Remembrance Days

1987 studio album by the Dream Academy

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)

Professional ratings
Review 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

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

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, J. D. Souther, Andrew Williams, David Williams – backing vocals

Chart performance

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

Singles

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

References

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