Change of Season [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
Japanese exclusive 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1990 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.

Change of Season,Hall & Oates,Japanese Victor Co.,Adult Contemporary,Blue-Eyed Soul,Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Hall & Oates' second and last Arista album Good little nuggets here Slight Sales, But Worthwhile not that great of an album for H&O fans the beginning of the comeback

Change of Season Hall & Oates Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ooh Yeah! Marigold Sky X-Static Do It for Love H2O ASIN: B000002VH4 Release Date: 1990-09-25

Tracks:

1. So Close
2. Starting All Over Again
3. Sometimes A Mind Changes
4. Change Of Season
5. I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time
6. Everywhere I Look
7. Give It Up (Old Habits)
8. Don't Hold Back Your Love
9. Halfway There
10. Only Love
11. Heavy Rain
12. So Close - Unplugged

Customer Reviews:

Hall & Oates' second and last Arista album.......2005-04-22

Daryl Hall and John Oates were dropped from RCA after 1984 and found a new home at Arista in early 1988. Their first Arista album,OOH YEAH,released that same year,was neither a flop nor a major hit. This is the duo's first album since the vinyl record phaseout began in 1989. There were LP copies of this album available in limited areas and quantities when it was released in the fall of 1990. Hits from this album include SO CLOSE,DON'T HOLD BACK YOUR LOVE and STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN which was first a hit for another R&B artist in 1973. After this album,the duo went on a studio break for seven years.

Good little nuggets here.......2004-07-10

While "So Close" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love" are definite keepers on this album, there are a couple more that make it very worthwhile. Notably, "Starting All Over Again" is a catchy remake worth hitting the repeat button for, as is the jazzy "Halfway There," guaranteed to make you dance and sing along. "Starting All Over" is cool because it showcases John Oates' voice as well as Daryl Hall, who dominates on stage during their concerts.

By the way, their "Rock and Soul Revue" with Michael McDonald and the Average White Band is a fantastic show, a must-see. The boys and their band kick some ass on many of your favorite songs, and if you stomp hard enough, they'll return for an encore of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and another song.

Slight Sales, But Worthwhile.......2004-01-17

Hall and Oates came upon a good trend - strip down the songs and use acoustic instruments if possible. Unfortunately, after recording the album I assume someone at Arista got panicky; there seems to be no other explanation for the second, louder version of "So Close," produced by studio vet Danny Kortchmar and then-hitmeister Jon Bon Jovi, that became the album's big hit. Oddly, Bon Jovi's contribution appears to be limited to the booth (he's not listed as a player in the album's massive credit list, although he and Kortchmar are given partial songwriting credits). Kortchmar contributes guitar with longtime buddy Waddy Wachtel; he's rewarded by having his name misspelled in the production credits.

Anyway, don't go just on the basis of that one song. It does appear H&O were a little dry on ideas - "Starting All Over Again" is a remake of an old Mel & Tim song, "Give It Up (Old Habits)" only credits Hall with additional lyrics, and "Heavy Rain" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love" are written (and produced) by David A. Stewart and Richard Tyson, respectively. But the album is more cohesive than anything they had done since "Voices" (unless you want to count the consistently misogynistic "H2O"). The themes are simplicity (title track), getting back to basics ("Sometimes a Mind Changes") and working to keep what's good in your life around ("Give It Up").

Hall is in good voice throughout, and manages to restrain himself from overdubbing furiously. Oates is, as usual, underused - he's down to one solo spot ("Only Love") and a couple of cowrites. Guests include Heartbreaker Benmont Tench, Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit on backing vocals, and a couple of dozen others - the "band" from "Private Eyes" had ceased to exist by that point.

