Songs From the Big Chair

~ Release by Tears for Fears (see all versions of this release, 47 available)

Annotation

This reissue 2016

DSD flat transferred from UK original analogue master tapes by Richard Whittaker at FX Copyroom, London, in 2014.
Edited in DSD by Masaru Takagi (SIProject) at Sunrise Studio, Tokyo in 2014.

Tracklist

1▼SHM-SACD (2 channels)
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1Shout
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984) and Chris Hughes (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:
Sandy McLelland (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1984, in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 1985, in 2014)
music videos:
Shout by Tears for Fears
recording of:
Shout (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., Roland Orzabal Ltd. and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
6:36
2The Working Hour
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984) and Jerry Marotta (in 1984)
grand piano:
Andy Davis (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
saxophone:
Mel Collins (in 1984)
solo saxophone:
Will Gregory (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
drums (drum set) arranger:
Manny Elias
saxophone arranger:
Jerry Marotta
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
recording of:
The Working Hour (in 1984)
writer:
Immanuel Elias, Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
6:32
3Everybody Wants To Rule The World
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
guitar and solo guitar:
Neil Taylor (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Curt Smith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (in 1985, in 2014) and Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985)
music videos:
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 28) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 319)
recording of:
Everybody Wants to Rule the World (in 1984)
writer:
Christopher Merrick Hughes, Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Amusements Ltd., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., Copyright Control and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
4:11
4Mothers Talk
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:
Stevie Vann (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1984, in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
recording of:
Mothers Talk (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
5:09
5I Believe
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
grand piano and lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
saxophone:
Will Gregory (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
recording of:
I Believe (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal
dedicated to:
Robert Wyatt
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publ.) Ltd. (from 1985 to present)
4:55
6Broken
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
solo guitar:
Neil Taylor (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
recording of:
Broken (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal
2:38
7Head Over Heels / Broken (Live)
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
grand piano:
Andy Davis (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
background vocals:
Marilyn David (in 1984), Annie McCaig (in 1984) and Sandy McLelland (in 1984)
lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
live recording of:
Broken (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal
recording of:
Head Over Heels (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith
recording of:
Broken
lyricist and composer:
Roland Orzabal
5:02
8Listen
engineer:
David Bascombe
producer:
Chris Hughes
mixer:
Steven Wilson
bass guitar:
Curt Smith (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Manny Elias (in 1984)
keyboard:
Ian Stanley (in 1984)
additional vocals and lead vocals:
Roland Orzabal (in 1984)
vocals:
Marilyn David (in 1984)
arranger:
Ian Stanley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (in 1985) and Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2014)
recording of:
Listen (in 1984)
writer:
Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
6:53