The Dream Academy

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Years Active
1983 – 1991 (8 years)
Founded In
London, England, United Kingdom
The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, Life in a Northern Town. 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… read more
The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, Life in a Northern Town. All three members of the band remain a… read more
The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, Life in a Northern Town. All three members of the band remain active recording musicians, each with their own careers. They are said to… read more

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1 Play track The Morning Lasted All Day - A Retrospective Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
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 2,905 listeners
2 Play track Moods Series, The Life in a Northern Town
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 1,027 listeners
3 Play track The Dream Academy The Edge of Forever
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4 Play track The Dream Academy In Places on the Run
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5 Play track The Dream Academy The Love Parade
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6 Play track Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - Instrumental Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - Instrumental
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7 Play track The Dream Academy Moving On
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8 Play track The Dream Academy This World
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9 Play track Remembrance Days Indian Summer
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10 Play track Remembrance Days Hampstead Girl
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Albums

  1. 129,971 listeners

    6 Oct 2014 · 24 tracks

    The Morning Lasted All Day - A Retrospective
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  2. 115,911 listeners

    1 Jan 1985 · 10 tracks

    The Dream Academy
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  3. 23,552 listeners

    1 Jan 1990 · 11 tracks

    A Different Kind Of Weather
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  4. 9,121 listeners

    29 Mar 2024 · 79 tracks

    Religion, Revolution and Railways: The Complete Recordings
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