| Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy | |
| Type: | Compilation Album |
| Artist: | The Dream Academy |
| Cover: | S i t s.jpg |
| Released: | 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1984–1990 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 76:45 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Prev Title: | A Different Kind of Weather |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy is a compilation album released by The Dream Academy in Japan in 2000. The compilation album contains the extended version of "Life in a Northern Town" and an acoustic version of "The Party" rather than the more common versions. At the time of its release, Nick Laird-Clowes revealed that the band actually had no involvement with the album, and he went on further to say that they weren't even informed by Warners that a compilation album was being made. His former label boss, Alan McGee, then of Creation Records, was the one who actually brought him home a copy when he was visiting Japan on business. According to Kate St John, around the same time that this album was being made, Warner Brothers were considering a US compilation album, but they and the band decided to re-issue their first album, The Dream Academy.[1]