Remembrance Days is the second album by the British band The Dream Academy

The Dream Academy

The Dream Academy was a folk rock band from England, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes; multi-instrumentalist Kate St John; plus keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, "Life in a Northern Town".-History:Laird-Clowes and Gabriel met each other in the late...

. Not as successful as the band's debut album in 1985, the album peaked at #181 in the USA.

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, except where noted:

1. Indian Summer  – 4:56
2. The Lesson Of Love
   The Lesson Of Love
   "The Lesson of Love" is a single by the folk rock trio, The Dream Academy, released in 1987.-History:The song came to be when Nick Laird-Clowes went over to Los Angeles to play some records to their record label. During his visit, it was suggested that he should meet up with Patrick Leonard to...
   
     – 4:40 (Nick Laird-Clowes and Patrick Leonard)
3. Humdrum – 4:18 (Nick Laird-Clowes)
4. Power To Believe
   Power To Believe
   "Power to Believe" is a single from the soundtrack to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles by The Dream Academy. The song used in the film was an instrumental version, whereas the vocal version was included on the soundtrack album....
   
     – 5:15
5. Hampstead Girl – 3:42
6. Here – 4:24
7. In The Hands Of Love – 4:49
8. Ballad In 4/4 – 3:59 (Nick Laird-Clowes)
9. Doubleminded – 3:53 (Nick Laird-Clowes)
10. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
    Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
    "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" is a hit single written by James Warren and first performed by the pop band The Korgis, of which Warren was lead singer....
    
      – 3:43 (James Warren)
11. In Exile (For Rodrigo Rojas) – 6:42

The lyrics and music for The Lesson Of Love was written in just two four hour sessions at Patrick Leonard's

Patrick Leonard

Patrick Raymond Leonard is an American songwriter, keyboardist and music producer, known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna on many different recordings....

 home.

Nick was inspired to write In Exile after reading an article in The Village Voice on Rodrigo Rojas.

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime was not going to be included in the album at first, until Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

 got involved with it at the last minute. Because of this, the vocals were done in his bedroom, with him playing the Snare Drum

Snare drum

The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...

 in his bathroom.

Singles from the Album

• Indian Summer
• The Lesson Of Love
• Power To Believe (appears in the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles)
• Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - (Canada)