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3.5
really good highs but kinda boring lows
Shout is not a Depeche Mode song
This is a roll through a mountain range, peaks and valleys. All beautiful views even if not everything is spectacular. Some of it is simply enjoying the build and climbing down from the hits. I don't know how many times I have a bass line or melody from this album in my head. It can take days for me to identify it and recognize that I've just been feeling the wind and remembering that road trip through the mountains.
loved itttttt
Wauw, dit vond ik echt een te gekke plaat. Kende de hits al uiteraard, maar de rest was ook erg goed.
Well, that takes me back to high school dances. Really great song writing. One of the few New Wave bands I got into. I think maybe because they were less synth oriented than others. Either way, loved this album.
Well I enjoyed this 80s powerhouse album. Some cracking tunes I needed and bizarrely this was a great Monday morning vibe.
When I was little, I hated "Head Over Heels" for some reason. I think it was the introduction to it. Now, though? I love that song and really enjoy driving to this whole album. Pretty close to pop perfection.
Such a great New Wave album. The Hurting finally got the recognition it didn't get back then too.
Pretty nice synth pop. Not much else to say here. A solid album.
Great in the 80’s. Still sounds good.
sonzão tri
Top production if a tad overcooked at times. Good writing. Vocals aren't great imo. Decent stuff overall.
Sooooooooo 1980s. This album is totally of its time, but still sounds really great. The production and recording quality is second to none, and really serves the excellent songs. I know they feel Everybody Wants To Rule the World was a throw-away, quick and dirty (minimal) effort, they were at the height of their powers. Everybody..., along with Shout and Head Over Heels provide hooky anchors to this lean yet expansive, experimental yet commercial, personal yet cinematic. A pop highwater mark of the decade
The singles are definitely the standouts!
Wow I felt like I was listening to a straight up 80's movie soundtrack! Like every song, not just the bit hits. They nailed their sound so perfectly and fully encapsulated a decade of music in the process. Very cool vocals that are just fun to sing.
something happens and I'm head over heels
OMG, la diferencia entre los hits y los no hits parecen marcar lo temporal, qué cosas hace el cerebro con los sonidos. Impresionante. Amé.
First time I think I listened to the entire album...better than I thought it would be.
Really like some of the songs on this album. Always felt like it was a quintessential 80s pop album. There are some songs that aren’t that great and seem like filler but overall it’s pretty good. 7.7/10
All of the hits on this album are bangers and the rest are pretty good too. Epitome of the 80s and still holds up
Has some big hits on here. They don’t know how to make a song under 4 minutes in length lol
Punchy 80s pop, including some absolute bangers
Legit great album.
Timeless! A classic 80's masterpeice...
This was a blast from the past!
What a great reminder of all the fantastic music that came out of the 80's. What was particularly interesting was the way that the album seemed to defy genre. It seemed at times new wave, at times experimental rock, at times early indie and at times soundscape. Loved exploring the couple of songs that I didn't know on this album!
Hi- Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Mothers Talk, Broken, Head Over Heels Lo- The Working Hour Chances are if you're into New Wave even a tiny bit, you're going to run into this album at some point; Shout launches right out of the gate with velocity and variation, but then transforms into the clunker The Working Hour, which sounds like someone's been over-working the saxophone beyond manufacturer's specification for an entire hour...Everybody Wants To Rule The World brings the show back on track, and Mothers Talk's driving beats really keeps things moving, then we get time to catch our breath with I Believe, a minimalistic late-night track with much more restrained use of sax. But then you're thrust right into Broken, with its big beats and driving bass...then it flows right into Head Over Heels, which at its core is a simple track but manages to sound much larger than the sum of its parts, this track is featured prominently in the movie Donny Darko and it just makes the movie come alive. But then, we're pulled back into Broken! The song-within-a-song is a wild experience and really the highlight of the whole album. The album concludes with Listen, which evokes an otherworldly sense of wonder, something, you'd hear it at the Laserdome at your local planetarium, though it tends to overstay its welcome. It's a worthwhile album to listen to, if for nothing more than the Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken progression.
Pretty gewd for some 80s tunes. I already knew half the songs though
I thought I hated "everybody wants to rule the world" but this album is full of bops
Un son très typé 80s. Des petits côtés Depeche Mode. Je connaissais pas du tout, j'aime beaucoup
I find the '80s synthpop sounds boring, I also find slow pop-jazz boring, But the struggle between the two in "Songs from a Big Chair"? Surprisingly enjoyable. PS. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" sounds familiar. It's popular, but it's not that great. PPS. Slow pop-jazz won. Hence the boring latter half. Not that it'll be better if the synthpop elements engulfed it anyway.
