A Change of Seasons [EP] by Dream Theater

Pros: Title track, excellent Led Zeppelin covers.
Cons: Covering Pink Floyd and Journey . . . argh.

1995 found Dream Theater in a pretty solid position; having established themselves in the prog world with their much-acclaimed albums Awake and Images and Words and even getting some airplay on MTV for single Pull Me Under, life was ...

Pros: Excellent musicianship, both exciting and soothing at the same time.
Cons: Mostly covers, so not much new material.

This was the first Dream Theater album that I ever purchased. It was on sale at Tower for $4.99, so I figured I could afford to pick it up. I had heard from a friend that Dream Theater was a talented hard rock band, and that I would like their music....

Pros: The Epic Title Track
Cons: Live Recordings May Not Suit Everyone

"A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater
Produced by David Preter and Dream Theater
Engineered by Doug Oberkircher
Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club located in London, England, January 31, 1995.
1995 Lineup: James...

Pros: one great song by them, some good remakes
Cons: well.. a few remakes that were better left alone!

Ok. So now we have had 2 powerful albums by Dream Theater. The fans are expecting more from you. What do you do? Well, you write a third album of course. That third album is under rated and under appreciated by Dream Theater fans. I will admit it isn't...

Pros: Great Music, a true testament to Dream Theaters talent
Cons: The Big Medley was kind of a tease playing only parts of some great songs

Only a few bands can attempt to write songs that last almost a half an hour, and Dream Theater is definitely one of them.

This album is kind of like a single. The title track is the only new DT song, and the second side is just a mix of...

Pros: Fantastic music on the original tune. The cover songs are very well done
Cons: they cover songs I didn't like in the first place, the Dead Poets society lines

Dream Theater released this album in 1995. It is considered to be an EP because it has only five songs, but since this CD clocks in at about 56 minutes I consider it to be a full-length album. The title track is a twenty-three minute masterpiece. It ...

Pros: As usual, the band has come up with something very profound and melodic...
Cons: cant find any!!!

This album took 6 months in the making...and it has only one original track..so you can guess the quality and the depth of music in that one track..
Track 1: A change of seasons (23:06)
This song is divided further into parts cus it is so long...

Pros: Change of Seasons - 23 minutes of DT goodness. Amazing live covers.
Cons: Same con for any DT album - MORE PLEASE!

First, a brief (or as brief as I can make it) bio of the band:

Dream Theater formed from the jam sessions of core members drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist John Petrucci, and bassist John Myung. The recruited Kevin Moore for keyboards and Chris...

Pros: Beauty imbodied into music
Cons: Length, and the fact that it ends.

This song, despite it's length, is undeniably my favorite song by the group. At a monumentous track-time of 23 minutes and 10 seconds, it spans 7 'movements', entitled:
1. The Crimson Sunrise (Instrumental)
2. Innocence
3. Carpe Diem
...

Pros: Good playing, good singing
Cons: Rip off of Ivory Gate of Dreams by Fates Warning

There is a plain and simple reason why this album was not included on "Images and Words". This is the fact that thematically, it is a clone of Fates Warning's seminal tune "Ivory Gate of Dreams". It is, like the original song, divided into seven parts....