D:Ream - U R The Best Thing (Sasha Dub) - FXU - 1992

D:Ream - U R The Best Thing
Label: FXU
Catalog#: 12 FXUR 2
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Style: House, Synth-pop

Tracklisting:
A1: U R The Best Thing (Sasha Full Mix) (7:55)
Remix - Sasha , Tom Frederikse
A2: U R The Best Thing (Sasha Dub) (6:38)
Remix - Sasha , Tom Frederikse
B1: U R The Best Thing (D-Remix) (6:33)
B2: U R The Best Thing (Radio Edit) (4:10)

Real Name: Peter Cunnah (vocals) & Al Mackenzie (producer)
Profile: Formed by Peter Cunnah and Al McKenzie in 1991, D:Ream was originally designed to be fronted by a female diva with Peter in a writing and production role and Al in a DJ role within a live band setup. An important live date arrived before the diva role had been filled and Peter, having written the tunes, found himself fronting, albeit somewhat reluctantly, he learned to love it.

By late 1991, D:Ream had built a solid club reputation through PA'sand parties and had been touted as the act that could bring back vocal and the song onto the dancefloor, at the time dominated by instrumentals and samples.

D:Ream's initial reputation lay in an ongoing series of 12" white label mixes of 'U R The Best Thing' which soon topped the dance charts.
The combination of strong songwriting and fat grooves kept this and 'Things Can Only Get Better', fresh on the dance floor throughout some 18 months, the latters anthemic optimism reflecting the early 90's clubland positivity and energy. 12"promos by DJ friends like Sasha, Leftfield, Sine and David Moralessecured a reputation for hot low level marketing with attitiude but Peter was already interested in evolving the tunes toward shorter radio friendly 7" formats in the run-up to a debut album.

This backed by the long currency of the 12" mixes in the clubs made for four TOP 40 placings in '93 with edits of 'U R The Best Thing',Things Can Only Get Better, Unforgiven and Star/I Like It. Suspicions of a pop destination were raised by Al MacKenzie's sudden departure at the end of that year, and sure enough, Peter went headlong for TOP 5 with refinings of 'Things Can Only Get Better' a number 1 and a masterful Perfecto edit of 'U R The Best Thing' which hit number 4.
A rapidly reissued 'D:Ream On Vol 1' LP, whose trippy e-inspired sleeve had been replaced with a full-on 'popstar' image of Peter, confirmed the end of D:Reams clubland phase. A second LP, 'World', in 1995, suffered from a distinct lack of DJ support and D:Ream's chart-placings for singles slipped also with only 'shoot me with your love' seeing the inside of the TOP 10.

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