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| TEARS FOR FEARS |
| Bath, GB | | * 1981 |
Roland Orzabal - voc,g
Curt Smith - voc,bg
Former Members:
Neil Taylor (g, cca 11/83); Alan Griffiths (g,kb, cca 1995)
David Lord (synths, 1981-82); Ian Stanley (kb, 1982-85); Andrew Davis (kb, cca 11/83); Nicky Holland (kb, 1985-cca 1989)
Manny Elias (ds, 1982-85)
Jerry Marotta (perc,kb,sax, cca 11/83); Will Gregory (sax, 1985-?); Brian MacLeod (perc, cca 10/95)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | The Hurting
produced by: Chris Hughes | 25.03.1983 | Mercury | | 1 | 73 | | 2. | Songs From The Big Chair
produced by: Chris Hughes | 17.02.1985 | Mercury | | 2 | 1 | | 3. | The Seeds Of Love
produced by: David Bascombe
featuring: Manu Katche (ds), Neil Taylor (g), Pino Palladino (bg), Carol Steel (perc), Simon Clark (kb), Oleta Adams (voc), Phil Collins (ds) | 07.10.1989 | Fontana | | 1 | 8 | | 4. | Tears Roll Down - Greatest Hits 1982-1992 | 02.03.1992 | Fontana |  | 2 | 53 | | 5. | Elemental
produced by: Tim Palmer
featuring: Alan Griffiths, Tim Palmer, Guy Pratt (bg), Mark O'Donoughue (kb) | 07.06.1993 | Mercury | | 5 | 45 | | 6. | Raoul And The King Of Spain
produced by: Tim Palmer | 10/1995 | Epic | | 41 | 79 | | 7. | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic | 9/1996 | Fontana | | | | | 8. | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection | 18.07.2000 | Island | | | | | 9. | Shout: The Very Best Of Tears For Fears | 25.09.2001 | Chronicles | | | | | 10. | Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
(in the UK 3/2005)
produced by: Charlton Pettus/Tears For Fears | 06.04.2004 | Arista | | 45 | 46 | | 11. | Ultimate Collection | 31.08.2004 | Universal International | | | | | 12. | Chronicles | 21.06.2005 | Mercury | | | | | 13. | Secret World | 02.05.2006 | XIII Bis | | | | | 14. | Tears for Fears Story | 06.06.2006 | Universal International | | | | | 15. | Gold | 08.08.2006 | Hip-O | | | | | 16. | Famous Last Words - The Collection | 14.05.2007 | Spectrum | | | | | 17. | Silver Spectrum Collection | 04.06.2007 | Spectrum | | | | | 18. | Colour Collection | 15.10.2007 | Spectrum | | | | | 19. | Classic | 07.04.2009 | Spectrum Audio | | | | | 20. | Rule the World: The Collection | 26.10.2010 | Spectrum Audio | | | | | 21. | Tears for Fears: Best Of | 26.06.2012 | Universal | | | | | 22. | Everybody Wants To Rule The World: The Collection | 22.08.2013 | Spectrum | | | | | 23. | Ready Boys & Girls | 15.04.2014 | Artists Organization | | | | | 24. | Best of Tears for Fears: Superstar Collection | 24.06.2014 | | | | | | 25. | Icon | 05.08.2014 | Mercury | | | | | 26. | Rule The World - The Greatest Hits | 10.11.2017 | EMI | | 12 | | | 27. | The Tipping Point | 25.02.2022 | Concord | | 2 | 8 | | 28. | Songs For A Nervous Planet | 25.10.2024 | Concord | | 6 | 104 |
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Curt Smith:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Soul On Board | 9/1993 | Vertigo | | | | | 2. | Halfway Pleased | 27.03.2007 | XIII Bis | | | |
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Roland Orzabal:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Tomcats Screaming Outside
produced by: Roland Orzabal/Alan Griffiths | 19.03.2001 | Eagle | | | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Suffer The Children / Wind
12" + Suffer The Children (instrumental) | 30.10.1981 | Mercury | | | | 2. | Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) / The Prisoner | 09.04.1982 | Mercury | | | | 3. | Mad World / Ideas As Opiates
7"(2) Mad World (world remix) / Suffer The Children
12" + Saxophones As Opiates
produced by: Chris Hughes | 17.09.1982 | Mercury | 2 | | | 4. | Change / The Conflict | 28.01.1983 | Mercury | 1 | 73 | | 5. | Pale Shelter / We Are Broken | 15.04.1983 | Mercury | 4 | | | 6. | The Way You Are / The Marauders
