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.

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
People	(favourable)[3]

Change of Season
Studio album by Hall & Oates
Released	October 1990
Recorded	Summer 1989 - Winter 1990
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	56:42
Label	Arista
Producer	Daryl Hall, John Oates, Danny Kortchmar, Jon Bon Jovi, David Tyson, Dave Stewart, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Ric Wake
Hall & Oates chronology
Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) The Atlantic Collection (1996)
Singles from Change of Season
"So Close" Released: September 1990 "Don't Hold Back Your Love" Released: December 1990 "Everywhere I Look" Released: January 14, 1991 "Starting All Over Again" Released: 1991

Track listing

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

• Benmont Tench – keyboards (1)
• Dean Kraus – keyboards (7)
• Rich Tancredi – keyboards (7)
• David Tyson – keyboards (8), bass (8)
• Danny Kortchmar – guitars (1)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitars (1)
• Bob Cadway – guitars (7)
• Buzz Feiten – guitars (8)
• Michael Thompson – guitars (8)
• David A. Stewart – guitars (11)
• Randy Jackson – bass (1)
• Doug Stegmeyer – bass (7)
• Bob Glaub – bass (11)
• Kenny Aronoff – drums (1), percussion (1)
• Joey Franco – drums (7)
• Pat Mastelotto – drums (8)
• Jesse Levy – cello (2, 4)
• Olivia Koppell – viola (2, 4)
• Regis Iandorio – violin (2, 4)
• Eileen Ivers – violin (9, 10)
• Arif Mardin – string arrangements and conductor (2, 4)
• Susie Davis – backing vocals (2)
• Wendy Fraser – backing vocals (8)
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals (8)
• Mary Cassidy – backing vocals (11)
• Marcella Detroit – backing vocals (11)
• Siobhan Fahey – backing vocals (11)
• Toni Halliday – backing vocals (11)
• Nan Vernon – backing vocals (11)

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