Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are a British pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band the mod influenced Graduate. They were initially associated with new wave and the New Romantic movements, but quickly branched out into mainstream chart success.

Discography

Albums

• The Hurting 1983 Mercury; #1 UK, #73 US, #21 NL
• Songs from the Big Chair 1985 Mercury; #2 UK, #1 US, #2 NL
• The Seeds of Love 1989 Fontana; #1 UK, #8 US, #2 NL
• Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) 1992 Fontana; #2 UK, #53 US, #7 Germ., #15 NL
• Elemental 1993 Mercury; #5 UK, #45 US, #26 Germ., #22 NL
• Raoul and the Kings of Spain 1995 Epic; #41 UK, #79 US, #50 NL
• Saturnine Martial & Lunatic 1996 Mercury
• Everybody Loves a Happy Ending 2004 New Door / 2005 Gut Records; #45 UK (2005 release), #46 US, #28 France (2005 release), #35 Germ. (2005 release)

Singles

The Mercury released singles all had the catalogue prefix IDEA, obviously taken from the song "Ideas As Opiates", from The Hurting.

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• "Suffer The Children" (1981, IDEA1) / re-released in 1985 in the UK
• "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" (1982, IDEA2) / re-released in 1985 in the UK
• "Mad World" (1982, IDEA3) #3 UK, #39 Germ.
• "Change" (1983, IDEA4) #4 UK, #73 US
• "Pale Shelter" (1983, IDEA5) #5 UK
• "The Way You Are" (1983, IDEA6) #24 UK
• "Mothers Talk" (1984, IDEA7) #14 UK, #27 US (1986 release)
• "Shout" (1984, IDEA8) #4 UK, #1 US (1985 release), #1 Australia, #1 Germ., #2 Italy, #1 NL
• "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985, IDEA9) #2 UK, #1 US, #11 Germ., #2 NL
• "Head over Heels" (1985, IDEA10) #12 UK, #3 US
• "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (1985, IDEA11) #23 UK
• "Everybody Wants to Run the World" (1986, RACE1) #5 UK
• "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (1989, IDEA12) #5 UK, #2 US, #11 Germ., #2 Italy, #3 NL
• "Woman in Chains" (1989, IDEA13) #26 UK, #36 US, #12 NL
• "Advice for the Young at Heart" (1990, IDEA14) #36 UK, #14 NL
• "Famous Last Words" (1990, IDEA15)
• "Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams" (1990, PANIC1)
• "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" (1992, IDEA17) #17 UK, #40 Germ., #26 NL
• "Woman in Chains (reissue)" (1992, IDEA16)
• "Break It Down Again" (1993, IDEA18) #20 UK, #25 US, #16 NL
• "Cold" (1993, IDEA19)
• "Goodnight Song" (1993)
• "Elemental" (1994)
• "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (1995) #31 UK
• "Secrets" (1995)
• "God's Mistake" (1996) / released in 1995 in the US
• "Closest Thing to Heaven" (2005) #40 UK, #38 NL
• "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending / Call Me Mellow (2005)