Tag: Tears for Fears

  • Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, 1985 on Mercury

    Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, 1985 on Mercury

    Sophomore album from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, following The Hurting. Hard to imagine trying to follow up that record, but this went to number one in the US. “Shout” and “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” fueled that success. They’ve been touring again in support of The Tipping Point but I’ve not managed to…

  • Tears for Fears, The Tipping Point, 2022 on Concord

    Tears for Fears, The Tipping Point, 2022 on Concord

    I was such a huge fan of The Hurting, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s 1983 debut album – I think it was the first CD I ever had (and it was recorded at such low volume I had to crank the CD player to hear it). After Seeds of Love, Orzabal and Smith split, and…

  • Tears for Fears, The Hurting, 1983 on Mercury.

    Tears for Fears, The Hurting, 1983 on Mercury.

    Tears for Fears, The Hurting, 1983 on Mercury. This was actually one of my first CDs, and remains one of my top 20 of all time. This is an original US Hauppauge pressing I picked up at Daddy Kool Records last year – had been on my wants list for a long time The US…