Dreams of Fireflies

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
Night Castle (2009) Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night) (2012) Letters from the Labyrinth (2015)

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

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.
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. 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.