The Dream Academy (album)

The Dream Academy is the debut studio album by English band The Dream Academy, released on 16 September 1985 by Blanco y Negro Records in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It was largely co-produced by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Dream Academy frontman Nick Laird-Clowes. "Life in a Northern Town", written as a tribute to the musician Nick Drake, became the Dream Academy's only major chart success, reaching number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. The Dream Academy went on to chart at number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number 58 on the UK Albums Chart.

The follow-up single from the album, "The Love Parade", was not received as well as their debut single, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 68 on the UK Singles Chart, but still received solid radio airplay. Also of note is the song "The Edge of Forever", which plays during a prominent scene in the John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, resulting in many fans of 1980s films becoming more familiar with the Dream Academy's music.