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 Underdogs.

Change of Season
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	November 13, 1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	56:42
Label	Arista
Producer	Daryl Hall, John Oates, Danny Kortchmar, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Tyson, Dave Stewart, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Ric Wake
Hall & Oates chronology
Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) The Atlantic Collection (1996)

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 #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Track listing

1. So Close (Daryl Hall, George Green, with additional music by Jon Bon Jovi and Danny Kortchmar; Copyright Hot Cha Music-Careers/Full Keel Music-EEG Music; additional music copyright New Jersey Underground Music-PolyGram Music/Kortchmar Music) 4:40
2. Starting All Over Again (Phillip Mitchell; Copyright Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing) 4:06
3. Sometimes A Mind Changes (Hall; Copyright Hot Cha Music-Careers Music) 4:09
4. Change Of Season (John Oates, Boby Mayo; Copyright Hot Cha Music-Careers Music/Copyright Control) 5:43
5. I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time (Hall; Copyright Hot Cha Music-Careers Music) 3:55
6. Everywhere I Look (Hall; Copyright Hot Cha Music-Careers Music) 4:24
7. Give It Up (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle; Copyright Warner-Chappell Music/Good Single Ltd.-Almo Music Corp.) 4:02
8. Don't Hold Back Your Love (Richard Page, Gerald O'Brien, David Tyson; Copyright WB Music & Ali-Aja Music/O'Brien Songs-Sold For A Song/David Tyson Music-EMI Blackwood Music) 5:14
9. Halfway There (Hall; Copyright Hot Cha Music Corp-Careers Music) 5:31
10. Only Love (Oates, Jo Cang; Copyright Hot Cha Music Corp-Careers Music/Jo Cang Music-Hidden Pun Music) 4:37
11. Heavy Rain (David A. Stewart; Copyright Eligible Music Ltd.-BMG Music-Careers Music Ltd.) 5:26
12. So Close-Unplugged version 4:54

Production

• Production Co-ordination: 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 Dave 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 and Backing Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Mandola, Tambourine
• John Oates: Lead and Backing Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bongos, Clay Drum
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitar, Wurlitzer Piano, Percussion, Tambourine, Backing Vocals
• Jimmy Ripp: 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 Synth Programming
• Pete Moshay: Sequencing, Electronic Programming, Tambourine

Additional Musicians

• Kenny Aronoff, Pat Mastellotto, Joe Franco: Drums, Percussion
• Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, Bob Cadway, Buzz Feiten, Michael Thompson, David A. Stewart: Additional Guitars
• Randy Jackson, Doug Stegmeyer, Bob Glaub: Bass Guitar
• Dave Tyson: Keyboards, Bass Guitar
• Benmont Tench, Rich Tancredi, Dean Kraus: Keyboards
• Eileen Ivers, Regis Iandorio: Violins
• Jesse Levy: Cello
• Olivia Koppell: Viola
• String Arrangements by Arif Mardin

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)"