Remembrance Days

1987 studio album by the Dream Academy

Not to be confused with Remembrance Day.

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Remembrance Days

Studio album by

The Dream Academy

Released| 1987
Recorded| 1986–February 1987
Genre| Rock
Length| 50:21
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)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [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.

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

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Indian Summer"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes, Buckingham| 4:56
2.| "The Lesson of Love"| Laird-Clowes, Leonard| Leonard, Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 4:40
3.| "Humdrum"| Laird-Clowes| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 4:18
4.| "Power to Believe"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 5:15
5.| "Hampstead Girl"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 3:42
6.| "Here"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 4:24
7.| "In the Hands of Love"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 4:49
8.| "Ballad in 4/4"| Laird-Clowes| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 3:59
9.| "Doubleminded"| Laird-Clowes| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 3:53
10.| "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"| James Warren| Buckingham, Dashut, Laird-Clowes, Padgham| 3:43
11.| "In Exile (For Rodrigo Rojas)"| Laird-Clowes, Gabriel| Padgham, Laird-Clowes| 6:42

## Personnel

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The Dream Academy

* Gilbert Gabriel – keyboards, backing vocals
* Nick Laird-Clowes – guitars, harmonica, lead and backing vocals
* Kate St. John – saxophone, oboe, cor anglais, backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, bass, keyboards, snare drum, backing vocals
* Guy Pratt – bass guitar
* Paul Carrack – piano
* Nicky Holland, Larry Fast – keyboards
* Jerry Marotta – drums
* Ben Hoffnung, Muzzy Ismail – percussion
* Adam Peters – electric cello
* Paul Brook – drum programming
* Patrick Leonard – drum programming, keyboard bass
* Robin Smith – bass programming
* Hans Zimmer – Fairlight CMI programming
* Derek Adams, Michael Ostin, JD Souther, Andrew Williams, David Williams – backing vocals

## Chart performance

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

## Singles

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* "Indian Summer"
* "The Lesson of Love"
* "Power to Believe"
* "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" (Canada)

## References

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1. ^ Remembrance Days at AllMusic
2. ^ Minkoff, Myrna (14 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express. p. 34\. ISSN 0028-6362.
3. ^ a b 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

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The Dream Academy

* Gilbert Gabriel
* Nick Laird-Clowes
* Kate St John

Studio albums|

* The Dream Academy
* Remembrance Days
* A Different Kind of Weather

Compilation albums|

* Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy
* The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective

Singles|

* "Life in a Northern Town"
* "The Edge of Forever"
* "The Love Parade"
* "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
* "Indian Summer"
* "Love"

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* MusicBrainz release group

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