★★★★★
While other twosomes weresinging about Club Tropicana,Bath-based duo Tears ForFears (Roland Orzabal andCurt Smith) came froma much darker place in theearly 80s. As befitting anoutfit who took their namefrom Arthur Janov's PrimalScream therapy, they weresonically influenced by PeterGabriel's groundbreaking thirdalbum, as well as groupssuch as Talking Heads.
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
For someone whose methods have always been on the fringe of science and whose theories have been officially discredited by the American Psychological Association, Arthur Janov looms disproportionately large in rock 'n' roll history. Janov posited that buried childhood pain could lead to emotional turmoil in adulthood. Re-living painful childhood experiences through a cathartic method Janov called Primal Therapy could exorcise the demons...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-10-23
★★★★★
The legacy of Frank the giant apocalyptic bunny rabbit lives on. Thanks to Donnie Darko (the little film that could) I'm sure I'm not the only one born after 1985 (If it wasn't for you pesky kids! - Ed.) who has since rediscovered a band who did their small part to define that decade. Fans of the Fears (aka Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith) will no doubt already have this on their Christmas list; for everyone else, it's a fine chance to turn their ears to a classic debut album complete with enough...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2013-10-21
★★★★★
"Could you please explain the hurting?"
A child ravaged by confusion and intense sadness, crying silently alone while his parents fight relentlessly in the next room about things he doesn't understand, slurred so he can barely comprehend what they say anyway. He's getting a crash course on the strangeness of the world, the imperfections, the useless addictions, the meaninglessness of everything...
- www.state.ie
2013-09-20
★★★★★
30 years after they appeared with their debut album, what do Tears for Fears mean to people? Do they mean anything to anyone under the age of 30? Did they influence anyone? I've read several articles or blogs where they are described as 'ambulance chasers' who got the hits that other artists should never had. I've never took that line myself. Maybe because I wasn't there, or at least aware of what was going on that much, in the period they were at their peak, I can just take the music...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-09-19
★★★★★
The Hurting - 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition It was also still the decade when bands still produced albums - rather than collections of singles. The Hurting is considered by many as a classic and rightly so. Listening to the ten tracks now - the synthesizers obviously sound slightly dated but the record does not feel overly out of date. There is of course one of the 80s best pop singles with Mad World's catchy hook hiding its darker message (until THAT cover of course)...
- www.music-news.com
2013-08-30
★★★★★
When the Beatles invaded the USA with their moptops and unique pop approach, they set a precedent for succeeding generations of British bands to emulate. However, in the early 1980s, such achievements appeared remote for the latest Brit-trendy artists, as new romantic synth-pop became the flavour of the month in the UK. Rather surprisingly, from that particular musical trend, one band would perhaps make the biggest impact--albeit briefly--on the US singles and album charts...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
In many ways, Tears for Fears were the quintessential '80s band, its catalog rife with the ubiquitous synth-pop of its time. But TFF always seemed just far ahead enough of the curve to survive the inescapable hangover in the alt-rock '90s. Founders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith wrote songs superficially catchy enough to dominate pop radio, but were really shining examples of intelligent songcraft their Top 40 contemporaries couldn't hope to match...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
When the Beatles invaded the USA with their moptops and unique pop approach, they set a precedent for succeeding generations of British bands to emulate. However, in the early 1980s, such achievements appeared remote for the latest Brit-trendy artists, as new romantic synth-pop became the flavour of the month in the UK. Rather surprisingly, from that particular musical trend, one band would perhaps make the biggest impact--albeit briefly--on the US singles and album charts...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
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