Change of Season explained
Change of Season is the fourteenth studio album by American pop music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released in October 1990, by Arista Records. The lead single "So Close" peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was their last Top 40 hit, while the second single "Don't Hold Back Your Love" just missed the Top 40 reaching #41. It was their second and final album for Arista.
Track listing
Produced by Daryl Hall, John Oates and T-Bone Wolk, except where noted
Production
- Track 1 Produced by Danny Kortchmar and Jon Bon Jovi; Engineered by Ross Hogarth. Mixed by Paul Lani.
- Tracks 2–6, 9 & 10 Arranged and Produced by Daryl Hall, John Oates and T-Bone Wolk. Recorded and Mixed by Larry Alexander; Assistant Engineer – Pete Moshay. Mixed by Joe Pirrera.
- Track 7 Produced by Ric Wake; Arranged by Ric Wake and Daryl Hall. Engineered and Mixed by Bob Cadway; Assistant Engineers – Dan Hetzel and 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 and Bill Molina. Mixed by Kevin Doyle.
- Track 11 Produced by David A. Stewart and Daryl Hall. Engineered by Pete Moshay and Duane Seykora; Assistant Engineer – Pat McDougal. Mixed by Brian Malouf.
- Recorded at A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, NY); Cove City Sound Studios (Long Island, NY); New River Studios (Fort Lauderdale, FL); Sunset Sound Factory, Conway Recording Studios and Westlake Audio (Hollywood, CA); Studio 55 and Orca Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mixed at A-Pawling Studios, Conway Recording Studios, The Hit Factory (New York City, NY), The Music Palace (West Hempstead, NY), Summa Studios (Los Angeles, CA) and Chapel Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York City, NY).
- Production Coordination – Pete Moshay (Tracks 2–6, 9, 10 & 12); David Barratt (Track 7); Shari Sutcliffe (Track 8).
- Guitar Technician – Mel Terpos
- Art Direction and Photography – Prudence Whittlesey
- Management – Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc.
Personnel
The band
- Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1–9, 11, 12), backing vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola, tambourine
- John Oates – backing vocals, lead vocals (2, 4, 10), electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bongos, clay drum
- Bob Mayo (Aka Bobby Mayo) – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, backing vocals
- Mike Klvana – additional synthesizer programming
- Pete Moshay – programming, sequencing, tambourine
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – Wurlitzer electric piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
- Jimmy Rip – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Mike Braun – drums, percussion
- Jimmy Bralower – Akai MPC60 drum programming
- Charlie DeChant – saxophone
Additional musicians
Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 17 December 1990. www.bubblingdownunder.com. December 17, 2021. December 17, 2021.
- Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