Start with the last track first (the unplugged version of "So Close," which far outshines the hit version), then program the other songs randomly. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

not that great of an album for H&O fans.......2003-09-03

I went out and bought this album since I'm a big fan of Hall and Oates. This wasn't the greatest H&O album, but at least they put in some effort. Daryl's voice at times does sound raspy or at times he's gasping for breath. I simply liked the album because it had some great songs such as "So Close" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love", but the rest of the album--BO-RING!

the beginning of the comeback.......2001-11-28

finally, Daryl and John made their way back to their sound from the urban\electronic sound trip they were on. it think it paved the way to the great "Marigold Sky" (the CD that came after this one). if you love Hall & Oates, or just love good music, you won't be disappointed. this CD may be a little too underrated. it has some really beautiful songs. listen to "So Close", "Change Of Season" or "Heavy Rain" and, again, you won't be disappointed, and that's just to start with. take it home, turn the lights off, and put it on.

Average customer rating:

Change of Season Hall & Oates Manufacturer: Bmg Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Soul | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Marigold Sky Big Bam Boom ASIN: B00005YWRQ Release Date: 2006-01-02

Tracks:

1. So Close
2. Starting All Over Again
3. Sometimes a Mind Changes
4. Change of Season
5. I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time
6. Everywhere I Look
7. Give It up (Old Habits)
8. Don't Hold Back Your Love
9. Halfway There
10. Only Love
11. Heavy Rain
12. So Close [Unplugged][*]

Album Description

Japanese exclusive 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1990 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Average customer rating: GET THE ORIGINAL HARRY POTTER SCORE!!!! ~NOT THIS!!!!~ Ripoff of the best good but lacking Another "Score" for Williams It's good bust lacks John Williams usual lustor

Music from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Manufacturer: Wmo (Qualiton) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000060PAR Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. Harry's Wondrous World
3. The Arrival Of Baby Harry
4. Visit The Zoo And Letter From Hogwarts
5. Diagon Alley And The Grigotts Vault
6. Hogwarts Forever And The Moving Stairs
7. The Norwegian Ridgeback And A Change Of Season
8. Christmas At Hogwarts
9. The Invisibility Cloak And The Library Scene
10. Fluffy's Harp
11. The Chess Game
12. The Face Of Voldemort
13. Leaving Hogwarts
14. Hedwig's Theme

Customer Reviews:

GET THE ORIGINAL HARRY POTTER SCORE!!!! ~NOT THIS!!!!~.......2003-07-02

I have had "The Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Chamber of Secrets" original soundtracks for a very long while. And when I was at the store one day I spotted this soundtrack... it looked different from the others I had, and I (being a huge Harry Potter fan) decided to get these CD's. Okay... BIG MISTAKE! I'm sorry, but this revision of the wonderful Harry Potter music from the original soundtracks is just horrible! It sounds like the whole CD was played on a keyboard and not with real orchestral instruments. And the songs seem to repeat themselves over and over again just to make the whole CD last longer.

Peice of advice: Get the original soundtracks and not this!

Ripoff of the best.......2003-01-28

This is a dreadful ripoff of the Harry Potter Philosopher's Stone soundtrack == I got it as a package with the sound track of Chamber of Secrets. It didn't occur to me that it would be a fifth rate non musical attempt to fly on someone else's broomstick DON'T GET IT

good but lacking.......2002-10-16

i like it
but it needs a punch

Another "Score" for Williams.......2002-10-08

Others may not have enjoyed it, but I sure did! Williams captures the essence of the magic of a place like Hogwarts very well. I particularly liked the effect used in song number five with the flutes. Very entertaining!

It's good bust lacks John Williams usual lustor.......2002-08-18

I am a fond lover of soundtracks and even more so of John Williams. I think the soundtrack from Harry Potter was pretty good, but lacked a certain quality that you see in Wiliams work such as Jurassic Park. It was exciting and original in it's own right, but it still needed a certain quality that never came through for the most part. It's definitly worth a try to listen to it, don't get me wrong I think it's a wonderful soundtrack, but it lacks a certain something that I can't name. That was why I gave it three stars instead of a higher rating

Average customer rating: Great background music while reading a HP book! This Does NOt SOund Synthesized This is not an audio book! It's music from the movie! Terrible synthesized recording

Music From Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone Hollywood Star Orchestra Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006RST5 Release Date: 2002-10-15

Customer Reviews:

Great background music while reading a HP book!.......2006-03-08

The Hollywood Star Orchestra played the music from the film in this soundtrack, and I think it makes great background music when you are reading (the newest Harry Potter book!) or relaxing around the house...the music is soothing and nice!

