Changing Colors

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The AllMusic review by Jim Dixon awarded the album three and a half stars. He said, "This record is probably more what you might have expected Riddle to be doing in 1971...orchestrating some of the more accessible pop songs of the day." He added, "It's well-done lounge music, recommended for serious fans of Riddle or lounge music, but there's not anything truly essential for a more general audience," concluding that Riddle's two MPS records are "high class background music in the end."^[1]

1. "My Life" (Claus Ogerman) – 2:13
2. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 2:58
3. "Sao Paulo" (Nelson Riddle) – 4:05
4. "Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)^[2] – 3:51
5. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 3:11

1. "Lamento" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 3:05
2. "When the World Was Young" (Philippe Gerard, Johnny Mercer, Angele Vannier) – 3:34
3. "Naomi" (Nelson Riddle) – 3:23
4. "Just a Little Lovin'" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:16
5. "Changing Colors" (Nelson Riddle) – 2:29

• Willi Fruth - producer
• Claus Ogerman - producer
• Nelson Riddle - conductor, arrangements
• MPS-Atelier - artwork
• Peter Kramper - engineer

In 1984, MPS released Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - The Silver Collection, a compact disc compilation containing the 20 tracks released in Changing Colors and its predecessor, Communication.^[3]