Changing of the Seasons (album)

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Changing of the Seasons

| type = studio

| artist = Ane Brun

| cover = Changing_of_the_Seasons.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 March 2008 (Scandinavia)
14 October 2008 (US)
2 February 2009 (UK)

| recorded = September–October 2007

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Contemporary folk

| length =

| label = DetErMine Records (Europe)
Cheap Lullaby (US)

| producer = Valgeir Sigurðsson

| prev_title = Live in Scandinavia

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Sketches

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Changing of the Seasons

| type = studio

| single1 = The Puzzle

| single1date = 17 January 2008

| single2 = The Treehouse Song

| single2date = 4 March 2008 (Scandinavia)
12 January 2009 (UK)

| single3 = Big in Japan

| single3date = 14 September 2008 (Sweden only)

| single4 = True Colors

| single4date = 22 October 2008 (UK)
1 December 2008 (Sweden)

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r1348861 |label=Ane Brun: Changing of the Seasons > Review |first=K. Ross |last=Hoffman |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev2 = World of Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/16/ane-brun-changing-of-seasons |newspaper=The Guardian |date=16 January 2009 |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev4 = musicOMH

| rev4score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Pedder |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/ane-brun_0209.htm |publisher=musicOMH |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev5 = Paste

| rev5score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite magazine |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/ane-brun-changing-of-the-seasons.html |magazine=Paste |date= 14 October 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork Media

| rev6score = (5.2/10){{cite web |first=Mark |last=Pytlik |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12513-changing-of-the-seasons/ |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=12 December 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7score = {{rating|7|10}}{{cite magazine |first=Dan |last=Raper |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/ane-brun-changing-of-the-seasons |magazine=PopMatters |date=17 October 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |first=Sal |last=Cinquemani |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ane-brun-changing-of-the-seasons/1533 |magazine=Slant Magazine |date=14 October 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite magazine |first=Barry |last=Walters |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/ane-brun-changing-seasons-cheap-lullaby |magazine=Spin |accessdate=5 November 2011}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Review: Changing of the Seasons |magazine=Uncut |date=February 2009 |page=76}}

}}

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{{Cite web |url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2008/uke/12 |title=VG-Lista: official Norwegian charts |access-date=5 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124246/http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2008/uke/12 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=dead }} and at No. 2 in Sweden.[http://www.sverigetopplistan.se Sverigetopplistan: official Swedish charts, 20 March 2008]