Always slightly put off listening to this album as the singles , especially Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World were a source of constant irritation back in the day due to seemingly never being off the radio! I much preferred the later Sewing The Seeds Of Love album featuring the great Oleta Adams which had less of an 80s production ( to these ears at least). However it's hard to deny the brilliance of the songwriting and the arrangements and I was surprised by how much of it I'd already heard. Favourite tracks have to be The Working Hour and I Believe. 7/10
I'm not sure what it was that got me interested in this album enough for me to purchase the cassette but I did. It just was not the type of music I remember being into at the time, I was an avid reader of Circus and Hit Parader, magazines that largely focused on hard rock and heavy metal. Ratt, Dokken, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were more my speed. We didn't have MTV but there was Friday Night Videos on network tv so that mustbe were I came across these guys. There's some great stuff here of course, the three singles, "Shout," "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and especially "Head Over Heels" are mid 80s all-timers. I probably liked "Shout" cause it seemed kind of pissed off and badass and then the rest kind of sorted it out I suppose. Looking back on the year this came out and the other music that came out around the same time, I was definitely into Rush's "Power Windows," (sort of a hard rock band really leaning into synths) "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits and Weird Al's "Born To Be Stupid" so I guess it was a transitional time for me. I was growing up and it probably had something to do with girls.
Great 80s album.
Really picked up towards the end!
Big songs, big ideas, feels like a pop concept album. A forgotten master of 80s hit LPs.
Good
"shout" + "everybody rules the world"
Очень красиво, атмосферно
I grew up with this album on cassette in my early pre-teen years. And it has been fun to re-listen to this after so many years. And interesting how well this music has been ingrained in my memory. It's a great album with some really good songwriting, even better than I remember. But on the other hand Tears for Fears suffers from the thing that's so prevalent in the 80's, and that is that every possible silence had to be filled with another sound. And another. A cowbell here, a trumpet there, a quick voice over the top and then a drumroll. Nothing wrong with their songwriting, clearly talented, but the lesson of 'less is more' never reached them.
Oh man the vibes this record is giving off. Most of this album was still in rotation in the early 90s when I was growing up and started hearing pop music. I have a lot of nostalgia for Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Head Over Heels
look it's,, fine?? would almost say a bop. but there's just something off.. idk how to explain it my brain is telling me 'this is a good thing, this is an enjoyable thing', but the enjoying part of my brain hasn't got the memo. is this good? yeah, i think so. do i like this? hmmmmmm
Some corkers, some unlistenable
Unexpected and interesting
Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair is the kind of album that one can go back to again and again and learn new and wonderful things about this great duo.
The reverb-heavy power-pop invokes a sense of scope with each track, making it a captivating listen. I love the guitar and synth work. BEST TRACKS: Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Mothers Talk, Broken WORST TRACKS: I Believe
Classic album, some big hits on here.
4, dang good. the non-hits are excellent too without overstaying their welcome.
I've never heard this full album before but it's fucking cool. A few slow moments but the good bits make up for it. Also, 8 songs and 40min is a great album length. 4/5.
A couple of great hits in there.
Ahhh ca... Pensé que todas esas eran Depeche mode
Some bangers, album zit goed in elkaar. Was ook fan van listen (laatste liedje) heel close bij een 5, denk als ik het meer beluister dat het dan nog wel komt 4,5
I really like this one. Seems like a transition point between 80s pop and the indie loved in the '00s. The two hits are the best songs on the album.
Wow! Of course I heard some Tears for Fears before, but this album is just full of hits and even the deeper cuts are great. The production for the time it was recorded is crystal clear. It has some low moments and some of the songs are maybe bit too long, but maybe it will grow on me over time. Fav tracks: Head over Heels, Broken, The Working Hour, Shout
Fun and sad at the same time. You can hear the influence they had on a lot of other artists. Definitely gonna listen to it again.
Already a big Tears for Fears fan so will try not to be bias going into this one. The Hurting is one of my favourite albums but I don't think I know most of these tracks. Shout - It's hard not to be bias when you lead with a fantastic track like this. The Working Hour - Absolutely love this, the intro and saxophone is beautiful. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Classic track and not really much I can say other than it's loved for a reason. Mother's Talk - Sounds a little James Bondy in the intro - oh, I actually know this song, a bit less poppy that the previous tracks and probably the worst so far. I Believe - Much slower than the others, feels like I'm in an empty, jazzy dive bar at night. I like this, even with such an odd vocal style it sounds pretty. Broken - I Believe led so well into this with it's flashier style and with the hints of 'Head Over Heels' in it, this sounds great alone and amazing between the two tracks. Head over Hells - And then into one of my favourite Tears for Fears songs, what a great song with such an amazing guitar. Listen - Not a fan of this (and tbh a fan of good albums tending to end on the dullest, saddest song) - it's not bad just not great in comparison to the tracks leading to it. Overall it was a fantastic album (bias or not) and I can see why it's considered a classic though I would still personally rate and recommend The Hurting over it. A couple of tracks I didn't get on with which stops it being a 5 star but I'd definitely rate it a 4!
