Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night) is an EP by the rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released in 2012 on Lava Records, and is based on the fourth movement (Winter) of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)
EP by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2012
Genre
Length15:28
LabelLava Records
ProducerPaul O'Neill
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology
Night Castle
(2009)
Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)
(2012)
Tales of Winter: Selections from the TSO Rock Operas
(2013)

Commercial performance edit

The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release,[1] selling around 31,000 copies in the United States in its first week. It also debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Rock Albums chart,[2] No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums chart,[3] as well as No. 2 on the Top Holiday Albums chart.[4] As of October 2015, the album has sold 344,000 copies in the US.[5]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winter Palace (Instrumental)"Paul O'Neill3:39
2."Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night) (Instrumental)"Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (The Four Seasons Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (The Magic Flute), Paul O'Neill2:30
3."I Had a Memory"Paul O'Neill3:00
4."Someday"Paul O'Neill3:43
5."Time You Should Be Sleeping"Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel, Jon Oliva2:36

Personnel edit

Charts edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. November 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "Holiday Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

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