Rock and roll heroes - Tears For Fears

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal combined prog and pop in the most brilliant way, at times they were Beatles influenced and in others, more of a new romantic band.
Along with Simple Minds, Tears For Fears are 2 of my favorite pop/rock bands from the 80´s era in the U.K. The albums "Songs from the big chair" (1985) and "Elemental" (1993) are without doubt their best and featured hits like Everybody wants to rule the world, Shout and Break it down again.

The 1995 album "Raoul and the kings of Spain" and Orzabal´s solo album "Tomcats screaming outside" from 2001 weren´t any big sellers which is a shame since they are just as great as their classic stuff, you will find plenty of intelligent songwriting here.

The first album "The hurting" from 1983 featured the big hit "Mad world" and it´s a good album but also a bit too soft I think, their last album "Everyone loves a happy ending" from 2004 was a nice comeback with Smith and Orzabal back together again. Too bad the DVD from Paris wasn´t equally good.

Ok, the 1989 album "Sowing the seeds of love" might feature the huge "Seeds of love" but I thought this album was quite boring to say the least. Not the Tears For Fears sound I wanted. The people who loved this album, never got into their other stuff.