Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair ( vinyl LP )

Release date: 02-11-2014(Originally issued in 1985)

2014 EU reissue 180g vinyl LP with hit "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" 

Accessible and ambitious, Tears for Fears’ phenomenal 10-million-selling second album, Songs From The Big Chair, marked a transition in the band’s sound and catapulted them into international prominence.

Tracks:
A1. Shout
A2. The Working Hour
A3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
A4. Mothers Talk

B1. I Believe
B2. Broken
B3. Head Over Heels
B4. Listen

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” led the Songs from the Big Chair single releases, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 in the U.S.. “Shout” was the band’s second single and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks. The album inevitably went straight to No. 1, selling 5-million copies in the U.S. alone.

Songs from the Big Chair peaked at No. 2 on the U.K. album charts and remained in the Top 10 for over six months. The album went on to yield the hit singles “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (which spent 14 weeks in the U.K. Top 5 and peaked at No. 2) and “Shout,” which reached No. 4 and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. Both became global smash hits.

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith formed Tears for Fears in 1981, after finding inspiration in the new electronic movement. Their six studio albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide and produced some of the most recognized songs in New Wave. Tears for Fears are currently in the studio working on their first album in nearly a decade, with a release tentatively slated for 2015.