Tears For Fears "Songs From the Big Chair" (1985)
This is something of an 80s pop power-house. It's an album that featured the hits
"Shout", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head over Heels" and
which would go on to help TfF find success in the US as well as
continuing their success in their native England.
There is the bombastic power of pop anthems like "Shout", but also the
moody, noirish jazz vibe of a track like "I believe" and the low-key,
vaguely world-music outro "Listen". That variety makes for an
enjoyable listening experience and stops the album from being anywhere
near one dimensional.
The album title came from a film called 'Sybil' about a woman with
multiple-personality disorder, who only felt safe while recounting her
problems to her therapist while sat in the 'big chair' in his office.
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