Small Change (Prism album)
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| Studio album by Prism | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way Recorders | |||
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| Length | 34:48 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | John S. Carter | |||
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Small Change is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Prism. It was originally released in 1981, on the label Capitol. It was the first of two Prism studio albums with vocalist Henry Small, who had replaced Ron Tabak after his forced departure and the last 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.
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", was written by Jim Vallance, using his real name instead of the pseudonym Rodney Higgs that he used on previous Prism 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 Tracks chart in 1982. It stayed in the charts for just over four months. 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.
The album cover depicts Norman Rockwell's 1954 painting, Girl at Mirror. Additionally, the single releases of the songs "Don't Let Him Know" and "Turn on Your Radar" used the same image of the painting.
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