Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy
Somewhere In The Sun... Best Of The Dream Academy is a compilation album released by The Dream Academy in Japan in 2000. The compilation album contains the extended version of Life In A Northern Town and an acoustic version of The Party rather than the more common versions. At the time of its release, Nick Laird-Clowes revealed that the band actually had no involvement with the album, and he went on further to say that they weren’t even informed by Warners that a compilation album was being made. His former label boss, Alan McGee, then of Creation Records, was the one who actually brought him home a copy when he was visiting Japan on business. According to Kate St John, around the same time that this album was being made, Warner Brothers were considering a US compilation album, but they and the band decided to re-issue their first album, The Dream Academy [1]. Because of its somewhat limited availability, it is one of the more sought after Dream Academy albums.
Track listing
- Life In A Northern Town (Extended) – 5:20
- Ballad in 4/4 – 3:59
- Power To Believe – 5:15
- Lucy September – 3:08
- Twelve-Eight Angel – 4:20
- One Dream – 2:33
- Hampstead Girl – 3:41
- This World – 5:07
- The Love Parade – 3:46
- It'll Never Happen Again – 3:32
- Love (Hare Krishna Mix) – 7:02
- Indian Summer – 4:55
- In Places On The Run – 4:28
- (Johnny) New Light – 4:23
- The Party (Acoustic Version) – 3:32
- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want – 3:07
- Waterloo – 5:03
- Lowlands – 3:46