{"history":[],"article":{"id":"17eacb3a-ba02-4d3d-82dd-e49b0578f23e","title":"Dream into Action","slug":"dream-into-action","content":":::summary\n![Dream into Action](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/HowardJonesDreamIntoAction.jpg)\n**Name:** Dream into Action \n**Type:** studio \n**Artist:** [Howard Jones](https://bliptext.com/articles/howard-jones-british-musician) \n**Released:** 11 March 1985 \n**Recorded:** 1984–1985 \n**Studio:** Farmyard Studios, [Little Chalfont](https://bliptext.com/articles/little-chalfont), [Buckinghamshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/buckinghamshire), England \n**Genre:** [New wave](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-wave-music) · [synthpop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synthpop) · [pop rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/pop-rock) \n**Length:** 55:45 \n**Label:** [WEA/Elektra](https://bliptext.com/articles/wea-elektra) \n**Producer:** [Rupert Hine](https://bliptext.com/articles/rupert-hine) \n**Prev Title:** [The 12\" Album](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-12-album) \n**Prev Year:** 1984 \n**Next Title:** [Action Replay](https://bliptext.com/articles/action-replay-ep) \n**Next Year:** 1986 \n:::\n\n# \n**Dream into Action** is the second studio album by British pop musician [Howard Jones](https://bliptext.com/articles/howard-jones-british-musician).\nIt was released in March 1985 and reached No. 2 in the [UK Album Charts](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-album-charts).\nThe album also reached the top ten in the U.S. The album achieved a gold certification in the UK and platinum status in the US and Canada.\nThe album contains the hit singles \"[Things Can Only Get Better](https://bliptext.com/articles/things-can-only-get-better-howard-jones-song)\" (UK No. 6, US No. 5), \"[Look Mama](https://bliptext.com/articles/look-mama)\" (UK No. 10) and \"[Life in One Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/life-in-one-day)\" (UK No. 14, US No. 19).\nAdditionally, the track \"[No One Is to Blame](https://bliptext.com/articles/no-one-is-to-blame)\" was re-recorded in a new arrangement for single release, reaching No. 16 in the UK and No. 4 in the US in 1986 and was included on a later second European pressing of the album.\nThe 1984 single \"[Like to Get to Know You Well](https://bliptext.com/articles/like-to-get-to-know-you-well)\" (UK No. 4) was included on the album's CD reissue (and is also on the US version of the vinyl album).\nA world tour accompanied the album's original release with Jones playing [Wembley Arena](https://bliptext.com/articles/wembley-arena) and the [O2 Academy Birmingham](https://bliptext.com/articles/o2-academy-birmingham) in the UK, and arena-size venues in the US, Europe and Japan.\nIn 2010, a remastered edition of the album was issued alongside Jones' debut album [Human's Lib](https://bliptext.com/articles/human-s-lib).\n\n# Reception\n\"Assault and Battery\" was used in a 1986 episode of \"[Miami Vice](https://bliptext.com/articles/miami-vice)\".\n\n# Track listing\nAll songs written and composed by Howard Jones.\n\n## UK version\n**Side one**\n**Side two**\n

\"Automaton\" – 4:04\n

\"Is There a Difference?\"\n– 3:33

\"Elegy\" – 4:20\n

\"Specialty\" – 3:58\n

\"Why Look for the Key\" – 3:23\n

\"Hunger for the Flesh\" – 3:59\n\n**CD bonus tracks**\n

\"Bounce Right Back\" (B-side of \"Like to Get to Know You Well\") – 4:33\n

\"[Like to Get to Know You Well](https://bliptext.com/articles/like-to-get-to-know-you-well)\" – 3:58\n\n\n## US version\n**Side one**\n**Side two**\n

