- new wave, pop rock, synth-pop, synthpop
- 42 min
- 8 tracks
- Phonogram
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.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Los Angeles Times2/4 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer2/4 ★
- Record Mirror3.5/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
- Sounds4.5/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Mojo4/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock4.5/5 ★
- Music Story4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebB
- Classic Rock4/5 ★
- ConsequenceA+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- PopMatters4/10
- Record Collector5/5 ★
- Spectrum Culture3/5
- Spill Magazine3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Shout6:33
- 2The Working Hour6:32
- 3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:11
- 4Mothers Talk5:10
- 5I Believe4:55
- 6Broken2:38
- 7Head Over Heels/ Broken (live)5:02
- 8Listen6:50
8 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tears for Fears
- Label
- Phonogram
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- NL
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