very nostalgic for an era i didn’t even exist in🥹
2x Digital Media (deluxe)
Songs From the Big Chair
Album by Tears for Fears
Released 17 February 1985
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Shout6:324.4 ★
- 2The Working Hour6:313.4 ★
- 3Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:113.9 ★
- 4Mothers Talk5:063.5 ★
- 5I Believe4:552.8 ★
- 6Broken2:384.0 ★
- 7Head Over Heels5:024.5 ★
- 8Listen6:533.4 ★
- 9The Big Chair3:21
- 10Empire Building2:52
- 11The Marauders4:15
- 12Broken Revisited5:16
- 13The Conflict4:04
- 14The Working Hour (piano version)2:08
- 15Pharaohs (single version)3:41
- 16When in Love With a Blind Man2:23
- 17Sea Song3:53
- Digital Media 2
- 1The Way You Are4:55
- 2Mothers Talk (short version)3:545.0 ★
- 3Shout (alternative version)6:005.0 ★
- 4Everybody Wants to Rule the World (single version)4:12
- 5Head Over Heels (Dave Bascombe 7″ N.mix)Tears for Fears & Dave Bascombe4:174.5 ★
- 6I Believe (A Soulful re‐recording)4:42
- 7Everybody Wants to Run the World4:34
- 8The Way You Are (edit)4:21
- 9Mothers Talk (U.S. remix)4:145.0 ★
- 10Shout (U.S.single edit)4:064.5 ★
- 11Everybody Wants to Rule the World4:33
- 12Head Over Heels (Hughes 7″ edit)4:16
- 13Mothers Talk (video version)Tears for Fears & Bob Clearmountain4:47
- 14Shout (7″ edit)4:474.6 ★
- 15Listen (clean intro)6:52
- 16Roland & Curt Interviewed7:36
More by Tears for Fears
Release credits
- background vocals [1, 7]
- grand piano [2, 7]
- background vocals [7]
- remixer [9]
- conductor [13], drums (drum set) [1], percussion [13], producer [2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 2.14, 1.1-8], programming [13]
- bass guitar [1-8, 13], keyboard [13], lead vocals [3], vocal [13]
- engineer [1-8], recording [17]
- arranger [8], keyboard [1-8, 13], producer [9], programming [13], recording [17]
- drums (drum set) [2], saxophone [2]
- drums (drum set) [1-2, 2-8], membranophone [13], programming [13]
- background vocals [7], vocal [8]
- saxophone [2]
- guitar [3, 6], solo [3, 6]
- piano [6], recording [17]
- performer [13]
- additional [8], background vocals [3], grand piano [5], guitar [13], keyboard [13], lead vocals [1-2, 4-8], programming [13], recording [17], vocal [13]
- performer [13], producer [1]
- mix [1-8]
- background vocals [4]
- producer [2.6, 1.13]
- saxophone [1.2, 1.5, 2.6], solo [2]
Issues
S
S17 February 1985- S12" Vinyl17 February 1985
- S12" Vinyl25 February 1985
- S25 February 1985
S12" Vinyl25 February 1985
S26 February 1985
S1985
S1985- S12" Vinyl1985
SCassette1985
SCassette1985
S12" Vinyl1985- S12" Vinyl (22 - Allied Pressing)1985
S1994
SAugust 1998
S13 March 1999
S28 June 1999
S1 May 2006
S2x CD (deluxe edition)23 May 2006
S24 February 2010- SSHM-CD9 November 2011
- S12" Vinyl2012
SSHM-SACD (2 channels)28 May 2014
SSHM-CD28 May 2014
S4x CD, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video (super deluxe edition)7 November 2014
S2x CD (deluxe edition)7 November 2014- S7 November 2014
- SDigital Media10 November 2014
- S2x Digital Media (deluxe)10 November 2014
S12" Vinyl (reissue, 180g)November 2014
SBlu-ray9 December 2014- SBlu-ray11 December 2014
S2014
SDigital Media (mastered for iTunes)2014
S2x Digital Media (deluxe, mastered for iTunes)2014
S4x Digital Media (super deluxe edition)2014
S4x Digital Media (super deluxe version, mastered for iTunes)20 March 2015
SDigital Media (24-Bit/96 kHz)9 November 2015
SSHM-SACD (2 channels)24 August 2016
SDigital Media (Dolby Atmos mix)20 February 2025
S3x CD (2025 deluxe edition)14 November 2025
SBlu-ray (SDE Surround Series 52)14 November 2025
SDigital Media
SCD (made in France)
SCD (made in USA by PDO)
SCD (club edition)
SDigital Media
SCD ("Made in W. Germany by Polygram" on CD; "Printed in West Germany/Imprime an Allemagne Made in West Germany" booklet pg. 11)