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According to the Life in a Northern Town Songfacts, Dream Academy members Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel wrote this song, which is dedicated to the memory of singer Nick Drake , who was 26 years old when he died of an antidepressant overdose which may have been suicide in 1974. His work was very influential to many British musicians and songwriters, and his legend grew after his death. View wiki
According to the Life in a Northern Town Songfacts, Dream Academy members Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel wrote this song, which is dedicated t… read more
According to the Life in a Northern Town Songfacts, Dream Academy members Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel wrote this song, which is dedicated to the memory of singer Nick Drake , w… read more

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The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, Life in a Northern Town. All three members of the band remain active recording musicians, each with their own careers. They are said to have reunited on a forthcoming album, "Angels and Fools", by Gilbert's new band, The Excellent Staircase (formally The Believers); on the track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", a cover… read more
The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. T… read more
The Dream Academy were a 1980s British folk rock band, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboeist) Kate St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, Life … read more

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