The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective
The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective is a compilation album released by The Dream Academy in 2014. It is the band's second compilation album, following the Japan-only release of Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy in 2000. While the latter album was assembled without input from the band, The Morning Lasted All Day was compiled, annotated, and remastered by lead singer Nick Laird-Clowes.[1] Of the album's 24 tracks, 6 were previously unreleased. These include the instrumental version of "Power to Believe" selected by John Hughes for use in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and "Sunrising", the first song recorded by the band since 1990. Also included are two songs ("Living in a War" and "The Chosen Few") featuring guitar by David Gilmour, who co-produced two of the band's three studio albums.[2]
| The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 - 2014 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:40:39 | |||
| Label | Real Gone Music | |||
| The Dream Academy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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Track listing
Disc One
| Track | Song Title | Time | Original Issue | Year |
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| 1. | Life in a Northern Town | 4:19 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 2. | The Love Parade | 3:49 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 3. | The Edge of Forever | 4:24 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 4. | Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want | 3:08 | Single | 1985 |
| 5. | Johnny (New Light) | 4:22 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 6. | In Places on the Run | 4:29 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 7. | Ballad in 4/4 | 4:01 | Remembrance Days | 1987 |
| 8. | Girl in a Million (For Edie Sedgwick) | 3:49 | B-Side to The Love Parade | 1985 |
| 9. | Power to Believe | 5:17 | Remembrance Days | 1987 |
| 10. | This World | 5:11 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
| 11. | Here | 4:24 | Remembrance Days | 1987 |
| 12. | One Dream | 2:32 | The Dream Academy | 1985 |
Disc Two
| Track | Song Title | Time | Original Issue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian Summer | 4:57 | Remembrance Days | 1987 |
| 2. | Lucy September | 3:10 | A Different Kind of Weather | 1990 |
| 3. | Hampstead Girl | 3:42 | Remembrance Days | 1987 |
| 4. | The Demonstration | 4:09 | Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix | 1989 |
| 5. | Living in a War | 4:18 | Previously Unreleased | 1989 |
| 6. | Love | 3:43 | A Different Kind of Weather | 1990 |
| 7. | Waterloo | 5:04 | A Different Kind of Weather | 1990 |
| 8. | The Chosen Few | 4:05 | Previously Unreleased | 1989 |
| 9. | It'll Never Happen Again | 3:34 | A Different Kind of Weather | 1990 |
| 10. | Power to Believe (Instrumental) | 4:43 | Previously Unreleased (Heard in Planes, Trains and Automobiles) | 1987 |
| 11. | The Last Day of the War | 4:52 | Previously Unreleased | 1984 |
| 12. | Sunrising | 4:50 | Previously Unreleased | 2014 |
References
- "Real Gone Music - News - The Dream Academy". Real Gone Music. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Laird-Clowes, Nick (2014). "The Morning Lasted All Day". In The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective [CD booklet]. Real Gone Music.