1985 debut on Warner Brothers by this artsy English trio featuring Kate St. John. Out of print in the U.S., the top 20 album was co-produced by the band's Nick Laird-Clowes andPink Floyd's David Gilmour and features the cu... more »lt hit 'Life In A Northern Town'. 10 tracks total.« less
1985 debut on Warner Brothers by this artsy English trio featuring Kate St. John. Out of print in the U.S., the top 20 album was co-produced by the band's Nick Laird-Clowes andPink Floyd's David Gilmour and features the cult hit 'Life In A Northern Town'. 10 tracks total.
"I love the music by Dream Academy, but I have been desperately looking for the instrumental version of "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off). I finally found it on an album called "Boutique Chill" - a compilation album sold on amazon for about $17. If you're looking for that version of that song, I thought I'd let everyone know."
Hot and Cold
A. Laitres | Brattleboro, VT USA | 01/10/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Although I really like DA and their sound, Only about half of this album is really good. The haunting "Places on the run" and the sensual "Love Parade" and of course the HIT are the best. I do recommend it, but can't really in all honestly give it 5 stars."
Do youself a favor
osapientia | Carson, CA | 10/31/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"get this one used. it's worth for a few of the better tracks. love parade, life in a northern town, and one thing are all great songs and worth having. the rest of the album is average at best. eighties nostalgia is the way to describe this album."
An essential 80s album
Matt | St. Louis, MO USA | 07/14/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The most most people hear off of this album is the oft-played "Life in a Northern Town", a radio staple written about English folk-guitarist Nick Drake. This first track sets the tone for the whole album, a mellow, beautiful soundscape that ranges from soft pop-rock to the jazzy ending track "One Dream."
Highly recommended. If you can find it, buy it."
A many-layered work of art
Billy O | Reno, Nevada | 04/23/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The aptly named trio known as The Dream Academy were one of those rare convergences of talent (in the creativity-challenged 1980s, no less) that paid off in this, their first effort with a stunning, intricate and intelligent work of art.
To hear this CD for the first time is a treat. Hearing it again and again, and dozens more times after that, peels back seemingly endless layers of melodic intellect that never let the listener grow tired.
This was one of those precious few LPs/CDs I've bought for one song, in this case "Life in a Northern Town," only to discover that it's just the opening act in a treasure chest of music that massages the imagination.
This CD will wow you, big time. Choice quality stuff here.