Tears for Fears

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Tears for Fears

MUSIC

English New Wave / pop band, formed 1981.

Roland Orzabal -- Vocals, Guitar, etc. (1981-)
Curt Smith -- Vocals, Guitar, etc. (1981-91 and 2001-)
Ian Stanley -- Keyboards (1981-89)
Manny Elias -- Drums (1981-86)

Official Website:
http://www.tearsforfears.net/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Mel Collins Musician 5-Sep-1947 Active session and ex-Crimson blower

Gail Ann Dorsey Bassist 20-Nov-1962 Bowie bassist and solo artist

Roland Orzabal Musician 22-Aug-1961 Co-Founder, Tears for Fears

Curt Smith Musician 24-Jun-1961 Co-Founder, Tears for Fears

DISCOGRAPHY

The Hurting (7-Mar-1983, Phonogram / Mercury)

1 The Hurting

2 Mad World

3 Pale Shelter

4 Ideas as Opiates

5 Memories Fade

6 Suffer the Children

7 Watch Me Bleed

8 Change

9 The Prisoner

10 Start of the Breakdown

Songs from the Big Chair (25-Feb-1985, Phonogram / Mercury)

1 Shout

2 The Working Hour

3 Everybody Wants to Rule the World

4 Mothers Talk

5 I Believe

6 Broken

7 Head over Heels/Broken (live)

8 Listen

The Seeds of Love (25-Sep-1989, Fontana)

1 Woman in Chains

2 Badman's Song

3 Sowing the Seeds of Love

4 Advice for the Young at Heart

5 Standing on the Corner of the Third World

6 Swords and Knives

7 Year of the Knife

8 Famous Last Words

Elemental (7-Jun-1993, Phonogram / Mercury)

1 Elemental

2 Cold

3 Break It Down Again

4 Mr. Pessimist

5 Dog's a Best Friend's Dog

6 Fish Out of Water

7 Gas Giants

8 Power

9 Brian Wilson Said

10 Goodnight Song

Raoul and the Kings of Spain (16-Oct-1995, Epic)

1 Raoul and the Kings of Spain

2 Falling Down

3 Secrets

4 God's Mistake

5 Sketches of Pain

6 Los Reyes Católicos

7 Sorry

8 Humdrum and Humble

9 I Choose You

10 Don't Drink the Water

11 Me and My Big Ideas

12 Los Reyes Católicos (Reprise)

Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (14-Sep-2004, New Door)

1 Everybody Loves a Happy Ending

2 Closest Thing to Heaven

3 Call Me Mellow

4 Size of Sorrow

5 Who Killed Tangerine?

6 Quiet Ones

7 Who You Are

8 The Devil

9 Secret World

10 Killing With Kindness

11 Ladybird

12 Last Days on Earth

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