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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.
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 ".
"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 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".
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 Dream Academy: 1985 2. The Love Parade: 3:49: The Dream Academy: 1985 3. The Edge of Forever: 4:24: The Dream Academy: 1985 4. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want: 3:08: Single: 1985 5. Johnny (New Light) 4:22: The Dream Academy: 1985 6. In Places on the Run: 4:29: The Dream Academy: 1985 7. Ballad in 4/4: 4:01: Remembrance Days ...
Johnny Marr wrote the music to "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" shortly after its eventual A-side, "William, It Was Really Nothing".Marr commented, "Because that was such a fast, short, upbeat song, I wanted the B-side to be different, so I wrote 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want' on Saturday in a different time signature—in a waltz time as a contrast". [5]
Remembrance Days is the second album by the British band the Dream Academy. Not as successful as the band's 1985 self-titled debut, the album peaked at number 181 in the United States. The lyrics and music for "The Lesson of Love" was written in just two four-hour sessions at Patrick Leonard's home. [3]