{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Sound of Change | type = studio | artist = Dirty Heads | cover = Dirty Heads Sound of Change cover art.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = July 8, 2014 | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please source genres --> | length = 39:45<br/>46:57 (with Bonus Tracks) | label = Five Seven | producer = Supa Dups, Buddah Shampoo, Niles, David Bassett, LD, Rome | prev_title = Home – Phantoms of Summer | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Dirty Heads | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Singles | name = Sound of Change | type = Studio | single1 = My Sweet Summer | single1date = May 6, 2014 | single2 = Sound of Change | single2date = October 27, 2014 | single3 = End of the World | single3date = July 28, 2015 }} }}
'''''Sound of Change''''' is the fourth studio album by reggae/rock/rap hybrid band the Dirty Heads. The album was released on July 8, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Change-Dirty-Heads/dp/B00KE3B9DA|title = Sound of Change|website = Amazon|year = 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fivesevenmusic.com/dirty-heads-to-release-sound-of-change-july-8th/|title=Dirty Heads to Release Sound of Change July 8th|date=April 29, 2014|publisher=Fivesevenmusic.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014|location=New York, New York|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214034333/http://fivesevenmusic.com/dirty-heads-to-release-sound-of-change-july-8th/|archivedate=December 14, 2014 }}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=AM>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-change-mw0002677578 |title=Sound of Change - Dirty Heads |website=AllMusic |last=Jeffries |first=David |accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
The album debuted at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-07-26 |title= The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> and No. 2 on Top Rock Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums/2014-07-26 |title= Top Rock Albums |magazine=Billboard |date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> selling around 21,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 83,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160602113433/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate= June 2, 2016 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double}}</ref>
The album was a departure from the hip-hop reggae sound the band was known for, in favor of pop music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/63796/Dirty-Heads-Sound-of-Change/|title=Dirty Heads - Sound of Change (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Sound of Change | extra1 = | length1 = 3:32 | title2 = My Sweet Summer | extra2 = | length2 = 3:23 | title3 = Burials | extra3 = | length3 = 2:56 | title4 = Burn Slow | extra4 = | length4 = 3:48 | note4 = featuring Tech N9ne | title5 = Franco Eyed | extra5 = | length5 = 3:16 | note5 = featuring B-Real | title6 = End of the World | extra6 = | length6 = 4:03 | title7 = One Hand | extra7 = | length7 = 3:30 | title8 = Radio | extra8 = | length8 = 3:57 | title9 = Medusa | extra9 = | length9 = 3:36 | note9 = featuring Ward 21 | title10 = Hear You Coming | extra10 = | length10 = 3:29 | title11 = Silence | extra11 = | length11 = 4:15 | title12 = Dark Days | note12 = digital bonus track | extra12 = | length12 = 3:24 | title13 = Running for Your Life | note13 = digital bonus track | extra13 = | length13 = 3:47 }}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2014) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=The Dirty Heads|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=The Dirty Heads|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|1|artist=The Dirty Heads|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=The Dirty Heads|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|7|artist=The Dirty Heads|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 8, 2019}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{The Dirty Heads}}
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