Change of Season

This article is about the Hall & Oates album. For the Dream Theater album, see A Change of Seasons. For the song by the Matthew Good Band, see Underdog.

Change of Season
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	1990
Recorded	Summer 1989 - Winter 1990
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	56:42
Label	Arista
Producer	Daryl Hall, John Oates, Danny Kortchmar, Jon Bon Jovi, David Tyson, Dave Stewart, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Ric Wake
Hall & Oates chronology
Ooh Yeah! (1988)Ooh Yeah!1988 Change of Season (1990) The Atlantic Collection (1996)The Atlantic Collection1996

Change of Season is the fourteenth studio album from Daryl Hall & John Oates, released in 1990. The lead single "So Close" was co-written with Jon Bon Jovi and Danny Kortchmar, and hit a high of No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the second and final album for Arista.

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Track listing

Side 1

1. "So Close" (Daryl Hall, George Green, with additional music by Jon Bon Jovi and Danny Kortchmar) - 4:40
2. "Starting All Over Again" (Phillip Mitchell) - 4:06
3. "Sometimes a Mind Changes" (Hall) - 4:09
4. "Change of Season" (John Oates, Bobby Mayo) - 5:43
5. "I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time" (Hall) - 3:55
6. "Everywhere I Look" (Hall) - 4:24

Side 2

1. "Give It Up (Old Habits)" (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) - 4:02
2. "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (Richard Page, Gerald O'Brien, David Tyson) - 5:14
3. "Halfway There" (Hall) - 5:31
4. "Only Love" (Oates, Jo Cang) - 4:37
5. "Heavy Rain" (David A. Stewart) - 5:26
6. "So Close (Unplugged version)" - 4:54

Production

• Production Coordination: David Barratt
• Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 Arranged & Produced by Daryl Hall, John Oates & T-Bone Wolk. Recorded & Mixed by Larry Alexander; Assistant Engineer: Pete Moshay. Mixed by Joe Pirrera
• Track 1 Produced by Danny Kortchmar & Jon Bon Jovi; Engineered by Ross Hogarth; Mixed by Paul Lani
• Track 7 Produced by Ric Wake; Arranged by Ric Wake & Daryl Hall. Engineered & Mixed by Bob Cadway; Assistant Engineers: Dan Hetzel & Thomas R. Yezzi
• Track 8 Produced by David Tyson. Engineered by Kevin Doyle, David Knight, Greg Dromin, Tom Nellen, Charley Pollard, Andrew Raffi, Craig Portelis & Bill Molina. Mixed by Kevin Doyle
• Track 11 Produced by David A. Stewart & Daryl Hall. Engineered by Pete Moshay & Duane Seykora; Assistant Engineer: Pat McDougal. Mixed by Brian Malouf
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig

Personnel

The band

• Daryl Hall: lead vocals (1-9, 11, 12), backing vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, keyboards, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, mandola, tambourine
• John Oates: backing vocals, lead vocals (2, 4, 10), electric and acoustic guitars, bongos, clay drum
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, Wurlitzer, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
• Jimmy Rip: electric and acoustic guitars
• Bobby Mayo: backing vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizers, keyboards
• Charlie DeChant: saxophone
• Mike Braun: drums, percussion
• Jimmy Bralower: Akai MPC-60 drum programming
• Mike Klvana: additional synthesizer programming
• Pete Moshay: sequencing, programming, tambourine

Additional musicians

• Kenny Aronoff: drums & percussion (1)
• Joe Franco: drums (7)
• Pat Mastellotto: drums (8)
• Waddy Wachtel: guitars (1)
• Danny Kortchmar: guitars (1)
• Bob Cadway: guitars (7)
• Buzz Feiten: guitars (8)
• Michael Thompson: guitars (8)
• David A. Stewart: guitars (11)
• Randy Jackson: bass guitar (1)
• Doug Stegmeyer: bass guitar (7)
• Bob Glaub: bass guitar (11)
• David Tyson: bass guitar (8), keyboards (8)
• Benmont Tench: keyboards (1)
• Rich Tancredi: keyboards (7)
• Dean Kraus: keyboards (7)
• Eileen Ivers: violin (9, 10)
• Regis Iandorio: violin (2, 4)
• Jesse Levy: cello (2, 4)
• Olivia Koppell: viola (2, 4)
• Strings on tracks 2 & 4 arranged & conducted by Arif Mardin
• Susie Davis: additional backing vocals on "Starting All Over Again"
• Background vocals on "Don't Hold Back Your Love" & "Heavy Rain": Marcella Detroit, Mary Cassidy, Nan Vernon, Siobhan Fahey & Toni Halliday
• Mel Terpos: guitar technician

Singles

• "So Close"

1. "So Close"
2. "She's Gone (Live May 3rd, 1990)"
3. "Can't Help Falling In Love"
4. "So Close (Unplugged)"

• "Everywhere I Look"

1. "Everywhere I Look"
2. "Sometimes a Mind Changes"
3. "I Can't Go For That (Ben Liebrand Remix)" - 6:22

• "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (Promotional CD)

1. "Don't Hold Back Your Love (Single Version)"
2. "Don't Hold Back Your Love (Album Version)"

• Starting All Over Again (Promotional CD)

1. "Starting All Over Again (Radio Mix)"
2. "Starting All Over Again (Unplugged Version)"