SHout, Everybody wants to rule the World, Head of Heals - the soundrack of my early youth. Rest of album, ok, nothign special.
A rounded up three and a half. It's not so much dated as frozen in amber, but the bangers still hit home and it does feel like a coherent collection of songs. A proper album.
The sound of the Eighties, was often to throw in everything up to and including the kitchen sink. That's what this album sounds like. But _soulfully_
I’d listen again
I already knew some, enjoyed it.
Interesting!
Solid 80s album with a hanful of pretty great hits.
Like so many albums of this era, it's got some bangers (❤️Head over Heals), tracks that made 31 on #TOTP and some absolute fillers. But definitely very polished and great singalong material.
head over heels is one of my all time favs and the album is great
Loved it when it came out. Still sounds very good.
Seminal 80s power-pop
This was an interesting ones. The only songs I knew by Tears For fears were Mad World and Shout and I had no idea that the two songs are by the same band. That feeling holds true for this entire album. Between one song and the next it can feel difficult to believe that it's the same album. Some tracks are really straightforward and simple, while others are really deep and ambitious. Some seem more akin to synth-pop while others are more akin to prog rock, yet their basic sound stays very recognizable with a character of its own. I needed to give it two spins and still can't entirely wrap my head around it, but I certainly enjoyed it.
-I liked this album -Love the 80's feel -Kind of wish the last song on the album was a little more exciting -Favourite songs are Shout, Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels/Broken
head over heels es un hit universal nunca identifiqué shout con ellos
The sounds of the '80s
some solid classics and these guys have great voices. Very stereotypical 80's, makes me miss GLOW worried I might not remember these guys when I want to listen to just 80's because this is a solid album. Def 4 out of 5
A great 80s pop album, great songs throughout though a couple get annoying at times (Mothers talk, I believe). The keyboards and guitar drive this album with heart-warming songs of Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Head over Heels, to darker material including The Working Hour. Apart from a couple of songs, a fantastic album.
Yes.
Opening track is a killer, and Everybody... is pretty much the 80's encapsulated in pop perfection. Rest of the album is great too.
Solid. 7.5/10. One bummer song- #2
VERY EXCELLENT
Some real classics on this. A general theme of the album is the oppression of the working man so it felt satisfying listening to this when I should have had my head in spreadsheets. Sounds similiar to Talk Talk's Colour of Spring (just not as good)
Big fan of that lead in to 'Head Over Heels' from 'Broken'.
80s goodness with a twist that excels it forward, great album
Muy buen disco
Excellent album. A couple of slower songs that weren't great, but almost all bangers.
A 4.5 that just doesn't quite reach 5 level. Don't get me wrong, this album is amazing - Everybody Wants To Rule The World might be a top ten song all time for me, but I feel like it wanes a bit in the middle. Last song is a little weird, too, but everything else is very strong Already Saved: Everybody Wants To Rule The World Saved After Listening: Shout, Head Over Heels / Broken*
This album has all the hits.
Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records. The album peaked at number two in the UK and at number one in the US and Canada, becoming a multi-platinum seller in all three countries. It also reached number one in Germany and the Netherlands and the top 10 in various other countries including Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland.
4/5 well that was a surprise, nice!
Big fan of this group… loved this album
Great album “Shout & Head over Heals, Mothers Talk, Listen Like their ability to make such varied songs on one album 💿 makes this a great listen
Classic album alert! All the great Tears for Fears songs are here on one album. I didn't fall in love with any of the songs that weren't hits but of course Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world, and Head over heels are enough to push this into the 4 category.
Here's one we all know and love, with the big hits too! A lot of long songs on here, and unfortunately I kind of feel the length on some of them. But as a whole, this is a great '80s pop album. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" continues to rip almost 40 years later, as does "Head Over Heels." I also really liked the interlude prior to Head Over Heels, with hints of the melody to come. This is a terrific album, I think it's against the law to give this any lower than a 4. Favorite tracks: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Head Over Heels, Listen, Shout, Broken. Album art: Not a bad band photo, very intimate. Are they lovers? It's not super interesting but I wouldn't disagree with anyone labelling this iconic. Love the sweater, need that sweater. 4.5/5
Solid gold pop bangers. The kind of "don't give a fuck" pop music that feels very 2020s.
