Songs from The Big Chair: Vinyl LP
Tears For Fears are one of the defining bands of the 80s who have gone on to sell over 30 million albums, spawning over 20 #1 singles.
Recording started on the second studio album in early 1984. The band were keen to create something a little less insular than what had come before and open up the sound â bigger guitars, less reliance on sequencers and technology. Tears For Fearsâ willingness to do something different, to expand their musical horizons, aligned to the record labelâs natural desire to find a bigger audience and sell even more records, created the phenomenon that was âSongs From The Big Chairâ.
The rhythmic âMothers Talkâ was released as the first single in the UK in August 1984. The no. 14 hit was perhaps a modest start to the campaign, but on this thick fusion of funk, rock and technology, Roland invited listeners to âwake me up when things get started, when everything starts to happenâ. Rather good timing in fact, since everything was about to happen⊠In March 1985 âEverybody Wants To Rule The Worldâ led the âBig Chairâ single releases in the US, and the song quickly reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The melodic everyman lyric, appealing two-chord verse structure and MTV-pleasing video, conspired to make this rather atypical Tears For Fears track an enormous hit. This Stateside success would be consolidated as the chant-like âShoutâ belted out of radios across the nation in June 1985 and also reached the top spot, remaining there for three weeks. âHead Over Heelsâ was another major hit single (US no. 3), and the album almost inevitably went to number one. Tears For Fears found themselves leaders of the so-called âSecond British Invasionâ of the US pop charts in the mid-eighties and with this American success echoed across Europe (and beyond), they were irrefutably, one of the biggest bands in the world. âSongs From The Big Chairâ would go on to sell over five million copies in the US alone.
After the success of âThe Hurtingâ reissue last year, Tears For Fearsâ 10 million selling second album âSongs From The Big Chairâ will be re-released November 3rd 2014. The album, which contains global mega-hits Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World, will be celebrated across a number of formats including a spectacular six-disc super deluxe edition box set, which will include every remix and B-side issued commercially at the time, a disc of previously unreleased material and a 5.1 surround sound version of the album mixed by renowned musician and audio engineer, Steven Wilson.
Tracklisting
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
4. Mothers Talk
5. I Believe
6. Broken
7. Head Over Heels
8. Listen
Tears For Fears are one of the defining bands of the 80s who have gone on to sell over 30 million albums, spawning over 20 #1 singles.
Recording started on the second studio album in early 1984. The band were keen to create something a little less insular than what had come before and open up the sound â bigger guitars, less reliance on sequencers and technology. Tears For Fearsâ willingness to do something different, to expand their musical horizons, aligned to the record labelâs natural desire to find a bigger audience and sell even more records, created the phenomenon that was âSongs From The Big Chairâ.
The rhythmic âMothers Talkâ was released as the first single in the UK in August 1984. The no. 14 hit was perhaps a modest start to the campaign, but on this thick fusion of funk, rock and technology, Roland invited listeners to âwake me up when things get started, when everything starts to happenâ. Rather good timing in fact, since everything was about to happen⊠In March 1985 âEverybody Wants To Rule The Worldâ led the âBig Chairâ single releases in the US, and the song quickly reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The melodic everyman lyric, appealing two-chord verse structure and MTV-pleasing video, conspired to make this rather atypical Tears For Fears track an enormous hit. This Stateside success would be consolidated as the chant-like âShoutâ belted out of radios across the nation in June 1985 and also reached the top spot, remaining there for three weeks. âHead Over Heelsâ was another major hit single (US no. 3), and the album almost inevitably went to number one. Tears For Fears found themselves leaders of the so-called âSecond British Invasionâ of the US pop charts in the mid-eighties and with this American success echoed across Europe (and beyond), they were irrefutably, one of the biggest bands in the world. âSongs From The Big Chairâ would go on to sell over five million copies in the US alone.
After the success of âThe Hurtingâ reissue last year, Tears For Fearsâ 10 million selling second album âSongs From The Big Chairâ will be re-released November 3rd 2014. The album, which contains global mega-hits Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World, will be celebrated across a number of formats including a spectacular six-disc super deluxe edition box set, which will include every remix and B-side issued commercially at the time, a disc of previously unreleased material and a 5.1 surround sound version of the album mixed by renowned musician and audio engineer, Steven Wilson.
Tracklisting
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
4. Mothers Talk
5. I Believe
6. Broken
7. Head Over Heels
8. Listen
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Tears For Fears are one of the defining bands of the 80s who have gone on to sell over 30 million albums, spawning over 20 #1 singles.
Recording started on the second studio album in early 1984. The band were keen to create something a little less insular than what had come before and open up the sound â bigger guitars, less reliance on sequencers and technology. Tears For Fearsâ willingness to do something different, to expand their musical horizons, aligned to the record labelâs natural desire to find a bigger audience and sell even more records, created the phenomenon that was âSongs From The Big Chairâ.
The rhythmic âMothers Talkâ was released as the first single in the UK in August 1984. The no. 14 hit was perhaps a modest start to the campaign, but on this thick fusion of funk, rock and technology, Roland invited listeners to âwake me up when things get started, when everything starts to happenâ. Rather good timing in fact, since everything was about to happen⊠In March 1985 âEverybody Wants To Rule The Worldâ led the âBig Chairâ single releases in the US, and the song quickly reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The melodic everyman lyric, appealing two-chord verse structure and MTV-pleasing video, conspired to make this rather atypical Tears For Fears track an enormous hit. This Stateside success would be consolidated as the chant-like âShoutâ belted out of radios across the nation in June 1985 and also reached the top spot, remaining there for three weeks. âHead Over Heelsâ was another major hit single (US no. 3), and the album almost inevitably went to number one. Tears For Fears found themselves leaders of the so-called âSecond British Invasionâ of the US pop charts in the mid-eighties and with this American success echoed across Europe (and beyond), they were irrefutably, one of the biggest bands in the world. âSongs From The Big Chairâ would go on to sell over five million copies in the US alone.
After the success of âThe Hurtingâ reissue last year, Tears For Fearsâ 10 million selling second album âSongs From The Big Chairâ will be re-released November 3rd 2014. The album, which contains global mega-hits Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World, will be celebrated across a number of formats including a spectacular six-disc super deluxe edition box set, which will include every remix and B-side issued commercially at the time, a disc of previously unreleased material and a 5.1 surround sound version of the album mixed by renowned musician and audio engineer, Steven Wilson.
Tracklisting
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
4. Mothers Talk
5. I Believe
6. Broken
7. Head Over Heels
8. Listen
