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The Dream Academy were a 1980s folk rock and Dream Pop band from England, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their only hit single, "Life in a Northern Town". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (917x1188, 335 KB) Summary Scanned form the inside cover of Remembrance Days CD sleeve. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
Dream pop is a type of alternative rock that originated in the early 1980s when bands like Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, and A.R. Kane (to whom the term has been attributed) began twisting New Wave melodies into sonic, echoing textures and mumbled vocals. ...
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Gilbert Gabriel (born November 16, 1956) is a talented African-English multi-instrumental musician and lyricist. ...
Nick Laird-Clowes is a musician and was a member of the band The Dream Academy His solo album Mona Lisa Overdrive was released under the name Trashmonk. ...
Kate St John is a female musician, vocalist, composer, record producer, and arranger. ...
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Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
Dream pop is a type of alternative rock that originated in the early 1980s when bands like Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, and A.R. Kane (to whom the term has been attributed) began twisting New Wave melodies into sonic, echoing textures and mumbled vocals. ...
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Nick Laird-Clowes is a musician and was a member of the band The Dream Academy His solo album Mona Lisa Overdrive was released under the name Trashmonk. ...
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Katharine Elinor Margaret St John (born October 2, 1957 in London, England) is a musician, vocalist, composer, record producer, and arranger. ...
Gilbert Gabriel (born November 16, 1956) is a talented African-English multi-instrumental musician and lyricist. ...
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History
Nick and Gilbert met each other in the late 1970s while Nick was in a band called The Act. Their idea was to create a songscape different from the power pop groups popular at the time in England by mixing instruments and sounds that had not been done prominently before, such as strings, woodwinds, percussion (tympani), and synthesizers. At first, Nick and Gilbert called themselves the "Politics of Pop". Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
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In the early years before they were signed, they were rumoured to have had over a dozen rotating members in the group playing various unique instruments until Nick met Kate St. John (then of The Ravishing Beauties) at a party. Nick was immediately enthralled with Kate's amazing talent (and beauty) and asked her to join. The trio settled on the name The Dream Academy and shopped their demos for nearly two years. Their work was rejected "by every record label" before finally landing a record deal with Warner Bros. in 1985. Along the way, they made some close connections with Adam Peters and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, a friend of Laird-Clowes', who produced and/or played on two of their albums and co-wrote one song, "Twelve-Eight Angel". In political science, the demos (Greek: people) is the common populace of a state. ...
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Their first single, "Life in a Northern Town" was a world-wide smash and sizeable hit in the U.S., charting at number 7 on the Billboard Pop Music chart from an album co-produced by Gilmour. The single was a tribute to the English singer/songwriter Nick Drake[1]. It was their only major chart success. Reportedly, their record label initially didn't want to release this single. They thought it needed more drums but Nick and Gilbert were staunch in their opinion that it was perfect and often commented on its unique sound and feeling of a winter snowstorm created almost unintentionally by the recording looping techniques of the time. The song also was initially called "Morning Lasted All Day" but was changed when Paul Simon commented to Nick (to whom he was giving guitar lessons) that it wasn't a very good title. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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The band launched a world-wide promotional tour based on the chart success of "Life in a Northern Town" and appeared on such popular TV shows as Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, American Bandstand (with Dick Clark), MTV (interview with J.J. Jackson), and Top of the Pops. The Dream Academy's eponymous debut album also reached a wide audience in the States. Their two subsequent albums did not match the initial success. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ...
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They toured once, in 1991. During the same year, Gilbert and Kate decided to leave the group to pursue solo musical interests and projects. Nick ultimately decided that he could not go on further under the Dream Academy name as "it wasn't the Dream Academy with just me" and took some time off to travel to South East Asia and Africa. Shortly thereafter, he began to work with Gilmour on lyrics for Pink Floyd's The Division Bell album before recording his solo album under the name Trashmonk and working on movie soundtracks. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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All three members of the band remain active recording musicians, each with their own careers. They are said to have reunited on a forthcoming album, "Angels and Fools", by Gilbert's new band, The Excellent Staircase (formally The Believers); on the track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", a cover of the song by The Smiths. The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...
Trivia - The trance pop outfit Dario G reached number 2 in the UK singles chart in 1997 with "Sunchyme", a track which heavily relied on a sample of the "Ah hey ma ma ma" vocal chant from "Life in a Northern Town".
- Another song from their debut album, "The Edge Of Forever", was featured in the closing stages of the popular film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in 1986, just as Ferris says goodbye to his girlfriend before racing home.
- The band also performed a cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", which was featured in the same film.
- An instrumental version of "Power to Believe," from their second album Remembrance Days, was used in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" in 1987. This version of the song did not appear on any album.
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Discography
Albums 1. The Dream Academy - 1985,
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58 (UK), 20 (US)
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The Dream Academy is The Dream Academys eponymous debut album, released in 1985, it was mainly produced by Pink Floyds David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes. ...
See also: other events of 1985 Musical groups established in 1985 Record labels established in 1985 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny...
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Remembrance Days is The Dream Academys second album. ...
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Track Listing All songs written by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, except where noted: Love 3:43 (John Lennon) Mercy Killing 4:44 Lucy September 3:06 Gaby Says 5:04 Waterloo 5:04 Twelve-eight Angel 4:19 St. ...
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| 4. Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy - 2000,
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Somewhere In The Sun. ...
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Singles This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Edge of Forever is a song by The Dream Academy. ...
Ferris Buellers Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. ...
This World is a single by The Dream Academy The song centres around a group of people dealing with petty theft, drugs and being general misfits in society. ...
The Love Parade is the fourth single released by The Dream Academy. ...
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (written by Morrisey and originally performed by The Smiths) is a single by The Dream Academy. ...
Ferris Buellers Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. ...
Indian Summer is a single by The Dream Academy. ...
The Lesson Of Love is a single by the Folk rock trio, The Dream Academy. ...
Power to Believe is a single from the sound track to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles by The Dream Academy. ...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles is an American comedy movie produced in 1987. ...
In the Heart was an album released by the funk band Kool and the Gang in 1983. ...
Love is a John Lennon cover by The Dream Academy. ...
Angel of Mercy (called Twelve-Eight Angel on the album) was the final single by The Dream Academy. ...
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