This was good. Enjoyable to listen to in the background.
Sympa les premières notes de l'instru de la première. - Everybody Wants to Rule the World: validé - The Marauders: très longue et redondante
A few classic 80s anthems interspersed with some not as well known but equally as excellent synth pop. A few tracks dragged on a bit (only 8 songs in a 40 minute record!) and the last track didn’t add much for me which stops it being a 5
Still a completely unique sound in my mind, plus three huge hits.
Good album with a couple of big hits…
Shout was my favorite so far
There are some indispensable bangers, but a lot of space fillers too... "Listen" is three times too long
A classic. The sound is dated, but I love it for that.
9/10 👌🏽
I often confuse TFF with depeche mode. fun 80s music! 4.0
Not my cup of tea.
Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule The World, and Head Over Heels are pretty foundational 80s songs for me. But I think it's a pretty objective truth that this is a very good album.
Ich habe gerade nach 10 Tagen work am Stück einfach nicht mehr die Energie jeden Songs bis ins kleinste Detail zu analysieren. Die Singles sind geil, Shout ist geil, everybody wants to rule the world ist geil und jetzt kenn ich endlich den interpreten davon haha, Head over heels auch geil und listen klingt gerade ziemlich nice. Sehr coole 80s synths sounds auf der Platte ok bye next
Очень хороший альбом. Shout / Everybody Wants To Rule The World прекрасны.
Sounded great, singer had an interesting voice, recognized some classic songs too! Now I can place some faces to the name 'Tears for Fears'
Really good pop album. Not usually my style but this is the gold standard
A good album. Really, really strong singles, unfortunately muddled by some lackluster deep cuts, but overall a great slice of 80s synth pop
Probably 3.5*. Much better than I expected. Very 80s, but huge sound.
Big bangers, classic nostalgia and interesting percussion. Some filler.
Was not expecting to really like this. It slaps.
Good fun 80's vibes
Peak 80's with some classics.
Nice
Nice 80's vibe, with an awesome opening number ;)
The Working Hour Everybody Wants to Rule the World I Believe
7.5 solid
Shout. Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Another great album.
Really good
Pretty good! I liked the sounds and instrumentation a lot but I felt like the songwriting had some weak moments
Biggest surprise was me liking _The Working Hour_, despite it having a sax
I used to think the 80s was crap. I was wrong
Well, Everybody Wants to Rule the World is good of course, and Shout has some nostalgic value for me that makes up for the fact I don't really like the song. Head Over Heels was good too, and most songs were at least pleasant to listen to passively.
Sound of the 80s. 2 temazos, buenas instrumentales. Shout!
Das war die erste Platte mit der ich meine Mutter „geschockt“ habe. Als Cassette ausgeliehen aus der Katholischen Öffentlichen Bücherei und dann mangels eigener Technik immer in der Küche gespielt. „Was ist das denn für schreckliche Musik, Guido? So unmelodisch!“. Über diese 36 Jahre alte Aussage/Einschätzung denke ich tatsächlich bis heute immer mal wieder nach, weil ich sie so komplett nicht nachvollziehen konnte/kann. Ich war Riesenfan von Shout und Everybody Wants To Rule The World, und was bitteschön ist denn an diesem Songs unmelodisch??? Da jetzt echt mal 3 (!!!) Fragezeichen dran. Jedenfalls: mit bombastigen Synthie-Arrangements krichse mich ja immer, luftige 80s-Drums dazu und dann noch so räudige Gitarren: Ja klar komm ich mit! Ach so, Stimmen von den beiden fand ich auch immer top, von mir aus auch in Balladen. Vom Sound her kaum deutlicher in den 80ern einzuordnen und trotzdem fresh wie Ulricke Jokiels Kühlschrank morgens um 6 - dieses Album hält für mich alles, was Depeche Mode letzte Woche versemmelt haben. Einmal mit Profis arbeiten! 4,2 Punkte.
I just knew one song from this band, but this album surprised me. It's very good.
Iconic song
Un 4 ... no me ha encantado el álbum del todo. Aunque está muy bien.
Aussie classic
Pop rock
I already knew I liked this album beforehand. Everybody Wants to Rule the World & Head Over Heels are classics. Honestly both Shout and Mothers Talk are a bit boring compared to the rest of them. Production is insanely clean as well.
3 good songs but they’re really good songs
The first song is amazing
Just "Shout" and "Everybody wants to rule the world" already make this album worth it. I liked it!
The album is short and stripped of filler, just how I like it. The opening track, "Shout", is a 10/10 masterpiece, but some others are a bit too singy for me.
