Remembrance Days

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Remembrance Days
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Studio album by
Released1987
Recorded1986–February 1987
Genre Rock
Length50:21
Label Reprise (US)
Blanco Y Negro (UK)
Producer Lindsey Buckingham, Nick Laird-Clowes, Richard Dashut, Patrick Leonard and Hugh Padgham
The Dream Academy chronology
The Dream Academy
(1985)
Remembrance Days
(1987)
A Different Kind of Weather
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
New Musical Express 8/10 [2]

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.

Contents

The lyrics and music for "The Lesson of Love" was written in just two four-hour sessions at Patrick Leonard's home. [3] Nick Laird-Clowes was inspired to write "In Exile" after reading an article in The Village Voice on Rodrigo Rojas.

"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" was originally recorded with Hugh Padgham handling production, although record producer Lenny Waronker suggested that the band work with Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham to finish the song in Los Angeles. Upon hearing the demo, Buckingham commented that the song was reminiscent of material from The Beatles White Album , an assessment that Laird-Clowes agreed with. Buckingham ultimately rebuilt the song from the ground up and also worked with the band on "Indian Summer", which became the lead single off Remembrance Days. [3]

The instrumental version of "Power To Believe" appeared in the 1987 film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , however the film's official soundtrack album contained the full vocal version. The instrumental version was finally included on the band's 2014 Greatest Hits compilation The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective .

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Indian Summer"Laird-Clowes, Gabriel Padgham, Laird-Clowes, Buckingham4:56
2."The Lesson of Love"Laird-Clowes, LeonardLeonard, Padgham, Laird-Clowes4:40
3."Humdrum"Laird-ClowesPadgham, Laird-Clowes4:18
4."Power to Believe"Laird-Clowes, GabrielPadgham, Laird-Clowes5:15
5."Hampstead Girl"Laird-Clowes, GabrielPadgham, Laird-Clowes3:42
6."Here"Laird-Clowes, GabrielPadgham, Laird-Clowes4:24
7."In the Hands of Love"Laird-Clowes, GabrielPadgham, Laird-Clowes4:49
8."Ballad in 4/4"Laird-ClowesPadgham, Laird-Clowes3:59
9."Doubleminded"Laird-ClowesPadgham, Laird-Clowes3:53
10."Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"James WarrenBuckingham, Dashut, Laird-Clowes, Padgham3:43
11."In Exile (For Rodrigo Rojas)"Laird-Clowes, GabrielPadgham, Laird-Clowes6:42

Personnel

The Dream Academy

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 181

Singles

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References

  1. Remembrance Days at AllMusic
  2. Minkoff, Myrna (14 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express . p. 34. ISSN   0028-6362.
  3. 1 2 Harris, Will. "Interview: Nick Laird-Clowes of The Dream Academy". www.rhino.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. Billboard 200 - The Dream Academy - The Dream Academy