7"(2) + Change (live)
12" + Start Of The Breakdown (live) | 25.11.1983 | Mercury | 24 | | | 7. | Mother's Talk / Empire Building
12" + Mother's Talk (beat of the drum mix)
produced by: Chris Hughes | 10.08.1984 | Mercury | 14 | 27 | | 8. | Shout / The Big Chair | 11/1984 | Mercury | 3 | 1 | | 9. | Everybody Wants To Rule The World / Pharoahs
12" + Everybody Wants To Rule The World (urban mix) | 3/1985 | Mercury | 2 | 1 | | 10. | Head Over Heels (remix) / When In Love With A Blind Man
12" + Head Over Heels (preacher mix) / Broken | 6/1985 | Mercury | 7 | 3 | | 11. | Suffer The Children / Wind
(reissue) | 8/1985 | Mercury | 52 | | | 12. | Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) / The Prisoner
(reissue) | 8/1985 | Mercury | 73 | | | 13. | I Believe / Sea Song
10" + I Believe (US mix)
12" + Shout (dub) | 10/1985 | Mercury | 17 | | | 14. | Everybody Wants To Rule The World / Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Running version) | 2/1986 | Mercury | 5 | | | 15. | Sowing The Seeds Of Love / Tears Roll Down
12",CD + Shout (US mix) | 8/1989 | Fontana | 4 | 2 | | 16. | Woman In Chains / Always In The Past
12",CD + Woman In Chains (instrumental) / My Life In The Suicide Ranks | 10/1989 | Fontana | 26 | 36 | | 17. | Advice For The Young At Heart / Johnny Panic And The Bible Of The Dreams
12",CD1 + Music For Tables
CD2 + Johnny Panic (instrumental) | 2/1990 | Fontana | 36 | 89 | | 18. | Famous Last Words / Mother's Talk (US remix)
12",CD + Listen | 7/1990 | Fontana | 83 | | | 19. | Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) / The Body Wah
12",CD + Lord Of Karma
produced by: Tim Palmer | 10.02.1992 | Phonogram | 15 | | | 20. | Woman In Chains / Ghost Papa
feat. Oleta Adams | 13.04.1992 | Fontana | 57 | | | 21. | Break It Down Again / Bloodletting Go
produced by: Roland Orzabal/Tim Palmer | 17.05.1993 | Mercury | 17 | 25 | | 22. | Cold / New Star
CD + Deja Vu / The Sins Of Silence | 26.07.1993 | Mercury | 72 | | | 23. | Raoul And The Kings Of Spain / Queen Of Compromise
CD + Creep / The Madness Of Roland | 02.10.1995 | Epic | 31 | | | 24. | God's Mistake | 25.03.1996 | Epic | 61 | | | 25. | Giant Mad World
& Cass | 07.07.2003 | | | | | 26. | Closest Thing to Heaven | 2/2004 | Arista | | | | 27. | Mother's Talk | 7/2004 | RR 1000 | | | | 28. | Shout
& Skylark | 09.08.2004 | Mercury | | | | 29. | Closest Thing To Heaven (Solasso club mix, Brothers In Rhythm Group Therapy Dub) | 07.02.2005 | Gut | 40 | | | 30. | Shout (Skylark extended mix, Fergie Exocentric Double dub, Jakatta Thrilled Out mix) | 07.03.2005 | Mercury | | | | 31. | Everybody Wants To Rule The World
& The Chosen Few | 18.04.2005 | Adhesive | | | | 32. | Call Me Mellow / Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (Steve Fitzmaurice mix) | 13.06.2005 | Gut | | | | 33. | Shout | 04.06.2007 | | | | | 34. | Mad World | 10/2010 | Mercury | 95 | | | 35. | Ready Boy & Girls? EP
(My Girls / Ready To Start / And I Was A Boy From School) | 03.06.2014 | Tears For Fears | | | | 36. | No Small Thing | 03.12.2021 | | | | | 37. | Break The Man | 13.01.2022 | | | | | 38. | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 6/2022 | Mercury | 72 | | | 39. | The Girl That I Call Home | 2024 | | | | | 40. | Astronaut | 04.10.2024 | | | |
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Roland Orzabal:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Johnny Panic And The Bible Of The Dreams
(stejnojmenná kapela) | 02.02.1991 | | | |
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Curt Smith:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Calling Out | 19.07.1993 | Vertigo | | | | 2. | Aeroplane EP | 13.06.2000 | Zerodisc | | |
