Dreams of Fireflies

Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)
Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)
EP by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Released	October 30, 2012
Genre	Christmas music; classical music; progressive rock; symphonic metal;
Length	15:28
Label	Lava Records
Producer	Paul O'Neill
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology

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.

Commercial performance

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Winter Palace (Instrumental)"	Paul O'Neill	3:39
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'Neill	2:30
3.	"I Had a Memory"	Paul O'Neill	3:00
4.	"Someday"	Paul O'Neill	3:43
5.	"Time You Should Be Sleeping"	Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel, Jon Oliva	2:36

Personnel

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Paul O'Neill – guitars
Jon Oliva – keyboards
Al Pitrelli – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Chris Caffery – guitars
Roddy Chong – violin
Angus Clark – guitars
Joel Hoekstra – guitars
Mee Eun Kim – keyboards
Vitalij Kuprij – keyboards
Jane Mangini – keyboards
Johnny Lee Middleton – bass guitar
John O'Reilly – drums
Jeff Plate – drums
Derek Wieland – keyboards
David Zablidowsky – bass
Dave Wittman – drums, guitar & bass inserts
Erika Jerry – lead vocals on "I Had A Memory"
Tim Hockenberry – lead vocals on "Someday"
Georgia Napolitano – lead vocals on "Time You Should Be Sleeping (Christmas Lullaby)"

Production

Paul O'Neill – producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	9
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[7]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Billboard 200^[9]	148
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[10]	37

References

↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
↑ "Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
↑ "Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
↑ "Holiday Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.
↑ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
↑ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
↑ "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
↑ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

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[1] "Billboard 200". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[2] "Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[3] "Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[4] "Holiday Albums". Billboard. November 17, 2012. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[5] "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.

[ac_Billboard200_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-6] "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[ac_BillboardHoliday_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-7] "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[ac_BillboardRock_Trans-Siberian_Orchestra-8] "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[9] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[10] "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

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