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Dream into Action by  Released11 March 1985Recorded1984–1985StudioFarmyard Studios, , , England     Length55:45 chronology
(1984)Dream into Action
(1985)
(1986) from Dream Into Action ""
Released: 1 February 1985 ""
Released: 12 April 1985 ""
Released: 17 June 1985 ""
Released: 3 March 1986 (UK); 24 March 1986 (US)

Dream into Action is the second studio album by British pop musician . It was released in March 1985 and reached No. 2 in the . The 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.

The album contains the hit singles "" (UK No. 6, US No. 5), "" (UK No. 10) and "" (UK No. 14, US No. 19). Additionally, the track "" 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. The 1984 single "" (UK No. 4) was included on the album's CD reissue (and is also on the US version of the vinyl album). A world tour accompanied the album's original release with Jones playing  and the  in the UK, and arena-size venues in the US, Europe and Japan. In 2010, a remastered edition of the album was issued alongside Jones' debut album .

Reception

"Assault and Battery" was used in a 1986 episode of "".

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All songs written and composed by Howard Jones.

UK version

Side one

"" – 4:02 "" – 3:39 "Dream into Action" – 3:45 "" – 3:28 (initial issue), 4:13 (later reissues, single version) "" – 3:53 "Assault and Battery" – 4:51

Side two

"Automaton" – 4:04 "Is There a Difference?" – 3:33 "Elegy" – 4:20 "Specialty" – 3:58 "Why Look for the Key" – 3:23 "Hunger for the Flesh" – 3:59