Songs From the Big Chair

Tracklist

• 1
  Shout
  6:31
  4.4 ★
• 2
  The Working Hour
  6:31
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Everybody Wants To Rule The World
  4:10
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Mothers Talk
  5:07
  3.5 ★
• 5
  I Believe
  4:54
  2.8 ★
• 6
  Broken
  2:38
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Head Over Heels
  5:02
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Listen
  6:49
  3.4 ★

Recent reviews

heidii 𝜗𝜚˚12 Jan 2026

★★½

very nostalgic for an era i didn’t even exist in🥹

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Release credits

• Alexander A. McLelland
  background vocals [1, 7]
• Andy Davis
  grand piano [2, 7]
• Annie McCaig
  background vocals [7]
• Chris Hughes
  drums (drum set) [1], producer
• Curt Smith
  bass guitar, lead vocals [3]
• David Bascombe
  engineer
• Ian Stanley
  arranger [8], keyboard
• Jerry Marotta
  drums (drum set) [2], saxophone [2]
• Manny Elias
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 2-8]
• Marilyn David
  background vocals [7], vocal [8]
• Mel Collins
  saxophone [2]
• Neil Taylor
  guitar [3, 6], solo [3, 6]
• Roland Orzabal
  additional [8], background vocals [3], grand piano [5], lead vocals [1-2, 4-8]
• Steven Wilson
  mix
• Stevie Vann
  background vocals [4]
• Will Gregory
  saxophone [2, 5], solo [2]
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  24 February 2010
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  Songs From the Big Chair

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  Songs From the Big Chair

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  Songs From the Big Chair

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  CD ("Made in W. Germany by Polygram" on CD; "Printed in West Germany/Imprime an Allemagne Made in West Germany" booklet pg. 11)
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