engineer|engineer]]

* Roy Kohara – [[Art director|art direction]]

* James O'Mara – [[photography]]

'''Album''' -– ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' (North America)

'''Singles''' -– ''Billboard'' (North America)

|''Billboard'' Hot 100

|''Billboard'' Hot 100

* {{Discogs master|type=album|233098|name=Small Change}}