Tears For Fears
Songs From The Big Chair
© Mercury
June 29 - July 5, 2025
Year of Release: 2002
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Shout
The Working Hour
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Mothers Talk
I Believe
Broken
Head Over Heals/
Broken (Live)
Listen
The Big Chair
Empire Building
The Marauders
Broken Revisited
The Conflict
Mothers Talk (U.S. Remix)
Shout (U.S. Remix)
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It's been 40 years since the release of Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair, and in 1999 Mercury Records
released bonus tracks along with the original 8 tracks from the album. From 1983 to 2022, TFF released a total of seven
studio albums, yet the songs from Songs From The Big Chair are the famous songs that everyone remembers. The
Seeds Of Love was another album that achieved the title track hit. Yet, it's songs such as "Everybody Wants To
Rule The World," "Head Over Heals/Broken (Live)" and "Shout" (all from Songs From The Big chair) that
everyone will mention, right away.
Of those three songs mentioned, "Shout" leads off the album, and in my opinion, this song was way overplayed, and
of thoset hree songs, "Shout" has never been one of my favorites. In fact, I think this album should have started
with "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," a song that 40 years later, still sounds fresh and great. "The
Working Hour" has a great Smooth Jazz feel to it, yet it kicks into a Rock style. It easily fits TFF's style as well.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is the third track, and as mentioned, it is most likely their most famous hit,
and most favorite. "Mothers Talk" has that '80s Pop/Rock sound, more compared to that of Duran Duran, and/or The
Power Station. "I Believe" is very mellow, and quite the mood with the energetic songs previously heard on the
album. "Broken" returns to the upbeat Pop/Rock (Duran Duran/Power Station) sound. The ending of this song is
quite noticed, as it is part of the next song, "Head Over Heals/Broken (Live)." Many have thought that the spelling
was "Head Over HeEls" and that title only. As spelled on the album - "Head Over HeAls/Broken
(Live)." The "Broken (Live)" portion is instrumental, with it's Duran Duran compared sound. "Listen" is
the last track, from the original release; another mellow track, mostly instrumental.
Seven Bonus Tracks: "The Big Chair" is mostly electronic instrumental music (Kraftwerk?) "Empire
Building" is another energetic, dance club, pulsing styled track, and instrumental. "The Marauders" has the
TFF sound (yet electronic in a way), as heard from the original Songs From The Big Chair, and it could have easily
fitted the album, being another instrumental. "Broken Revisited" is where the "Broken" pieces from the original
album left off, with nonsense lyrics (or are they backwards hidden messages?) "The Conflict" suits its title -
A "conflict" for the original tracks on the SFTBC? Yes. "The Conflict" has a mood for the soundtrack of a movie.
U.S. Remixes are for the remaining two bonus tracks - "Mothers Talk" and "Shout." Why wasn't remixes of
both "Head Over Heals" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" as bonus tracks? It's obvious that the
orignal "Head Over Heals/Broken (Live)" was not the single heard on the radio; the entire ending of "Broken
(Live)" was not heard on the single. The "Shout" Remix is much different than the original.
The original eight tracks on Songs From The Big Chair is what Tears For Fears is famous for. The bonus tracks
are for mostly for electronic fans; the U.S. Remixes added. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is the most
standout hit, and for instrumentalists, check out the jazz band Fattburger's version. Tears For Fears released a new
studio album in 2022, as their fanbase still is quite popular, since their breakthrough success in 1985. Listen to how
it all started for Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair.
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