Really cool album from the 80's, I'm normally more of a rock/metal guy, but the writing and mixing is fantastic
So many great songs, but I think the sequencing is kinda whack. You can’t follow “Shout” with “The Working Hour,” sorry. Total buzzkill. Pretty amazing sax solo on that one tune!
So so 80s
classic 80s new wave. some classic 80s cheesy sax in there too.
No sabía qué esperar de este disco y vaya que me sorprendió. Shout se me hace la mejor, inclusive arriba de Everyboyd Wants To Rule The World. Después el disco se cae un poco, Head Over Heels / Broken es la rescatable. No me encantaron las dos canciones casi instrumentales, The Working Hour y Listen. Creo que le restan al disco. 3.5 que subo a 4 porque en general sí es fácil de escuchar completo.
A damn classic. It even has their two most popular songs on it but don't let them distract form the rest of this bad boy
A few classics, forgettable others. Still a good listen
Great album top to bottom. Got to love that 80's synth pop sound.
Great songs, great production.
Great album. Can’t believe Shout, Everybody..., and Head Over Heels are all from the same album. Some songs are forgettable, but the highs are so high. The transition from Broken to Head Over Heels is so smooth. Head over heels is my fave, followed by Shout.
Actually good
This album and duo made more of the 80s than you would think
Some solid classics here.
I really enjoyed this album, but I have really mixed feelings about this genre. I don’t like the vocal style, it’s just weird to me. On the other hand, the layers to the music is incredible, for being “pop” music there are a good amount of complex rhythms, instrumentation, and chords.
I thought this was gunna be hella shit and yes it was cheesy but so catchy and ‘everybody wants to rule the world’ is just a classic hit
Some good tracks and memories
No había escuchado el disco completo y que gusto haberlo hecho tiene coherencia entre canciones y te hace sentir en un solo track sin molestia EWTRTW es una de mis canciones favoritas y ahora mas con el plus de tener rolas tan buenas al lado a muy pocas bandas le ha funcionado tener sax en la mayoría de sus canciones
De todo el synth-pop ochentero que nos ha tocado en la lista, este es por mucho el que más me ha gustado. Quizá es porque tiene mucho menos énfasis en el lado synth, o porque es un disco corto y va al grano, o porque cada canción tiene su sonido propio, sin convertirse en una rola original y luego un montón de malas copias de ella.
Shout fucks.
This is one of the defining albums of 80s New Wave. This is a big budget record with a big budget sound. The layers of synths and drum machines provide good color while their voices are clearly the focus when they’re present. Overall, very solid record. Favorite song: Shout Least favorite song: Broken
Good songs but a lot of them sounded very similar.
Enjoyed that, blast from the very past.
Actually quite enjoyed, have never sat down with a Tears for Fears album before. Might listen again.
Mother's Talk is the best song, and I don't see how that can be argued. This album is a hit parade, and even someone who had never heard the name Tears for Fears would have recognized at least one song. Shout is far too long- it could have been cut down by two minutes. I enjoyed the jazz elements and the vocals were great.
The first part is the best
Am a Tears For Fears fan in general, but had never heard more than the singles from this album. They were definitely the strongest offerings, as it turns out. The album is still a good one though, and I'd easily listen to it again. 4 stars.
Has a few big hits, really enjoy this album.
Classic 80s. What's not to love?
Different start then I expected. Has a weird psychedelic sound meshed with the 80s. Shout has a real stadium sound. Working Hour has a weirdly George Michael feel but with more rock. Ok so Working Hour is SMOOTH. Everybody Wants To Rule The World is a classic for a reason and it sounds like a Full House opening. Mothers Talk took me off guard sounding like funky fight music. Mothers Talk is fine kinda funky but kind of a mess maybe i don't know. Was I Believe made by Joji? I Believe is actually one of the best jazz lounge sleep songs I've heard. Broken should not come after I Believe it took me way off guard. Broken was fine but Head Over Heels/Broken is a really awesome transition song. OH MY GOD IT'S THIS SONG. 🎶Something happens and I'm head over heels🎶 Best song on the album so far so triumphant and high energy. I adore the transition into Listen. Listen sort of sounds like OG vaporwave and I just wanna drift off to it. Listen was really strange but I also think it's one of my favorites on this album.
Classic New Wave. Curt Smith is an 80s god. Classic songs too.
Great album
its nice but i dont think its exceptional
progressive pop for the time. i loved shout and everybody wants to rule the world.
Absolutely slaps, closer to a 5 but not quite there for me. S/o Jake making this my 5th (?) Listen this year
Usually not a fan of new wave so I was surprised to find myself liking this so much. Great album
Possible hot take but I liked The Hurting more.
intresting but not with too much other impression
Meh.