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Bibliography:
A. Thrills: Tears For Fears - Seeds Of Love (1990)
Awards:
1986 Brit Awards - Best British Single ("Everybody Wants To Rule The World")
1989 Rolling Stone - Best Video ("Sowing The Seeds Of Love") (hlasování čtenáoů)
Various:
19.7.1985 Live Aid (Wembley)
11.6.1988 A Tribute To Mandela (Wembley, Curt Smith)
disbanded 1991
reunited 2000
Compilation Appearances:
"Ashes To Ashes" on compilation "Ruby Tracks The NME's Roaring Forty" (11/92, Forty/NME)
Roland Orzabal:
produced by LP:
Oleta Adams: Circle Of One (5/90, Fontana)
Emiliana Torrini: Love in the Time of Science (3.10.00, Virgin)
Ian Stanley:
produced by LP:
Republica: Speed Ballads (5.10.98)
Alan Griffiths:
produced by LP:
Emiliana Torrini: Love in the Time of Science (3.10.00, Virgin)
Roland Orzabal: Tomcats Screaming Outside (19.3.01, Eagle)
appeared on the LP:
Roland Orzabal: Tomcats Screaming Outside (19.3.01, Eagle)
Press References:
| Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1990 | 1 | | 20 | Melodie ze světa | | | 1991 | 4 | | 26 | Recenze | album review | | 1992 | 11 | | 32 | Recenze | album review | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1981 | 46 | 14.11.1981 | 14 | Singles | single review | | 1981 | 48 | 28.11.1981 | 8 | | interview | | 1982 | 15 | 10.04.1982 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1982 | 15 | 10.04.1982 | 23 | Singles | single review | | 1982 | 44 | 30.10.1982 | 10 | | interview | | 1982 | 46 | 13.11.1982 | 29 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1983 | 5 | 29.01.1983 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 6 | 05.02.1983 | 14 | Singles | single review | | 1983 | 11 | 12.03.1983 | 27 | Albums | album review | | 1983 | 12 | 19.03.1983 | 20 | | interview | | 1983 | 12 | 19.03.1983 | 23 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1983 | 16 | 16.04.1983 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 16 | 16.04.1983 | 15 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1983 | 21 | 21.05.1983 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 47 | 19.11.1983 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1983 | 48 | 26.11.1983 | 12 | | interview | | 1983 | 49 | 03.12.1983 | 22 | It's Alive - Tour Dates | | | 1983 | 50 | 10.12.1983 | 16 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 25 | 04.08.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 30 | 08.09.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 30 | 08.09.1984 | 12 | | interview | | 1992 | 6 | 08.02.1992 | 4 | News | | | 1992 | 7 | 15.02.1992 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 9 | 29.02.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 10 | 07.03.1992 | 32 | Albums | album review | | 1993 | 20 | 15.05.1993 | 31 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 21 | 22.05.1993 | 4 | News | | | 1993 | 31 | 31.07.1993 | 28 | Singles | single review | | 1995 | 40 | 07.10.1995 | 36 | Singles | single review | | New Musical Express | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1990 | 0 | 08.12.1990 | 16 | | | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1991 | 2 | 31.01.1991 | 20 | Recenze | album review | | 1992 | 14 | 13.07.1992 | 29 | Recenze | album review | | 1992 | 21 | 23.10.1992 | 25 | Profily | profile | | 1993 | 19 | 06.10.1993 | 25 | | profile | | 1993 | 19 | 06.10.1993 | 30 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 22 | 17.11.1993 | 28 | Recenze | album review | | 1995 | 21 | 24.10.1995 | 8 | Rock & Top | album review | | 1995 | 23 | 21.11.1995 | 27 | Recenze | album review | | 1996 | 10 | | 86 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 2001 | 5 | | 75 | | interview |
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