D Ream
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D:Ream | |
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Origin | Warner Bros. Records |
Members | Peter Cunnah Al Mackenzie |
Website | Official Web Site |
D:Ream is a Northern Irish/English pop & dance group. They had a UK
The group had a line-up which varied in number, but centred on lead singer Peter Cunnah. The live band included keyboard player Brian Cox, who later became a science broadcaster on television, although Cunnah played keyboards on studio recordings.
Early career
In 1992, D:Ream released the single "
The band's first album, D:Ream on Volume 1, which was promoted for almost two years, produced seven singles ("Star" and "I Like It" came on a joint release as a double A-side). It was the track "
The band released two studio albums,
When D:Ream broke through into the charts, the band's main touring line-up consisted of core members
Reunion, and split-up
In 2008 D:Ream reformed after a chance meeting by Cunnah and Mackenzie. Their single, "All Things to All Men" was released on 7 September 2009 on their own label User Records. They released the album In Memory Of... in 2011. They also planned concert dates to follow.[2] Meanwhile, Brian Cox became a physics professor and science broadcaster who has worked on the Large Hadron Collider project.[3] In late 2010 he announced that he was to provide some keyboard work for the new album, but would not be re-joining the band full-time.[4] As part of their 2012 commitments, the band played main support to Wheatus at the LeeStock Music Festival in Sudbury, Suffolk.[5]
On July 23, 2021 Cunnah and Mackenzie released a new studio album, "Open Hearts Open Minds".
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album title | UK [1] |
AUS [6] |
GER
[7] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | D:Ream on Volume 1 | 5 | 12 | 69 | ||
1995 | World | 5 | 155 | — | ||
2011 | In Memory Of... | — | — | — | ||
2021 | Open Hearts Open Minds | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Compilations
Year | Album title |
---|---|
1997 | The Best of D:Ream |
2006 | The Platinum Collection |
2011 | Things Can Only Get Better: The Very Best of D:Ream |
Extended plays
Title | EP details |
---|---|
4 Things 2 Come |
|
Singles
Year | Single[8] | Chart position | Album | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK
[1] |
UK Club [9] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [10] |
BEL (FLA) [11] |
DEN
|
EUR
[12] |
GER
[13] |
IRE [14] |
NDL
[15] |
NZ [16] |
POR [17] |
SWI [18] |
SWE [19] |
US Dance
[20] | |||
1992 | "U R the Best Thing" | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | D:Ream On Vol. 1 | |
1993 | "Things Can Only Get Better" | 24 | – | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | ||
"U R the Best Thing" (re-release) | 19 | 1 | – | – | 50 | – | 62 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
"Unforgiven" | 29 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | ||
"Star / I Like It" | 26 | – | – | – | – | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
"Things Can Only Get Better" (re-release) | 1 | 14 | 9 | – | 10 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 46 | – | 11 | 7 | – | ||
1994 | "U R the Best Thing (Perfecto Remix)" | 4 | 7 | 9 | – | 46 | – | 13 | 65 | 6 | 25 | – | – | 35 | – | – | |
"Take Me Away" | 18 | 9 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
"Blame It on Me" | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
1995 | "Shoot Me with Your Love" | 7 | 73 | – | – | – | 26 | 73 | 16 | – | – | – | 45 | – | 4 | World | |
"Party Up the World" | 20 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
"The Power (Of All the Love in the World)" | 40 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
1997 | "Things Can Only Get Better" (re-release) | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Best of D:Ream Vol. 1 | |
2009 | "All Things to All Men" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | In Memory Of... | |
2010 | "Drop Beatz Not Bombs" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2011 | "Gods in the Making" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
"Sleepy Head" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
2014 | "Things Can Only Get Better" (re-release) | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | D:Ream On Vol. 1 | |
2021 | "Meet Me at Midnight"[21] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Open Hearts Open Minds | |
"Many Hands"[22] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
"I Used to Believe in Love"[23] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
2022 | "Pedestal"[24] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Official Charts > Dream". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 29 April 2016. N.B. This page also contains peaks for the group 'Dream'
- ^ "About D:REAM". Myspace. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
- ^ "Things have only got better for Brian | Oldham Advertiser – menmedia.co.uk". Oldham Advertiser. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Professor Brian Cox to rejoin D:Ream". BBC News. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ Sky News report. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > D:Ream in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Take Me Away": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 30 Oct 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 29 April 2016. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Shoot Me with Your Love": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 08 Oct 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- "Unforgiven", "Party Up the World" and "The Power (Of All the Love In the World)": "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- World: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > D:Ream – D:Ream on Vol. 1 (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Discogs List of Releases". Discogs UK. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ UK Club Chart peaks:
- "U R the Best Thing" (1993 version): "RM Club Chart Number Ones Of 93" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 25 December 1993. p. 3. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Things Can Only Get Better": "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 15 January 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "U R the Best Thing" (1994 version): "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 19 March 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Unforgiven": "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 24 July 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Take Me Away": "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 4 June 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Austrian chart". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Belgian (Flanders region) peaks:
- "Things Can Only Get Better": "Ultratop > D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- "U R the Best Thing": "Ultratop > D:Ream – U R the Best Thing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ Eurochart Hot 100 singles peaks:
- "Star/I Like It": "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ German singles chart peaks:
- "Things Can Only Get Better": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- "U R the Best Thing": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > D:Ream – U R the Best Thing (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- "Shoot Me with Your Love": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > D:Ream – Shoot Me with Your Love (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for D:Ream (from irishcharts.ie)". imgur.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl > Zoeken naar: D:Ream" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Portuguese singles chart peaks:
- "Unforgiven": "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 December 1993. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Swiss Chart". Swiss Charts. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Swedish chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "US Dance Club Play Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Meet Me at Midnight by D:Ream".
- ^ "Many Hands - Single by D:Ream".
- ^ "I Used to Believe in Love by D:Ream".
- ^ "Pedestal - Single by D:Ream".