''Changing Faces'' is the third and final studio album by British pop band Bros. It was released on 30 September 1991 and was the first album on which

Matt Goss Matthew Weston Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros, which also featured his twin brother Luke as the drummer. Goss as a solo artist has released five stu ...

and

Luke Goss Luke Damon Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including ''Blade II'' (2002) as Jared Nomak, ''One Night with the King'' (2006) as King Xerxes, '' Hellboy II ...

co-wrote all the songs. It was also the first time that

Nicky Graham Nicholas Lynedoch Graham is a musician, songwriter and music producer from the UK. He was born in Durban, South Africa, in January 1945, before his family returned to the UK in 1960. His musical career began when joining UK band The End in 1965. ...

was not involved in either writing or production duties. The album reached number 18 on the

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and spawned two singles, both of which made the top 40 on the

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Critical reception

Reviews of the album were largely negative. Jimmy Nichol of '' Q'' said that the album tried hard to copy the style of

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in an attempt to find success, although "there are some nice ballads". He concluded, however, that ''Changing Faces'' "suffers partly from Matt's incessantly misogynistic lyrics ... but mostly from Bros' inability to produce genuinely original material of their own". In ''

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'' the Stud Brothers stated that "Bros have given up their arrogance and thus nothing of what made them a (marginally) diverting phenomenon remains". They said that the album's combination of "fake funk and heinously over-sentimental ballads is so grotesquely lush and sickeningly opulent – swooning saccharin orchestras and chunky session guitar – you wonder at whom it could possibly be aimed".

Track listing

All songs written by Matt and Luke Goss unless indicated. # "Try" – 4:20 # "Never Love Again" – 4:39 # "Just Another Tear" – 3:57 # "Leave Me Alone" (M. Goss, L. Goss, I. Green) – 3:33 # "Are You Mine?" (M. Goss, L. Goss, P. Powell) – 5:36 # "Changing Faces" – 3:59 # "You're My Life" (M. Goss, L. Goss, G. Cole) – 4:13 # "Don't Go Loving Me Now" – 3:44 # "Shot in the Back" – 4:16 # "Break My Silence" – 4:55

Charts

References

1991 albums Bros (British band) albums CBS Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub