A Change Of Seasons
by Dream Theater
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A Change Of Seasons is ranked 8th best out of 42 albums by Dream Theater on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dream Theater is Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory which is ranked number 805 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,154.
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A Change Of Seasons track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A Change Of Seasons rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1995 Pt 2 | 84/90 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 68 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 4 Music Albums of 1995 | 1/4 | 5 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 47 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1995 | 42/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Dream Theater Albums Ranked | 16/17 | - |
| 2025 | VINYLGUY7788 | Top 30 Music Albums of the 1990s | 25/30 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 46 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 303 | |||
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A Change Of Seasons ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 01:57 | Proto | 4,339 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 13:01 | cicadelic | 14,144 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 13:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,189 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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UofTBlues 03/01/2021 19:52 in What album are you listening to right now?A Change Of Seasons comments
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Contains a single unbelievable 24-minute song (A Change of Seasons, and a few decent covers. A must-own for Dream Theater/prog fans; the 24-minute epic is as close to classic prog as Dream Theater would come until Octavarium 10 years later.
The title track is one of the best songs every written in my opinion. Other than that there isn't an awful lot to recommend. It is good, but it's classed as an EP and not an album.
Great stuff by the masters of progressive Metal, especially Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding and The Big Medley...
Interesting idea, but they have done much better.
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