D:Ream - The Best Thing [CD]

NEW STATE ENTERTAINMENT

£13.75

Cat. no: NEW9389CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 885012050010
Release Date: 08 Dec 2023
Genre: Dance

Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie, aka D:Ream are probably best known for their hits "Things Can Only Get Better" and "UR The Best Thing", or that they had a famous scientist play keyboards for them..

However, there is so much more than that to discover. They have had two UK Top 10 albums: 1993's D:ream On Vo1 and 1995's World plus ten Top 40 singles. Things Can Only Get Better was no.1 for four weeks in 1994 then was famously co-opted as the anthem in 1997 by Tony Blair's Labour Party, writing D:Ream into English history; pop, political and otherwise!

New album The Best Thing is a collection of these hits, remastered from the original 2" tapes. Also included are unreleased live versions of tracks from their 1995 Shepherds Bush Empire gig, three unreleased demos including the original instrumental version of Things Can Only Get Better, two newly commissioned remixes from Mark Knight andIllyus & Barrientos and fnally some re- found unreleased remixes from the archive by Sasha, Leftfeld, MK, Sure is Pure and Joy.

The CD format will include extensive sleeve notes by Nick Duerdenand a collection of unseen pictures from the band.

Sunday Times feature Fame & Fortune Interview with Pete Features in Classic Pop + Songwriting mags

Radio:
"Things Can Only Get Better" back on recurrent at Radio 2, Heart, Magic, Absolute,
Virgin Radio, Kisstory Plays expected for the new Illyus & Barrientos Remix of "U R The Best Thing" and the Mark Knight Remix of "Things Can Only Get Better"on Kiss FM, Capital Dance, Gaydio and BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2

D:Ream socials: 1k Instagram, 3k Facebook, 3k Twitter, 5k Youtube, 12k Soundcloud followers.

2023 Tour Dates:
25th Nov - Nottingham
2nd Dec Belfast

Tracks: Things Can Only Get Better / U R The Best Thing / Take Me Away /
Unforgiven / Star / I Like It / Blame It On Me / Shoot Me With Your Love
(Loveland's Pop'd Up Mix) / Party Up The World / Take Me Away (Live from
Shepherd Bush) / U R The Best Thing (Live from Shepherd Bush) / Things Can
Only Get Better (Demo) / Dazed & Confused (Demo) / 99% (Demo) / Things Can
Only Get Better (MK Dub Mix) / U R The Best Thing (Sasha Instrumental) / Things
Can Only Get Better (Mark Knight Remix) / U R The Best Thing (Illyus & Barrientos
Remix) / I Like It (Sure Is Pure Remix) / U R The Best Thing (Perfecto Radio Mix) /
Unforgiven (Leftfeld Hands Mix) / Blame It On Me (The Herbal Remix)