A Change Is Gonna Come (Leela James album)

A Change Is Gonna Come

Studio album by Leela James

Released

June 21, 2005 (US)

Recorded

2003–2005

Studio

Various

- Bennett Studios
  (Englewood, New Jersey)
- Platinum Sound Recording Studios
  (New York City, New York)

Genre

Length

64:54

Label

Warner Bros.
Ruffhouse

Producer

Leela James (also exec.)
Commissioner Gordon (also exec.)
Bobby Ross Avila
Iz Avila
Vikter Duplaix
Jerry Duplessis
Aaron Harris
Wyclef Jean
James Poyser
Raphael Saadiq
Chucky Thompson
Kanye West

Leela James chronology

A Change Is Gonna Come
(2005)

Let's Do It Again
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

A Change Is Gonna Come is the debut album by American soul singer–songwriter Leela James, released in the United States on June 21, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album debuted at number one hundred and eighty on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 15,000 copies in its first week. Fourteen months later it has gone uncertified and has sold about 180,000 copies to date.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Change Is Gonna Come.^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			1:25
2.	"Music"	Leela James Louis "Buster" Brown II Scott "Shavoni" Parker	Bobby Ross Avila Issiah Avila	4:03
3.	"Good Time"	James Gordon Williams Kenton Nix Puff Johnson	Commissioner Gordon	4:16
4.	"Ghetto"	James Wyclef Jean Jerry Duplessis	Jean Duplessis	3:50
5.	"Slappy" (Interlude)			0:57
6.	"Soul Food"	James Raphael Saadiq	Saadiq	3:18
7.	"Rain"	James Saadiq	Saadiq Jake and the Phatman^[A]	4:08
8.	"Married" (Interlude)			1:40
9.	"When You Love Somebody"	James Williams Johnson	Commissioner Gordon	4:30
10.	"Mistreating Me"	James Aaron Harris Ahmad A. Lewis	Harris Commissioner Gordon	5:13
11.	"Don't Speak"	Gwen Stefani Eric Stefani	Harris Commissioner Gordon James^[A]	4:46
12.	"Bummy" (Interlude)			0:52
13.	"My Joy"	James James Poyser Vikter Duplaix Carvin Haggins Tend Lewis	Poyser Duplaix	4:57
14.	"It's Alright"	James Kanye West Williams Renée Neufville	Commissioner Gordon West James^[A]	4:03
15.	"Didn't I"	James West	Commissioner Gordon West	3:17
16.	"Prayer"	James Johnson Chucky Thompson	Thompson	3:57
17.	"I Know I've Been Changed" (Interlude)			2:05
18.	"A Change Is Gonna Come"	Sam Cooke	Commissioner Gordon James	3:35
19.	"Long Time Coming"	James Williams	Commissioner Gordon James^[A]	4:02

Notes

^{^[A]} denotes co-producer

Sample credits^[2]

"Good Time" contains replayed elements from "Funky Sensation", written by Kenton Nix, performed by Gwen McCrae.
"When You Love Somebody" contains elements of "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", written by Al Kooper.
"Didn't I" embodies portions of "I Can't Fake It Anymore", written by D. Monda and T. Taylor.
"Long Time Coming" embodies portions of "The Truth", written by Dwight Grant, Kanye West and Graham Nash.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	43
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[4]	26
French Albums (SNEP)^[5]	97
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	52
US Billboard 200^[7]	148
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	42

References

↑ Kellman, Andy. "A Change Is Gonna Come > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
1 2 A Change Is Gonna Come (Media notes). Leela James . Warner Bros., Ruffhouse. 2005.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Leela James – A Change Is Gonna Come" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Leela James – A Change Is Gonna Come" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Leela James – A Change Is Gonna Come". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Leela James – A Change Is Gonna Come". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
↑ "Leela James – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Leela James. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
↑ "Leela James – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Leela James. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

External links

A Change Is Gonna Come at Discogs

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