1 IGGY POP – “Post Pop Depression”

2 CHARLES BRADLEY – “Changes”

3 THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN – “A Man Alive”

4 YUCK – “Stranger Things”

5 MARLON WILLIAMS – “Marlon Williams”

6 SETH BOGART – “Seth Bogart”

7 SLINGSHOT DAKOTA – “Break ‘

8 NIGHT MOVES – “Pennied Day”

9 PORCHES – “Pool”

10 SUN DAYS – “Album ‘

Album Spotlight:

#2 Charles Bradley – “Changes”

If you’re seeking closure, close your eyes, bow your head and raise your right hand to the sky while listening to the title track from “Changes,” the new album from Charles Bradley.

“The Screaming Eagle of Soul” is back and in rare form on his latest release on Brooklyn, New York’s Daptone Records. Charles Bradley unashamedly strives to emulate the sounds of male soul icons like James Brown and Otis Redding. His saving grace is that Bradley has the voice, raspier than both Brown and Redding’s, the look of a great classic soul singer and the ability to dip into tender moments like “Slow Love.”

The album takes its title from Black Sabbath’s heartbreaking 1972 epic, which Bradley covers. Instead of trying to perform the song as Ozzy Osbourne did, Bradley and the Daptone backing band transform the classic heavy metal ballad into a soulful and tender narrative of longing for a lost lover. The album is dedicated to Bradley’s mother, who passed away in 2014, leading the listener to believe this obscure cover was chosen with her in mind.

Recommended if you like: James Brown, Black Sabbath, Daptone Records.

Start with: “Good to Be Back Home,” “Ain’t It a Sin,” “Changes.”