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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).
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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Head Over Heels
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Sowing The Seeds Of Love
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Woman In Chains
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Change
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Advice For The Young At Heart
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Mothers Talk
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I Believe
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Break It Down Again
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The Working Hour
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Broken
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joshkouri wrote:
pale shelter totally rocks..[2]
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infectedmodes wrote:
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GlovesElectric wrote:
The best, man. The best of the best.
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TerrorMan wrote:
pale shelter totally rocks..
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pork_scratchers wrote:
People run in circles!
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OwlsFlyPanAm wrote:
<3 suffer the children <3 should be much higher 'the hurting' is a masterpiece
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mrlee192 wrote:
these guys are such good song writers. Id love for one of the new bands from the Brooklyn Movement to come out with a sound influenced by TFF!
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RonenKohavi wrote:
Songs from the Big Chair is an amazingly crafted album. http://www.last.fm/music/Ronen%2520Kohavi?ac=ronen
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z1ck_66 wrote:
Shout! Shout! Let It All Out!
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ativke wrote:
WOMAN IN F'N CHAINS!!!
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Kermit-Warfrog wrote:
I love Tears for Fears great synth pop with exceptional good lyrics :D
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David_g12 wrote:
good musics
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Stellardrone wrote:
simply the GREATEST :)
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backi480 wrote:
simply great !
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alkimo wrote:
So fucking awesome
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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
I really don't think they have a bad album. Though I think Seeds of Love and Everybody Loves a Happy Ending are my favourites. The fact that the latter wasn't a much bigger hit just suggests to me that people's taste is a bit suspect.
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LeSoares wrote:
advice for the young at heart ;P
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Paulii89 wrote:
lovee them!!:D:D alwayyss!
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DaddyPobbin wrote:
one of my favourite bands
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