Tears for Fears

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Bath, England (1981 – present)

Tears for Fears, named after a phrase found in Arthur Janov’s book Prisoners of Pain, are a British pop/rock outfit formed in 1981 in Bath, England, by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, two school friends and ex-members of Graduate. Initially associated with new wave and the new romantic movements, the duo’s earliest work (through 1983’s The Hurting) was explicitly based around the confusion and angst of adolescence. Though top forty regulars on both sides of the Atlantic, Orzabal and Smith made their major international breakthrough with Songs From the Big Chair in 1985, which included their most commercially popular material to date (scoring two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and a UK #2).

They released three albums - the synthesizer-based The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair (1985) (which broke free from the new-wave mold) and the jazz/blues/Beatles influenced The Seeds of Love (1989) - before Orzabal and Smith had an extremely acrimonious falling out.

The split of the duo was ultimately blamed on Orzabal’s intricate but frustrating approach to production and Smith’s distaste for the pop music world. The two spent the 1990s working separately.

Orzabal kept the band name alive by releasing the single

Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down), which also appeared on Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92).

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Riddlebook wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Aaawww, what a cute new photo :D

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mihocat wrote:
Wednesday morning

Shout,Seeds of Love.....I love them!

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IAJP wrote:
Monday afternoon

deffo goin on a tears for fears binge now, just decided after the hurting came on my shuffle...

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lizzylane wrote:
last week

Only expensive because they took so long on it, in Roland's own words.

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producerdan74 wrote:
last week

The Seeds Of Love - love it!! one of the most expensive album to create ever.

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psycontrole wrote:
last week

For ever and ever ever! Ever and sempre!

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tsu- wrote:
13 days ago

Bona!.

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asaki25 wrote:
15 days ago

Tears for fears are the best band ever. THE BEST BAND EVER

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FranROCK wrote:
16 days ago

Mad World é uma das melhores músicas já feitas.

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georgeisawesome wrote:
17 days ago

Tears for fears are the best band ever. THE BEST BAND EVER

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Annaabi wrote:
19 days ago

The Hurting is a mind melting album with a great concept.

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CeeMustaine wrote:
23 days ago

Mad World ♥

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DotsDisconnect wrote:
25 days ago

depeche mode should be the first similar artist!!

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koula10 wrote:
27 days ago

No tears for the creatures of the night.

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duHliciousTM wrote:
27 days ago

o som da minha infância! *-* [2] melhor nostalgia impossível!

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mulher_espuma wrote:
28 days ago

o som da minha infância! *-*

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CrackRawkSteady wrote:
last month

Tears for Fears = God tier

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lulled wrote:
last month

One little boy, one little man. Funny how time flies.

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lucas7599 wrote:
last month

Advice for the Young at Heart deserves to be at the Top 5

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z1ck_66 wrote:
last month

Shout (2)

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