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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Cliff Richard/Tears for Fears |
| Date | Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:17:19 -0400 |
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From: <gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar>
> 2) What are good to great Tears for Fears albums to buy..I know
> their hits..and I like them..but i dont have anything by them..
I tuned out after the third album, but the first three are all so
different in style that it's hard to say one is "better" than the
others. 1983's THE HURTING is a seriously mopey synth album (singles:
"Mad World," "Pale Shelter," "Suffer the Children," "Change" -- the
last is probably my single favorite TFF song). 1985's SONGS FROM THE
BIG CHAIR is their grab for the brass ring, a straight-up mid-'80s pop
record and probably their most consistent album (singles: "Everybody
Wants To Rule the World," "Shout," "Head Over Heels," "Mothers Talk").
And I've personally always thought the third album, 1989's THE SEEDS
OF LOVE, was an overblown, self-indulgent mess (singles: "Sowing the
Seeds of Love," an attempt at '67 Beatles that I can't stand, and
"Woman In Chains," an R&B ballad featuring Oleta Adams that I've
always liked -- it was huge when I was DJing at an R&B station in
Clovis NM). I've never bothered to pick up the later records.
Basically, buy whichever one has the most songs you recognize and move
on from there if you're still interested.
S
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