A Different Kind of Weather

by The Dream Academy

A Different Kind of Weather cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Blanco y Negro
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:17
  • Community rating: 3.27/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Benedict Hoffnung, Guy Pratt, Guarangi Devi Dasi, Pino Palladino, Anthony Moore, Nick Laird-Clowes, Steve Lambert, Pete Thomas, Gary Wallis, Kate St. John, David Gilmour, Gilbert Gabriel, Simon Tyrell, David Coulter

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-produced by David Gilmour, the band's final studio outing delivers a highly polished, lush iteration of their pastoral pop-rock sound. 'A Different Kind of Weather' blends acoustic instrumentation with expansive, atmospheric production, attempting to navigate the shifting commercial landscape of the early nineties.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Love (3:43)
  2. Mercy Killing (4:44)
  3. Lucy September (3:06)
  4. Gaby Says (5:04)
  5. Waterloo (5:04)
  6. Twelve-Eight Angel (4:19)
  7. St. Valentine's Day (2:45)
  8. It'll Never Happen Again (3:32)
  9. Forest Fire (4:15)
  10. Lowlands (3:47)
  11. Not for Second Prize (2:53)

Credits

  • The Dream Academy - primary artist
  • Graham Wood - typography
  • Simon Tyrell - drum programming, drum programming [additional]
  • Muzzy Ismail - temple bells [tibetan]
  • Guarangi Devi Dasi - vocals
  • Kate St. John - vocals, vocals, oboe, soprano saxophone, vocals, soprano saxophone, oboe [fuzz solo], vocals, cor anglais, oboe
  • Poly Styrene - vocals [chant]
  • John Lennon - written-by, lyrics by

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