A Different Kind of Weather is the third and final studio album by the English band the Dream Academy.[6][7] It was released on 15 June 1990 by Reprise and Blanco y Negro Records. The album saw the return of David Gilmour as the main producer, six years after he had produced their debut album.
| A Different Kind of Weather | ||||
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| Studio album by The Dream Academy | ||||
| Released | 15 June 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:13 | |||
| Label | Reprise (US)[1] Blanco y Negro (UK) | |||
| Producer | David Gilmour (main)[2] | |||
| The Dream Academy chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Orlando Sentinel | |
| Ottawa Citizen | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
The album failed to enter the charts, despite the band performing their first and only tour of the United Kingdom to promote its release, in 1991.
Trouser Press wrote that "[Kate] St. John’s oboe and soprano sax is an effective antidote to blandness, but the languid material is almost characterless, relegating the album to handsomely accomplished ambience for the old at heart."[8] The Globe and Mail wrote that the album "harks back to the days of the British progressives without specifically copying any one band."[9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love" | John Lennon | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Mercy Killing" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Lucy September" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Gaby Says" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Waterloo" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 5:04 |
| 6. | "Twelve-eight Angel" | Laird-Clowes, Gilmour | 4:19 |
| 7. | "St. Valentine's Day" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 2:45 |
| 8. | "It'll Never Happen Again" | Tim Hardin | 3:33 |
| 9. | "Forest Fire" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Lowlands" | Laird-Clowes, Gabriel | 3:47 |
| 11. | "Not for Second Prize" | Laird-Clowes | 2:53 |
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