Dream into Action


Dream into Action is the second studio album by the British pop musician Howard Jones. It was released in March 1985 and reached No.2 in the UK Album Charts. The album also reached the top ten in the US. The album achieved a gold certification in the UK and platinum status in the US and Canada.
The album contained the hit singles "Things Can Only Get Better", "Look Mama", "Life in One Day", and "Like to Get to Know You Well" though this last song was not included on the original UK vinyl or cassette editions. The version of "No One Is to Blame" that is featured on the initial release of this album is not the hit single version; this song was entirely re-recorded in a substantially re-arranged version by Phil Collins for single release. The re-recorded version of "No One Is to Blame" reached #16 in the UK and #4 in the US in 1986 and was included on a later second European pressing of the album.
In 2010, the album was remastered and re-released along with Jones' debut album Human's Lib.
A world tour accompanied the album's original release with Jones playing Wembley Arena and the Birmingham O2 Academy in the UK, and arena-size venues in the US, Europe and Japan.

Reception

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Howard Jones.

UK version

Side one
  1. "Things Can Only Get Better" – 4:02
  2. "Life in One Day" – 3:39
  3. "Dream into Action" – 3:45
  4. "No One Is to Blame" – 3:28, 4:13
  5. "Look Mama" – 3:53
  6. "Assault and Battery" – 4:51
Side two

  1. "Automaton" – 4:04
  2. "Is There a Difference?" – 3:33
  3. "Elegy" – 4:20
  4. "Specialty" – 3:58
  5. "Why Look for the Key" – 3.23
  6. "Hunger for the Flesh" – 3:59
CD bonus tracks

  1. "Bounce Right Back" – 4:33
  2. "Like to Get to Know You Well" – 3:58

US version

Side one
  1. "Things Can Only Get Better" – 4:02
  2. "Life in One Day" – 3:39
  3. "No One Is to Blame" – 3:28
  4. "Dream Into Action" – 3:45
  5. "Like to Get to Know You Well" – 4:01
  6. "Assault and Battery" – 4:51
Side two

  1. "Look Mama" – 3:53
  2. "Bounce Right Back" – 4:34
  3. "Elegy" – 4:20
  4. "Is There a Difference?" – 3:33
  5. "Automaton" – 4:04
  6. "Hunger for the Flesh" – 3:59

Personnel

Production
Other credits

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications