Artist: DREAM THEATER
Album: A CHANGE OF SESONS (CD)

Release date: 1995
EAN/UPS: 0075596184229
Media type: CD

A Change of Seasons is a 1995 EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater. This is the only EP release by Dream Theater. 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, England. The title track includes samples from the film Dead Poets Society. The lyrics are about the death of Mike Portnoy's mother. Also, this is the first Dream Theater release featuring Derek Sherinian on keyboards.

An edited version of the song was used in a commercial for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games.

TRACKLIST:

"A Change of Seasons" – 23:06 (music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Portnoy)
"The Crimson Sunrise" [Instrumental] (0:00->)
"Innocence" (<-3:50->)
"Carpe Diem" (<-6:54->)
"The Darkest of Winters" [Instrumental] (<-10:08->)
"Another World" (<-13:01->)
"The Inevitable Summer" [Instrumental] (<-16:59->)
"The Crimson Sunset" (<-20:12->)

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" – 10:49 (Elton John)
"Perfect Strangers" – 5:33 (Deep Purple)
"The Rover / Achilles Last Stand / The Song Remains the Same" – 7:28 (Led Zeppelin)

"The Big Medley" – 10:34
"In the Flesh?" by Pink Floyd
"Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" by Journey
"Cruise Control" by Dixie Dregs
"Turn it on Again" by Genesis

LINE-UP:

James LaBrie – vocals
John Myung – bass
John Petrucci – guitars
Mike Portnoy – drums
Derek Sherinian – keyboards