The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective

The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective
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Released2014
Recorded1984–2014
GenreRock
Length1:40:39
LabelReal Gone Music
The Dream Academy chronology
Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy
(2000)
The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective
(2014)
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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. 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.