\"Look Mama\" – 3:53\n

\"Bounce Right Back\" – 4:34\n

\"Elegy\" – 4:20\n

\"Is There a Difference?\"\n– 3:33

\"Automaton\" – 4:04\n

\"Hunger for the Flesh\" – 3:59\n\nIn May 2024, Cherry Red Records released new Special Edition versions of both \"Dream Into Action\" and the debut album, \"Human's Lib\" as CD + Blu-ray packages.\nThe releases feature new mixes of the albums by Stephen W Tayler.\nThe Blu-ray contains both 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio and 96/24 LPCM stereo versions by Tayler, plus Dolby Atmos versions of \"Things Can Only Get Better\" and \"Like to Get to Know You Well\" mixed by Bob Clearmountain.\n\n# Personnel\n\n## Production\n**Other credits**\n\n# Charts\n\n## Weekly charts\n\n## Year-end charts\n\n# Certifications","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T08:44:33.570Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T08:44:33.570Z","search_vector":"'action':3 'dream':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Dream into Action \n**Type:** studio \n**Artist:** [Howard Jones](https://bliptext.com/articles/howard-jones-british-musician) \n**Released:** 11 March 1985 \n**Recorded:** 1984–1985 \n**Studio:** Farmyard Studios, [Little Chalfont](https://bliptext.com/articles/little-chalfont), [Buckinghamshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/buckinghamshire), England \n**Genre:** [New wave](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-wave-music) · [synthpop](https://bliptext.com/articles/synthpop) · [pop rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/pop-rock) \n**Length:** 55:45 \n**Label:** [WEA/Elektra](https://bliptext.com/articles/wea-elektra) \n**Producer:** [Rupert Hine](https://bliptext.com/articles/rupert-hine) \n**Prev Title:** [The 12\" Album](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-12-album) \n**Prev Year:** 1984 \n**Next Title:** [Action Replay](https://bliptext.com/articles/action-replay-ep) \n**Next Year:** 1986 \n \n\n# \n**Dream into Action** is the second studio album by British pop musician [Howard Jones](https://bliptext.com/articles/howard-jones-british-musician).\nIt was released in March 1985 and reached No. 2 in the [UK Album Charts](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-album-charts).\nThe album also reached the top ten in the U.S. The album achieved a gold certification in the UK and platinum status in the US and Canada.\nThe album contains the hit singles \"[Things Can Only Get Better](https://bliptext.com/articles/things-can-only-get-better-howard-jones-song)\" (UK No. 6, US No. 5), \"[Look Mama](https://bliptext.com/articles/look-mama)\" (UK No. 10) and \"[Life in One Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/life-in-one-day)\" (UK No. 14, US No. 19).\nAdditionally, the track \"[No One Is to Blame](https://bliptext.com/articles/no-one-is-to-blame)\" was re-recorded in a new arrangement for single release, reaching No. 16 in the UK and No. 4 in the US in 1986 and was included on a later second European pressing of the album.\nThe 1984 single \"[Like to Get to Know You Well](https://bliptext.com/articles/like-to-get-to-know-you-well)\" (UK No. 4) was included on the album's CD reissue (and is also on the US version of the vinyl album).\nA world tour accompanied the album's original release with Jones playing [Wembley Arena](https://bliptext.com/articles/wembley-arena) and the [O2 Academy Birmingham](https://bliptext.com/articles/o2-academy-birmingham) in the UK, and arena-size venues in the US, Europe and Japan.\nIn 2010, a remastered edition of the album was issued alongside Jones' debut album [Human's Lib](https://bliptext.com/articles/human-s-lib).\n\n# Reception\n\"Assault and Battery\" was used in a 1986 episode of \"[Miami Vice](https://bliptext.com/articles/miami-vice)\".\n\n# Track listing\nAll songs written and composed by Howard Jones.\n\n## UK version\n**Side one**\n**Side two**\n \"Automaton\" – 4:04\n \"Is There a Difference?\"\n– 3:33 \"Elegy\" – 4:20\n \"Specialty\" – 3:58\n \"Why Look for the Key\" – 3:23\n \"Hunger for the Flesh\" – 3:59\n \n**CD bonus tracks**\n \"Bounce Right Back\" (B-side of \"Like to Get to Know You Well\") – 4:33\n \"[Like to Get to Know You Well](https://bliptext.com/articles/like-to-get-to-know-you-well)\" – 3:58\n \n\n## US version\n**Side one**\n**Side two**\n \"Look Mama\" – 3:53\n \"Bounce Right Back\" – 4:34\n \"Elegy\" – 4:20\n \"Is There a Difference?\"\n– 3:33 \"Automaton\" – 4:04\n \"Hunger for the Flesh\" – 3:59\n \nIn May 2024, Cherry Red Records released new Special Edition versions of both \"Dream Into Action\" and the debut album, \"Human's Lib\" as CD + Blu-ray packages.\nThe releases feature new mixes of the albums by Stephen W Tayler.\nThe Blu-ray contains both 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio and 96/24 LPCM stereo versions by Tayler, plus Dolby Atmos versions of \"Things Can Only Get Better\" and \"Like to Get to Know You Well\" mixed by Bob Clearmountain.\n\n# Personnel\n\n## Production\n**Other credits**\n\n# Charts\n\n## Weekly charts\n\n## Year-end charts\n\n# Certifications","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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