The Dream Academy
- MatchThe Dream Academy
- 100%Howard Jones
- 90%ABC
- 89%Thompson Twins
- 84%China Crisis
- 84%Fiction Factory
- 79%Naked Eyes
- 73%The Motels
- 71%Wang Chung
- 67%Missing Persons
- 66%Animotion
Biography
This 80s UK band comprised Nick Laird-Clowes (guitar/vocals, ex-the Act), Gilbert Gabriel (keyboards) and Kate St. John (vocals/oboe/saxophone, ex-Ravishing Beauties). Laird-Clowes, who as a child experienced the last days of the London underground movement at first hand, revived memories of that earlier era with the polished folky-pop Life In A Northern Town, dedicated to the memory of singer-songwriter Nick Drake. The single, released on the Blanco y Negro label, reached UK number... Read more