The hits are great but some of the other songs are a bit forgettable. 3 1/2
Good
OK. 3/5
7/10
It's alright
Marvellously overblown and over produced. If I was a different frame of mind, I'd score it higher, but today .... nope.
Pretty forgettable album, it’s carried by the popular tracks
Exactly!
Some bangers, good vibes.
Broken into Head Over Heels is sick.
This album obviously has so many hits like shout and everybody wants to rule the world and one other one I can’t remember, and I really appreciate that. Tears for Fears kept this at eight songs. They chose their best eight and I admire that because too many albums are bloated and include way too many tracks. This is just personal preference and I don’t love music in the 80s just cause it gives me a funny feeling. This is sort of like how I feel about the Peche mode. Good album, but it’s not one that I’m going to go back to and listen to all the way through again. Head over heels as a bop. Writing this review as I drive with voice text.
Still ruling the world one movie clip at a time outlasting expectations.
Started with an enjoyable song in Shout but for some reason it went on for 7 minutes. A few good songs in here
Pretty decent but didn't stand out all that much.
5/10 A couple classics but overall not my fav
More like Tears for... BEERS!!! Wait that's an actual song? Shit
Gen Z 80's nostalgia aside, pretty good!
Geen gem toch
Maybe I've watched too much Psych, but I enjoyed the album.
I am aware of the existence of this band. This was first released when I was in college, and you could not avoid hearing the songs "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" if you wanted to. For this reason, I kinda got tired of this group and never really gave them a chance. Also, they were too "poppy" for my tastes at the time - which tended to skew towards rock bands such as U2, The Police, Pretenders, Springsteen, Petty and Mellencamp etc. - around that time. For this reason I never actually bought this album nor revisited it on Spotify once that existed. I am curious how this holds up after 40+ years. I must add that I was not into The Cure at the time for similar reasons - but I've grown to really like them over time - so I am hoping this will have some good surprises. I was surprised (in a good way) to see that this only has 8 songs - and that most of them are over 5 minutes long. I like songs that build. I forgot how much saxophone was used in the 80s. Oh yeah - "Head Over Heels" was also pretty popular and ubiquitous at that time as I recall. Ok - I ended up liking 4 songs on this - the big hits "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" PLUS 2 that I never heard before which kind of have a slower, more hypnotic feel to them "The Working Hour" and "Listen". The lyrics to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" seem even more relevant in 2026 - with the greater influence of billionaires on government, media and society in general PLUS the delusions of grandeur we see in many people on social media and reality TV. And "turn our backs on Mother Nature" has proven to be very prophetic where despite reducing "pollution" we have managed to literally change the weather patterns of the earth through relentless growing of greenhouse gas emissions since that time - making many parts of the earth much less hospitable to human civilization. I'm glad I relistened to this one after so long. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/8 Rating: 3/5
not bad
the songs that slap SLAPPP
ehh ik this album is popular but sure its a vibe
Skibidi Toilet Music
I recognised the two big singles. I don't think I had realised quite how much "Shout" is six-and-a-half minutes of a chorus on repeat. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is shorter and sharper. For me, the album kind of fizzled out. I guess that if you really love that archetypal 1980s synth sound then the closing track "Listen" is great to immerse yourself in. I found it just went on and on in a landscape of electronic sounds that didn't really have a purpose.
Mid
nice
every track on this album felt like its own epic. And Each song kinda felt repetitive from beginning to end. It was a little bit boring at the first time honestly. But strangely, that very repetition became the part of the album's charm. Every track had its own distinct identity, yet each maintained a consistency, and I found that balance surprisingly beautiful. (I'll rate 3 stars because this is the first recommendation)
I found this album mid. It has one iconic song and that's it.
Very 80s pop rock, if you like that this album is good, but honestly for me it was a drag. I prefer taking heads remain in light when it comes to layered 80s songs. This album has some popular songs that compliment the album well.
another one i've already heard! never been too crazy about this album to be honest. obviously everybody wants to rule the world is one of the greatest songs of all time, but the rest of the album is pretty lackluster. even shout, which i've heard called just as good as everybody wants to rule the world by some people, doesn't really click with me. 3/5 largely off the backs of everybody wants to rule the world and head over heels, though definitely deserves to be on this list, js not something i like too much myself.
Pretty good. Some real icons in here. With their most popular/best songs coming off this album, I suspect this is their opus. The sound is full and alive, and the hits have aged very well. Probably like 3.75 or so.
These boys had some monsters on this one.