This Does NOt SOund Synthesized.......2006-01-10

This is like the Cliff NOtes of the original soundtrack. It does not sound synthesized even if it is. THe music is fine to listen to. I'm hosting a Harry Potter Themed party and this will do perfectly.

This is not an audio book! It's music from the movie!.......2005-12-08

Okay, I should've paid closer attention while placing my order...this is just to try to keep someone else from repeating my mistake. I wanted an audio version of the book, and what I got was music from the movie. NOT what I wanted, although I can hardly complain to the seller at the price I paid ($2 plus shipping for a factory sealed cd). I haven't opened the cd to listen to it, so the music may be perfectly wonderful. If I could've given this a neutral rather than negative connotation with regard to quality or how much I liked it, I would've. Still, I won't have my book in time for my trip. :-(

Terrible synthesized recording.......2003-05-21

I ordered this CD thinking it was the same one I had borrowed from my local library: highlights from Harry Potter played by the Hollywood Orchestra. Sadly, it was not. The pieces, played by a synthesized orchestra, have a new-age sound to them. Everyone in my family hates it.

Average customer rating:

Change of Season: The Music of Herbie Nichols Mengelberg , Lacy , George Lewis , Gorter , and Bennink Manufacturer: Soul Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003ZZE Release Date: 1993-09-11

Tracks:

1. House Party Starting
2. The Happenings
3. Step Tempest
4. Hangover Triangle
5. Change of Season
6. Spinning Song
7. Terpsichore

Average customer rating:

Season's Change Exposé Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | House | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | House | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000066AV1 Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

1. Seasons Change
2. Come Go with Me
3. As Long as I Can Dream
4. Let Me Down Easy
5. Point of No Return
6. When I Looked at Him
7. Exposed to Love
8. I'll Say Goodbye for the Two of Us
9. Face to Face
10. December

Average customer rating:

Season of Change ED MUNTER ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RBKI2C

Product Description

1 Big Game 2 Heavy Weather 3 Shadow Boxing in the Mirror 4 This Just In 5 The Changing Wind 6 Stand for Something 7 Miss Liberty intro 8 God Bless Miss Liberty 9 Rising from the Ashes 10 Miracle on my Mind 11 Radical Love 12 Love Supreme

Average customer rating: Hall & Oates' second and last Arista album Good little nuggets here Slight Sales, But Worthwhile not that great of an album for H&O fans the beginning of the comeback

Change of Season Hall & Oates Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ooh Yeah! Marigold Sky X-Static Do It for Love H2O ASIN: B000026BQA Release Date: 1997-12-04

Tracks:

1. So Close
2. Starting All Over Again
3. Sometimes a Mind Changes
4. Change of Season
5. I Ain't Gonna Take It This Time
6. Everywhere I Look
7. Give It up (Old Habits)
8. Don't Hold Back Your Love
9. Halfway There
10. Only Love
11. Heavy Rain
12. So Close [Unplugged][*]

Customer Reviews:

Hall & Oates' second and last Arista album.......2005-04-22

Daryl Hall and John Oates were dropped from RCA after 1984 and found a new home at Arista in early 1988. Their first Arista album,OOH YEAH,released that same year,was neither a flop nor a major hit. This is the duo's first album since the vinyl record phaseout began in 1989. There were LP copies of this album available in limited areas and quantities when it was released in the fall of 1990. Hits from this album include SO CLOSE,DON'T HOLD BACK YOUR LOVE and STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN which was first a hit for another R&B artist in 1973. After this album,the duo went on a studio break for seven years.

