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'''A Change of Seasons''' is the fourth EP released by [[Dream Theater]] in [[1995]]. The EP was created to showcase the song [[A Change of Seasons (song)|A Change of Seasons]], which was originally meant to be on the album [[Images and Words]]. It the most common EP the band has released, and is sometimes considered to be an album due to it's length. It is known also for it's inclusion of live cover songs.[[File:A Change of Seasons.jpg|thumb]]
  
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! colspan="2" class="summary album" style="text-align: center; background-color: salmon; font-style: italic; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold" |A Change of Seasons
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: salmon" |EP by [[Dream Theater]]
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! style="text-align: left" |Released
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| class="published" |19 September 1995
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! style="text-align: left" |Recorded
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|May 1995 at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York, and January 31, 1995, at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London
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! style="text-align: left" |Genre
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| class="category" |Progressive metal, progressive rock
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! style="text-align: left" |Length
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|57:30
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|EastWest
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! style="text-align: left" |Producer
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|David Prater, Dream Theater
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| style="padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.1em; width: 33%; padding-right: 0.1em; padding-top: 0.2em" |'''''A Change of Seasons'''''<br />(1995)
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'''A Change of Seasons''' is fourth 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.
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==Trivia==
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*An edited version of the title track was used in a downhill skiing feature during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
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*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."
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*The title track includes samples from the film "Dead Poets Society", and from the Robert Herrick poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time".
   
 
== Personnel ==
  
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* [[David Prater]] - Producer
  
* [[David Prater]] - Producer
   
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== Tracklist ==
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== Track listing==
   
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1. [[A Change of Seasons (song)|A Change of Seasons]] (Portnoy) 23:09
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1. '''[[A Change of Seasons (song)|A Change of Seasons]]''' (Portnoy) 23:09
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*I. The Crimson Sunrise 3:50
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*II. Innocence 3:04
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*III. Carpe Diem 3:14
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*IV. The Darkest of Winters 2:53
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*V. Another World 3:58
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*VI. The Inevitable Summer 3:13
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*VII. The Crimson Sunset 2:54
   
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2. [[Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding]] (Elton John) 10:49
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2. [[Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding]] (Bernie Taupin/Elton John) 10:49
   
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3. [[Perfect Strangers]] (Deep Purple) 5:33
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3. [[Perfect Strangers]] (Ian Gillan/Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover) 5:33
   
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4. [[The Rover/Achilles Last Stand/The Song Remains the Same]] (Led Zeppelin) 7:29
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4. [[The Rover/Achilles Last Stand/The Song Remains the Same]] (Robert Plant/Jimmy Page) 7:29
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*The Rover
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*Achilles Last Stand
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*The Song Remains the Same
   
 
5. [[The Big Medley]] (Pink Floyd, Journey, Kansas, Queen, The Dixie Dregs, Genesis) 10:33
  
5. [[The Big Medley]] (Pink Floyd, Journey, Kansas, Queen, The Dixie Dregs, Genesis) 10:33
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*In the Flesh? (Roger Waters) 2:25
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*Carry on Wayward Son (Kerry Livgren) 2:10
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*Bohemian Rapsody (Freddie Mercury) 1:25
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*Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Steve Perry) 2:07
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*Cruise Control (Steve Morse) 1:03
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*Turn it on Again (Mike Rutherford/Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins) 1:23{{Discography}}[[Category:Dream Theater EPs]]
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[[Category:Awake era]]

Revision as of 00:01, 5 November 2018

A Change of Seasons
A Change of Seasons
EP by Dream Theater
Released 19 September 1995
Recorded May 1995 at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York, and January 31, 1995, at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London
Genre Progressive metal, progressive rock
Length 57:30
Label EastWest
Producer David Prater, Dream Theater
Dream Theater studio chronology
Awake
(1994) 		A Change of Seasons
(1995) 		Falling Into Infinity
(1997)

A Change of Seasons is fourth 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.

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 film "Dead Poets Society", and from the Robert Herrick poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time".

Personnel

Track listing

1. A Change of Seasons (Portnoy) 23:09

  • I. The Crimson Sunrise 3:50
  • II. Innocence 3:04
  • III. Carpe Diem 3:14
  • IV. The Darkest of Winters 2:53
  • V. Another World 3:58
  • VI. The Inevitable Summer 3:13
  • VII. The Crimson Sunset 2:54

2. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Bernie Taupin/Elton John) 10:49

3. Perfect Strangers (Ian Gillan/Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover) 5:33

4. The Rover/Achilles Last Stand/The Song Remains the Same (Robert Plant/Jimmy Page) 7:29

  • The Rover
  • Achilles Last Stand
  • The Song Remains the Same

5. The Big Medley (Pink Floyd, Journey, Kansas, Queen, The Dixie Dregs, Genesis) 10:33

  • In the Flesh? (Roger Waters) 2:25
  • Carry on Wayward Son (Kerry Livgren) 2:10
  • Bohemian Rapsody (Freddie Mercury) 1:25
  • Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Steve Perry) 2:07
  • Cruise Control (Steve Morse) 1:03
  • Turn it on Again (Mike Rutherford/Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins) 1:23
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