“We were solid, bungling amateurs on little mixing desks”: D:Ream on their road to platinum success with classic 1993 album D:Ream On Volume 1

Dream.

Their debut would achieve platinum status, peaking at a heady fifth in the UK album charts – propelled by Things Can Only Get Better – a number one smash that takes on more cultural significance with every passing election. 

But, it wasn’t an overnight success story, according to the duo of Peter Cunnah and Alan Mackenzie. “It was 11 years to overnight success,” says Peter. “But, when I met Alan in the early ’90s and formed D:Ream – that’s when it really kicked up a notch.”