Good little nuggets here.......2004-07-10

While "So Close" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love" are definite keepers on this album, there are a couple more that make it very worthwhile. Notably, "Starting All Over Again" is a catchy remake worth hitting the repeat button for, as is the jazzy "Halfway There," guaranteed to make you dance and sing along. "Starting All Over" is cool because it showcases John Oates' voice as well as Daryl Hall, who dominates on stage during their concerts.

By the way, their "Rock and Soul Revue" with Michael McDonald and the Average White Band is a fantastic show, a must-see. The boys and their band kick some ass on many of your favorite songs, and if you stomp hard enough, they'll return for an encore of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and another song.

Slight Sales, But Worthwhile.......2004-01-17

Hall and Oates came upon a good trend - strip down the songs and use acoustic instruments if possible. Unfortunately, after recording the album I assume someone at Arista got panicky; there seems to be no other explanation for the second, louder version of "So Close," produced by studio vet Danny Kortchmar and then-hitmeister Jon Bon Jovi, that became the album's big hit. Oddly, Bon Jovi's contribution appears to be limited to the booth (he's not listed as a player in the album's massive credit list, although he and Kortchmar are given partial songwriting credits). Kortchmar contributes guitar with longtime buddy Waddy Wachtel; he's rewarded by having his name misspelled in the production credits.

Anyway, don't go just on the basis of that one song. It does appear H&O were a little dry on ideas - "Starting All Over Again" is a remake of an old Mel & Tim song, "Give It Up (Old Habits)" only credits Hall with additional lyrics, and "Heavy Rain" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love" are written (and produced) by David A. Stewart and Richard Tyson, respectively. But the album is more cohesive than anything they had done since "Voices" (unless you want to count the consistently misogynistic "H2O"). The themes are simplicity (title track), getting back to basics ("Sometimes a Mind Changes") and working to keep what's good in your life around ("Give It Up").

Hall is in good voice throughout, and manages to restrain himself from overdubbing furiously. Oates is, as usual, underused - he's down to one solo spot ("Only Love") and a couple of cowrites. Guests include Heartbreaker Benmont Tench, Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit on backing vocals, and a couple of dozen others - the "band" from "Private Eyes" had ceased to exist by that point.

Start with the last track first (the unplugged version of "So Close," which far outshines the hit version), then program the other songs randomly. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

not that great of an album for H&O fans.......2003-09-03

I went out and bought this album since I'm a big fan of Hall and Oates. This wasn't the greatest H&O album, but at least they put in some effort. Daryl's voice at times does sound raspy or at times he's gasping for breath. I simply liked the album because it had some great songs such as "So Close" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love", but the rest of the album--BO-RING!

the beginning of the comeback.......2001-11-28

finally, Daryl and John made their way back to their sound from the urban\electronic sound trip they were on. it think it paved the way to the great "Marigold Sky" (the CD that came after this one). if you love Hall & Oates, or just love good music, you won't be disappointed. this CD may be a little too underrated. it has some really beautiful songs. listen to "So Close", "Change Of Season" or "Heavy Rain" and, again, you won't be disappointed, and that's just to start with. take it home, turn the lights off, and put it on.

Average customer rating:

A Change Of Season Manufacturer: Pagan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0001Y7EXG

Product Description

Track listing: 1. A Change Of Season 2. Give It All 3. Angel 4. Moonflower 5. Next Time Around 6. Kalimba 7. Summertime 8. The Light Which I Hold 9. Fresh New Presents 10. High Rollin' Man 11. So Bad 12. Lose A Stranger, Win A Friend Produced and engineered by Nigel Stone.

Average customer rating:

Season of Change Ed Munter ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000TGDGAQ

Product Description

1 Big Game 2 Heavy Weather 3 Shadow Boxing in the Mirror 4 This Just In 5 The Changing Wind 6 Stand for Something 7 Miss Liberty intro 8 God Bless Miss Liberty 9 Rising from the Ashes 10 Miracle on my Mind 11 Radical Love 12 Love Supreme

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