Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (If We Needed a Fifth Season), also known as Les Cinq Saisons (The Five Seasons), is the second album from Quebec

Quebec

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 band Harmonium

Harmonium (band)

Harmonium was a Canadian progressive rock band from Montreal, Quebec.-History:Lead vocalist and guitarist Serge Fiori met Michel Normandeau in a theatre music meeting on November 1972. Later on in 1973 they met bassist Louis Valois and became Harmonium. In November 1973 the group performed their...

, released in 1975.

The album marks a departure from the folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 sound of Harmonium

Harmonium (Harmonium album)

Harmonium was the eponymous debut album by Québécois band Harmonium released in 1974. It was their most folk driven album, and features the song that made them famous "Pour un instant"...

towards a unique progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 sound. Serge Fiori, Michel Normandeau and Louis Valois are joined this time by Pierre Daigneault and Serge Locat. Marie Bernard also provides her expertise for the Ondes Martenot

Ondes Martenot

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, while Judi Richards

Judi Richards

Judi Richards is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter.Born in Toronto, Richards is the daughter of musician Bill Richards and actress Billie Mae Richards . She has sung numerous jingles for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal and has performed in concert and on record with a variety...

 sings in "Histoires sans paroles".

The album revolves around a seasonal concept; the first four songs each covers one of the traditional four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn/Fall, and Winter), whilst the final track, the 17-minute long "Histoires Sans Paroles", represents the imaginary fifth season. "Dixie" is also a notable track because of Locat's unforgettable piano solo. Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison, while a transitional album, became an influential album in Quebec's music history

Music of Quebec

Being a modern cosmopolitan society, today, all types of music can be found in the Canadian province of Quebec. What is specific to Quebec though are traditional songs, a unique variety of Celtic music, legions of excellent jazz musicians, a culture of classical music, and a love of foreign rhythms...

.

Some lyrics on this album, like on Depuis l'Automne can show the separatist

Quebec sovereignty movement

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 ideology shared by the band at that time.

Side one

1. "Vert" (Serge Fiori
   Serge Fiori
   Serge Fiori was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, an influential progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a minor solo career.- Biography :...
   
   , Michel Normandeau) – 5:35
2. "Dixie" (Serge Fiori) – 3:26
3. "Depuis l'automne" (Serge Fiori, Michel Normandeau) – 10:28

Side two

1. "En pleine face" (Serge Fiori) – 4:50
2. "Histoires sans paroles" (Serge Fiori) – 17:12
   • "L'isolement"
   • "L'appel"
   • "La rencontre"
   • "L'union"
   • "Le grand bal"

Personnel

• Serge Fiori
  Serge Fiori
  Serge Fiori was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, an influential progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a minor solo career.- Biography :...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals
  Singing
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• Michel Normandeau - guitar, vocals
• Louis Valois - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , electric piano
  Electric piano
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• Pierre Daigneault - flute
  Flute
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  s, clarinet
  Clarinet
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  s
• Serge Locat - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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