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The Dream Academy was a British band consisting of singer/guitarist [3] and primary songwriter [4] Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. [5] The band is most noted for their 1985 hit record , " Life in a Northern Town ".
The Debut: Dream Academy is a talent competition reality show created as an international collaboration between record labels Hybe and Geffen Records aimed at creating a global girl group. The fan-interactive project involves 20 female candidates from around the world competing in three "missions" to test their artistry.
"Life in a Northern Town" is the debut single by British band the Dream Academy, released in March 1985. It appears on the band's debut studio album, The Dream Academy. Written by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, [4] the song was produced by Laird-Clowes and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. [4] [5]
The Dream Academy disbanded in 1991. [10] Laird-Clowes released a solo album, Mona Lisa Overdrive, under the name Trashmonk in 1999. [11] A friend of David Gilmour, with whom he co-produced both The Dream Academy and A Different Kind of Weather albums, [12] Laird-Clowes contributed lyrics to two songs on Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell. [13]
The Dream Academy is the debut studio album by English band The Dream Academy, released in November 1985. It was produced by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes . " Life in a Northern Town ", written as a tribute to the musician Nick Drake , [ 3 ] became the Dream Academy's only major chart success, reaching number 7 on the ...
"The Love Parade" is the fourth single released by The Dream Academy. It was a more "edgy" song than their previous singles, made so by the inclusion of implied themes of adultery and erotic temptation in the lyrics, [1] and was arranged to a brisk bossa nova-esque beat which was in stark contrast to the style of the group's first single "Life in a Northern Town".
During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of The Dream Academy with Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel. In 1985 they had a worldwide hit with "Life In A Northern Town" and produced three albums: The Dream Academy (1985), Remembrance Days (1987) and A Different Kind Of Weather (1990).
The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective is a compilation album released by The Dream Academy in 2014. It is the band's second compilation album, following the Japan-only release of Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy in 2000.