A Change of Seasons is the first EP by Dream Theater, and the first Dream Theater release featuring Derek Sherinian on keyboards. It comprises the 23-minute title track and a collection of bonus live covers performed at a fan club concert at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John cover)
Elton John
10:46
3
Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple cover)
Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
5:33
4
The Rover / Achilles Last Stand / The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin cover)
Jimmy Page
7:30
5
The Big Medley
In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd Cover)
Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas Cover)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)
Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Journey Cover)
Cruise Control (Dixie Dregs Cover)
Turn It On Again (Genesis Cover)
Roger Waters
Kerry Livgren
Freddie Mercury
Steve Perry
instrumental
Mike Rutherford
10:32
2:25
2:10
1:25
2:07
1:03
1:23
Trivia[]
An edited version of the title track was used in a downhill skiing feature during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Note that this is considered an EP only in name—at 57:31, it is much longer than a standard EP, or, indeed, many LPs. In fact, it is longer than Dream Theater's first two albums. Mike Portnoy has said "It was important for us and the label for it not to be perceived as the latest studio record. That's why we tagged it an EP."
The title track includes samples from the films "Dead Poets Society" and "Table for Five", as well as from the Robert Herrick poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time".
"Seize the day and don't you cry. Now it's time to say goodbye. Even though I'll be gone, I will live on."