357/1089 i fear shout has been overplayed, and the repetitiveness is a bit too much the working hour was cute everybody wants to rule the world is iconic for a reason, genuinely timeless (but also still identifiably 80s) i will say though that i do prefer the Lorde version from Hunger Games/Assassin’s Creed Unity Head Over Heels is another great track i think the album was decent but was carried by a couple of tracks, the rest did feel a bit too dated to the 80s imo faves: Everybody…, Head over heels/Broken 67/100
No es mi estilo favorito, pero honestamente tiene unas canciones muy buenas y una vibra oscura que me gusta. De todas formas no es algo que escucharía.
Good first three tracks and then it runs out of steam
Idk, besides a few highlights it didnt really stick with me Everybody Wants To Rule The World is great ofc, so is The Working Hour or Head Over Heels, but the rest didnt really stick with me that much Still an enjoyable expirience, just not that much for me
I can't believe I'm saying this but, this album is easy too overblown. It got a bit much to listen to
3.5. Not ideal listening for sitting on the beach, but a few of these songs are pretty great.
2.75 - The best songs on the album are GREAT. A lot of the other stuff is forgettable. Maybe I just need to listen more.
Enjoyed this far more than I expected. I was never that keen on them back when they were having hits, but I don’t think I had really paid attention to how good his voice was. The album tracks on here struggle against the big hits on here, and again with those hits, which were so ubiquitous in the 80s, I don’t think I stopped to properly listen to them until now.
I was looking forward to this and the songs Shout, Head over Heels and Everybody Wants to Rule the World are iconic but the other album tracks while well written and produced didn’t enthral me.
Oo
JL: 3, Listen A : 3 ,Head Over Heels
Enjoyable synthy goodness. Lots of big 80s bangers on here. Good fun. I gather this was once serious music.
Mid
everybody wants to rule the worldddd head over heels liked some didn't like others
I mean it was okay, that's kind of as much as I can say. It felt like a greatest hits compilation. Every song has a very similar feel, 2.5 (3) stars
Obvs the popular songs are good but the rest kinda meh
gross
Probably like a 2.5/5, I liked 2 songs
Every song goes on like a minute too long but otherwise a nice time
Starts off really strong with Shout, Working Hour, Rule The World. Then drops off into the sound that I hated from the 80s style music. Not sure what it is, but that pop rock sound doesn't do it for me. The first three tracks are great though and for that I have to give some credit
probably wouldnt listen it again but i liked it, especially the first track
Shout is a great song and Everybody wants to rule the world is a classic, but honestly i did not love it.
I had heard everybody wants to rule the world before but not the rest of the album; and I quite enjoyed it. Their vocals are great, and the variety of the album was enjoyable. While nothing in it blew me away, I’m glad I could listen to the rest of it
Classic 80s, a couple of good songs in there but a bit too 80s for me
Progressive pop Shout Everybody wants to rule the world Head over heels
The good kind of 80s cheese. Had fun with this but my car speakers definitely struggled with the maximalist approach to synths on some of these songs. Some of the songs also got a bit repetitive and could've been cut down in my opinion.
This had some real classics on it but just a mediocre album as a whole. 3 side of a 3.5.
3/4
This album was a big deal mid 80's. Still good but hasn't aged a well as others.
nice 3/5
Classic Tears for Fears album
3.5 the two or three big hits on this are very good, it’s not my style, too earnest and emo I guess.
Nothing to write home about.
Love me some sax
3 all time hits, but the rest is filler
Classic 80s jams. Good stuff.
To my millennial brain, this is another band that wrote the soundtrack to the decade they belonged to. Another album that plays like a greatest hits, glad to go on the journey
Very 80's, nice mediocre
i can't even hate on the 80s stench because everyone wants to rule the world fills me with so much whimsy it's insane Would I listen again: yeah, fine Deserves to be on this list: yep. 3.4
Such a strong start followed by a slow, gentle decline into pleasant but forgettable background music
Probably the most 80s album ever made
Not sure how this has been rated so highly! Its inoffensive, and pleasant enough but nothing revolutionary and hella dated.
I liked the two most popular songs but besides that I wasn’t super into it
Not fearing tears was a major requirement if you wanted to be a wife of Len Houmous. 3.4 7/8 Head Over Heels
Synth-pop de los 80 siempre serás enorme! Everybody wants to rule the world, Shout y Head over heels son temas que conocía de antes (gracias a la herencia musical de mi padre y su pasión por la música de los 80) y me gustan mucho. El resto de canciones no me pareció para tanto tbh, pero está ok.
Friday, 22 May, 2026 The hits are great! The rest is…eh?
Real Genius
Lacking energetic choir refrain makes it unsuitable for listening during a gym workout.
Really interesting listen better the second time through starts strong
A few hits with some uneven 80s fare in between
Not bad at all
I'm surprised to find that I like this album. The style/genre of music is not among my favorites, but Tears For Fears have crafted some great melodies, and they didn't take synth-pop too far, a problem I have with many 80s pop bands.
