Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair (2LP, Transparent Red vinyl)
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Tears For Fears [click here to see more vinyl featuring Tears for Fears]
Vocals : Roland Orzabal (A1–B4, D1–D4), Curt Smith (A1–B4, D1–D4)
Backing Vocals : Sandy McLelland (A1, B3), Stevie Lange (A4), Annie McCaig (B3), Marilyn Davis (B3, B4)
Drums : Chris Hughes (A1), Manny Elias (A2), Jerry Marotta (A2)
Grand Piano : Andy Davis (A2, B3), Roland Orzabal (B1)
Guitar : Neil Taylor – guitar solo (A3, B2)
Saxophone : Mel Collins (A2), William Gregory – saxophone solos (A2, B1)
Operatic Vocals : Marilyn Davis (B4)
Arranged by Ian Stanley (B4), Manny Elias – drum arrangement (A2), Jerry Marotta – saxophone arrangement (A2)
Written by Roland OrzabalIan (all tracks),Hughes (A3, C3), Smith (B3, D3), Stanley (A1 to A4, B4, C1 to C4, D4), Elias (A2, C2)
1 LP, gatefold jacket
40th Annivesary Deluxe Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Transparent Red
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Mercury
Original Label : Mercury
Recorded 1983–1984 at The Wool Hall Studio (Beckington)
Engineered by David Bascombe
Produced by Chris Hughes
Photography by Tim O'Sullivan
Originally released in February 1985
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A
- Shout
- The Working Hour
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Mothers Talk
Side B
- I Believe
- Broken
- Head Over Heels
- Listen
Side C
- Shout (Alternative Mix)
- The Working Hour (Piano Version)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Alternative Single Version)
- Mothers Talk (Early Mix)
Side D
- I Believe (A Soulful Re- Recording)
- Broken (Demo)
- Head Over Heels (Hughes 7" Edit)
- Listen (Clean Intro)
Awards:
Slant Magazine ranked the record at number 95 on its list of the best albums of the 1980s and Pitchfork placed it 87th
Reviews :
“If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs from the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith's shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band's music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication. The songwriting of Orzabal, Smith, and keyboardist Ian Stanley took a huge leap forward, drawing on reserves of palpable emotion and lovely, protracted melodies that draw just as much on soul and R&B music as they do on immediate pop hooks. The album could almost be called pseudo-conceptual, as each song holds its place and each is integral to the overall tapestry, a single-minded resolve that is easy to overlook when an album is as commercially successful as Songs from the Big Chair. And commercially successful it was, containing no less than three huge commercial radio hits, including the dramatic and insistent march, "Shout" and the shimmering, cascading "Head Over Heels," which, tellingly, is actually part of a song suite on the album. Orzabal and Smith's penchant for theorizing with steely-eyed austerity was mistaken for harsh bombasticism in some quarters, but separated from its era, the album only seems earnestly passionate and immediate, and each song has the same driven intent and the same glistening remoteness. It is not only a commercial triumph, it is an artistic tour de force. And in the loping, percolating "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," Tears for Fears perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the mid-'80s while impossibly managing to also create a dreamy, timeless pop classic. Songs from the Big Chair is one of the finest statements of the decade.” AllMusic Review by Stanton Swihart
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.68 / 5