Changing of the Seasons (album)
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14 October 2008 (US)
2 February 2009 (UK)
Cheap Lullaby (US)
| Changing of the Seasons | ||||
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| Released | 12 March 2008 (Scandinavia) 14 October 2008 (US) 2 February 2009 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | September–October 2007 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary folk | |||
| Label | DetErMine Records (Europe) Cheap Lullaby (US) | |||
| Producer | Valgeir Sigurðsson | |||
| Ane Brun chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Changing of the Seasons | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| World of Music | [citation needed] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| musicOMH | [3] |
| Paste |  [4] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.2/10)[5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| Slant Magazine | [7] |
| Spin | [8] |
| Uncut | [9] |
Changing of the Seasons is the fourth studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun, released on 12 March 2008 in Norway and Sweden, 14 October 2008 in the US, and on 2 February 2009 in the UK. The album became her breakthrough record outside of Scandinavia when the bonus track "True Colors", a cover of the 1985 Cyndi Lauper song, was used in a television advertisement for Sky+ HD in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The other bonus track is a cover of Alphaville's 1984 hit single "Big in Japan", recorded as part of the soundtrack for the Swedish TV documentary programme Stor i Japan. The version of the album with the two bonus tracks was released in Europe on 7 December 2008 and in the UK in February 2009. The French release of the album on 12 October 2009 contained a third bonus track, a version in French of "Koop Island Blues", a song Brun originally recorded in 2006 with Swedish jazz group Koop.
The album debuted at No. 1 in Norway[10] and at No. 2 in Sweden.[11]
Bonus tracks
All tracks are written by Ane Brun, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Treehouse Song" | 3:22 |
| 2. | "The Fall" | 3:41 |
| 3. | "The Puzzle" | 2:55 |
| 4. | "My Star" | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Ten Seconds" | 3:19 |
| 6. | "Changing of the Seasons" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Lullaby for Grown-Ups" | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Raise My Head" | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Armour" | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Round Table Conference" | 3:39 |
| 11. | "Gillian" | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Don't Leave" | 4:04 |
| 13. | "Linger with Pleasure" | 2:52 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "True Colors" | Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, Cyndi Lauper | 2:20 |
| 15. | "Big in Japan" | Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens | 3:09 |
French bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "True Colors" | Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, Cyndi Lauper | 2:20 |
| 15. | "Big in Japan" | Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens | 3:09 |
| 16. | "Koop Island Blues (French Version) (Koop featuring Ane Brun)" | Ane Brun, Oscar Simonsson, Magnus Zingmark |