Quitando a de "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" o resto non me chama moito. Non son moi fan da musica dos 80.
This is the quintessential 80's music I think of. Every instrument and melody is peak. I want to pop my color and wear short shorts.
The transition from slow ballad to fast poppy synth is where it’s at. Slow songs are boring but all the others are fun. Unfortunately missed out on growing up with 80s music but I could totally see myself in a roller blading arena with fishnet fingerless gloves on, too much hairspray in my teased hair and disco ball lighting up the rink while listening to this
This was fine.
It’s a good album, not my style
Not a terrible album and boast two of their biggest hits. However, it does seem a bit dated now
Nice Nostalgia hit from my teenage years
Drömmer ibland om att få vara bög i New York på 80-talet och gå på klubbarna. Att höra Shout i högtalarna samtidigt som man nycklar i sig en buse och hittar någon välbyggd man att dra in på toaletten. Hade absolut kunnat dö i AIDS för att fått uppleva en sån kväll. Skivan då? Blev så glad att få detta men det är ojämnt med ett par trist ballader. Everybody wants to rule the world är en av världens bästa låtar att åka bil till. Älskade Broken.
Det finns ändå ett par bangers, men mycket är medelmåtta. Stark trea
Kanonhits men lite väl mycket avslappningsband-synth-pop däremellan. Trea rakt av
Fick mig att dansa stel synthdans. Stark trea!
I wish I could give half stars. With such a capability I would rate it a 3.5. Certainly a magnum opus that sends me drifting through the cyberspace like Homer Simpson , thumped occasionally by an unwieldy joystick or a stray Atari fighter, with nostalgia for something I never experienced. Story of my life. Ta ta
3.5/5. The good tracks were good but the rest was largely forgettable
I feel like i'm in an 80's movie playing a keytar and am taking a girl with big poofy hair from hairspray and then go on an adventure to return an alien home.
its okay its not bad but bad at the same time.. imo most of the songs that are 6 minutes is just them repeating the same lyrics over and over again n I dont really like it. I only liked a few songs but the one I like the most is I Believe bc it reminds me of sade a lil
"Something happens and I'm head over heels,I never find out till I'm head over heels" Esse álbum conseguiu me transportar para os anos 80, para os filmes de John Hughes, para Breakfast Club, A garota de Rosa Choque, a batida synth... esse álbum me toca muito! Não me parece que será um álbum para escutar todo sempre, mas tem faixas que irão estar sempre no repeat. Apenas conhecia "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" que já gostava, e ao ouvir agora "Head Over Heels", essa me pegou de primeira! 3 músicas principais: Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World e Head Over Heels (a qual citei dois versos acima).
Classic.
Buen album, solido con algunos temas muy conocidos, Shout y Everybody wants. Tengo dudas sobre el tono de la batería, funciona bien para la parte más dance, pero resulta invasiva en el resto de los momentos, muy saturada y de la epoca. Listen es la revelación del album, lento y medido, con sonido amplio, la batería está bastante más atras que en el resto del album, lo que ayuda. Curiosamente es la canción con menos reproducciones.
good group, good album.
3.5/5
Mothers Talk
Su canción más famosa: "Everybody wants to rule the World" viene de este álbum, por eso imaginé que quizás iba a ser más creativo y mejor... Solo me gustó esa canción...
Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Listen - two thumbs up The rest of the album - it's fine
welcome to your life <3
Got some absolute classics. Other songs are alright. It's a good album. The songs outside of the hits are pretty forgettable, but the hits are so good it carries.
Alright
A lot of hits came from this album. I thought it was decent overall.
Liked it a lot.
Very 80s. Second half dragged a bit.
3.7
super uneven, 3 great songs, the rest is meh
Очень восьмидесято Приятно звучит, есть хиты Короткий 3.6
This was an album where I was reminded of the songs I like "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" but it didn't move the needle on the other tracks on the album.
Hard not to love the bangers on this one.
Hm ok bon en vrai j'ai jamais réellement exploré tears for fears donc c'est peut-être le moment ! C'était grv cool bcp de bons solos de sax et guitare. Vraie ambiance cohérente à essayer de recréer !
album carino con canzoni iconiche come everybody wants to ruke the world e shout. suoni piacevoli
Iconic songs. This makes me appreciate albums with less than 10 songs.
Best of the shit pop
Pretty good. I understand why most of the songs on this album aren't radio popular, even the ones I really liked could feel like they dragged on a bit. That said Tears for Fears has a sound I really love.
Listen has some fun Spanish interludes. Hits on the album rock.