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{{Infobox album
| name       = The More Things Change...
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]
| cover      = Machine Head - The More Things Change....jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1997|3|25}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=The More Things Change - Machine Head {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-more-things-change-mw0000020966|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = {{hlist|[[Record Plant|The Plant]] (Sausalito)|[[Hyde Street Studios]] (San Francisco)}}
| genre      = [[Groove metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/machine-head-the-more-things-change-story-behind-album |title= How Machine Head's The More Things Change… took '90s metal to a new level of intensity |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |last=Lawson |first=Dom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Sam|date=July 10, 2019|title=The 50 best albums from 1999|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-albums-from-1999/|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=[[Kerrang!]]}}</ref>
| length     = {{Duration|m=52|s=42}}
| label      = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| producer   = [[Colin Richardson]]
| prev_title = [[Burn My Eyes]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[The Burning Red]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = The More Things Change...
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Ten Ton Hammer
 | single1date = 1997
 | single2     = [[Take My Scars]]
 | single2date = November 24, 1997
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bromley |first=Adrian |date=March 16, 1997 |title=CoC : Machine Head - The More Things Change... : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-387 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=257}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''{{nowrap|[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]}}''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="EOPM">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=[[MUZE]] |volume=5 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=408 |chapter=Machine Head |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0005unse_l6k3/page/408}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[In Music We Trust]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="IMWT">{{Cite magazine |last=Follett |first=Todd |date=July–August 1997 |title=Machine Head: The More Things Change... |url=https://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/01r25.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |magazine=[[In Music We Trust]] |issue=1 }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Metal Hammer]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Silver |first=Dan |date=April 1997 |title=Under the Hammer |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]] |location=UK |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |pages=58–59}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7score = 1/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000410reviews.html |title=Machine Head - The More Things Change... |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |date=April 12, 1997 |magazine=[[NME]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817192126/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000410reviews.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000 |access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| rev8score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kupfer |first=Thomas |date=March 25, 1997 |title=The More Things Change... |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/machine-head-the-more-things-change |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.rockhard.de |language=de-DE}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/03/albums44.jpg |title=Machine Head - The More Things Change... |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=April 1997 |publisher=[[EMAP]] |page=110 |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |access-date= November 2, 2019 |via=selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]]''
| rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=April 1997 |title=Reviews |magazine=Vox |publisher=[[TI Media|IPC]] |issue=78 |page=103}}</ref>
}}
'''''The More Things Change…''''' is the second studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], released on March 25, 1997 through [[Roadrunner Records]]. It is the band's last release to feature original guitarist [[Logan Mader]] and the first to feature drummer [[Dave McClain (musician)|Dave McClain]]. The album's title alludes to the first part of the phrase, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"; the same phrase is mentioned during the chorus of "Struck a Nerve". 

''The More Things Change...'' reached #138 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in 1997. By July 1998, it had sold 400,000 copies worldwide,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Chirazi |first=Steffen |date=July 25, 1998 |title=The Harder They Come |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |pages=40–43 |issue=709}}</ref> with 115,000 copies sold in the United States (as of 2002).<ref>{{cite web|date=April 30, 2002|title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/|access-date=August 23, 2013|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1997 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1997/2 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=March 6, 2021 |date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Robb Flynn]]
| all_music = Machine Head, except where noted
| title1 = Ten Ton Hammer
| length1 = 4:14
| title2 = [[Take My Scars]]
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = Struck a Nerve
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Down to None
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = The Frontlines
| length5 = 5:51
| title6 = Spine
| length6 = 6:37
| title7 = Bay of Pigs
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Violate
| length8 = 7:19
| title9 = Blistering
| length9 = 4:58
| title10 = Blood of the Zodiac
| length10 = 6:37
| total_length = 52:42<!--All track times sourced from CD release "RR 8860-2".-->
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition enhanced CD
| title1 = Ten Ton Hammer
| note1 = music video
| length1 = 4:28
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digipak edition bonus tracks
| title11 = [[Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing|The Possibility of Life's Destruction]]
| length11 = 1:31
| note11 = [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] cover
| title12 = My Misery
| length12 = 4:42
| title13 = [[Colors (Ice-T song)|Colors]]
| length13 = 4:39
| note13 = [[Ice-T]] cover
}}

==Personnel==
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'''Machine Head'''
* [[Robb Flynn]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Logan Mader]] – guitar
* [[Adam Duce]] – bass, vocals
* [[Dave McClain (musician)|Dave McClain]] – drums
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'''Production'''
* Robb Flynn – mixing
* Vincent Wojno – engineering
* [[Colin Richardson]] – mixing, production
* [[Andy Sneap]] – mixing
* Steve Baughman – mixing assistance
* [[Ted Jensen]] – mastering
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==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1997)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=australian-charts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|30
|-
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=austriancharts.at}}</ref>
|align="center"|24
|-
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] ([[Flanders]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/ff3c/Machine-Head-The-More-Things-Change...|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=ultratop.be}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|Belgian Albums Chart ([[Wallonia]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/ff3c/Machine-Head-The-More-Things-Change...|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=ultratop.be}}</ref>
|align="center"|20
|-
|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|[[Finland's Official List|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=finnishcharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=lescharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-65340|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|publisher=Musicline.de|language=German|access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|[[Hungarian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista/1997/17|title=1997/17 heti Album Top 40 slágerlista|publisher=[[MAHASZ]]|language=hu|access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|25
|-
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=charts.nz}}</ref>
|align="center"|44
|-
|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=norwegiancharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970330/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Machine+Head&titel=The+More+Things+Change...&cat=a|title=Machine Head - The More Things Change...|publisher=swedishcharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
|[[UK Album Chart]]<ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/machine%20head/|title=Machine Head UK Chart History|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=machine head|chart=all}}|title=The More Things Change - Machine Head|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|138
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130807182434/http://machinehead1.com/board_posts/the-more-things-change The More Things Change...] at machinehead1.com

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