England and formed Tears for Fears after the dissolution of their previous band, Graduate. The band released its first album, The Hurting, in 1983, to quite a bit of success, but they really broke ...

This week on Liner Notes, we discuss “Songs from the Big Chair,” the 1985 masterpiece that captured the complexities of human ...

“Tears For Fears may be too concerned with their own petty traumas, but it is a testimony to their refined pop instincts that they manage to produce this much pleasure from the pain,” David ...

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears for Fears haven't fallen into the stagnant ... that includes "Mad World" from the 1983 debut The Hurting and "Shout" from the U.S. chart-topping 1985 album ...