The album earned largely mixed to positive reviews from music critics some of who felt that it was uneven but praised Lob's vocal performance. Changes debuted and peaked at number nine on the German Albums Chart and reached the top 50 in Austria. It was preceded by lead single "Standing Still," Germany's 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entry in Baku,[1][2] which finished in 8th place and became a top three hit in Germany. A second single, "Call Out the Sun," failed to chart.
"Standing Still" was released as the lead single from the album on February 16, 2012. On May 26, 2012, he sang the song at the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany. The song achieved eighth place with 110 points.
"Call Out the Sun" was released as the second single from the album on August 31, 2012.
Amelie Köppl from laut.de rated the album two out of five stars. She found that Changes "turns out to be too clumsy and inconsistent for Roman Lob's previously praised musical ambitions. His slightly smoky, pleasant voice doesn't come into its own enough due to all the changes in style. Lob is obviously a born ballad singer, but that raises the question of why they didn't want to stick to the general direction of "Standing Still", "Day By Day" or "Revolution" and not just put the young man in front of his piano has set."[3]Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung critic Dieter Bartetz felt that Lob had "already proven that he has what it takes to withstand it. But he still has to prove that he, the exceptional talent, cannot be smoothed over musically. His debut album points in both directions, the smooth and the rough."[5]