Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. The follow-up to the band's successful debut album, The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair marked a departure from that album's dark, introspective style, featuring a more mainstream, glossy sound, with sophisticated production values, increased guitar use, and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics reflected socially and politically conscious themes. Original 1985 1st pressing, Goldmine Grading: Near Mint (NM)
Track Listing
Side 1)
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
4. Mothers Talk
Side 2)
1. Believe
2. Broken
3. Head Over Heels
4. Listen
Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. The follow-up to the band's successful debut album, The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair marked a departure from that album's dark, introspective style, featuring a more mainstream, glossy sound, with sophisticated production values, increased guitar use, and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics reflected socially and politically conscious themes. Original 1985 1st pressing, Goldmine Grading: Near Mint (NM)
Track Listing
Side 1)
1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
4. Mothers Talk
Side 2)
1. Believe
2. Broken
3. Head Over Heels
4. Listen
