DREAM THEATER — A Change of Seasons (review)

DREAM THEATER — A Change of Seasons album cover EP · 1995 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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A Change of Seasons is split into two sections. The first is the epic title track, which is over twenty minutes in length. The other is a selection of live cover songs, often made into medleys. While these covers are reasonably entertaining for fans of Dream Theater, it’s the title track that really makes this EP worth owning by their fans. The rest is just filler.

A Change of Seasons is broken up into movements so just as the listener is getting used to a certain pattern within the song it changes into something else entirely. I consider this to be one of Dream Theater’s best songs, which is why the remainder of the EP hardly matters. If this was the only song on here the rest wouldn’t go missed. On its own I would have to give this release a perfect score.

But of course I have to take the whole release into account, and sadly the remainder of this one is going to see the final score suffer. The better of the live songs are the Led Zeppelin Medley (of The Rover, Achilles Last Stand and The Song Remains the Same) and The Big Medley (which includes song segments from Pink Floyd, Queen, Dixie Dreggs and more). Overall not bad stuff, but not a patch on Dream Theater’s original works. I'll say again, they sound like filler songs, perhaps with the only to add some extra length to the A Change of Seasons release, which no fan of the band will care about once they've got through the title track, which is essential Dream Theater listening. Of course that extra length certainly gives the release value for your money, this EP is longer than some albums I own, which in its own way is a bonus.

(Originally written for Heavy Metal Haven)
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