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    Songs From The Big Chair

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    • Record Label: Mercury
    • Catalog#: 824 300-2
    • Country Of Release: EU
    • Year Of Release: 1985
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    Great music, decent pressing for the money but not stellarI'd like a better sounding version of this classic album. This one is certainly acceptable given the standard price. There are no pops, ticks, or skips. Average surface noise. The disc is flat enough. But it just doesn't sound as good as I know it could. It barely sounds better than the CD. It will hold me over until I can find either an original pressing or an audiophile remastering. I love this music, it deserves the 5-star treatment on vinyl. This isn't it.3Tears For Fears Worldwide Super-smash of 1985.Tears For Fears managed to do an amazing thing with their second album. They had three of the biggest international pop hits of the decade in rapid succession in 1985. But instead of putting them in an album of easy to like pop songs, they placed them in an a serious and complex album that explored darkness and ambiguity and one that was challenging to normal expectations as well. How many artists would follow an exuberant and joyful number like Head Over Heels with a long, bleak, mostly instrumental number like Listen, which sounded more like something from Pink Floyd or the Alan Parsons Project?But this was what made Tears For Fears a step above many other recording artists of their day. In an age of frivolity they came on with an earnestness and seriousness of purpose which was rare. Their first album, The Hurting, was absolutely bleak, a raw exploration of Roland and Curt s troubled childhoods that included the original version of Mad World. Early critics were quick to dismiss them as just another synth-pop band, and a mopey one at that, but it was clear to the public that there was more to them and the album reached #1 in Britain and produced three big hits in 1983. For some reason the American audience didn t take to them at at first, whether because the songs were too dark or from poor promotion by the label I don t know.Songs From the Big Chair was a giant leap forward for the band in every way. The first album really was almost all synth and drum machine, even if in service to dark lyrics. Here, to multiple synthesizers and drum machines they added real drums, multiple guitars, saxophone, and organ in many layers of sound. There s layers upon layers of things going on in the new sound of Tears For Fears, especially in numbers like Shout, The Working Hour and Head Over Heels. The music is more flowing and loose as well with jazz and R&B influences. Often it seems like they are accompanied by a great righteous noise, a swelling of instruments and sounds rather than instruments playing a melodic line. This would be the basis of their sound which would go even further into jazz and soul in the next album.At this point Tears For Fears was a real touring band and Ian Stanley and Manny Elias were considered part of the group though Roland and Curt obviously occupied a more forward position. They had the ability to recreate all of their music live just like it was on the album, though this needed an extra guitarist, keyboardist and saxophone. Ian was very important to the band at this time, and I don t think he gets all the credit he deserves. Not only did he offer Roland and Curt free use of his studio, but even this late, most of this album was made there with producer Chris Hughes. He was important in creating the sound and at least gets some writing credits here.Songs From the Big Chair is not quite a concept album, but it does seem thematically united. The lyrics are often a bit oblique and open to interpretation, but they often seem to he lost in indecision. The songs protagonist is unsure whether to believe everything will work out, or, as he also says, I believe that it s too late for anyone to believe. If he cries while he writes the words is it absurd or real? The album is full of moments like Find out, find out, what the fear is all about in The Working Hours and I stop believing everything will be alright in Broken. Yet the final lyric (in Spanish) of the album translates as Birthday girl, everything will be alright .It s not unusual for Tears For Fears that a dark or cynical lyric is cloaked in a bright melody. Pale Shelter (from The Hurting) sounds dynamic and upbeat despite its bitter words. The cynicism of Everybody Wants To Rule the World sounds like fun in its loping, flowing rhythm and big chorus. Shout is full of anger but also hope that at least you can let it out and is positively hypnotic with its solid chant and its huge sound that keeps getting bigger. Tears For Fears was more about the sound to me than the lyrics anyway, which I usually had to see printed out to fully understand. The sound of Tears For Fears is usually very spacious, full of reverb, the musical equivalent of Big Sky Country. This is true whether it s dark and deep like Shout or high and straining for the heavens like Head Over Heels.The Working Hour is beautifully realized with its percussion and saxophones and has a pleading sound close to songs from The Hurting like Start of the Breakdown. Will Gregory s saxophone is a very important part of the song and makes it different than any previous song of theirs. Mother s Talk is more of a rhythm piece without the strong melody that is usual for the group. It was a minor hit in the U.K. and in the U.S. in a remixed version. It seems like a bit of a throwback to The Way You Are. I Believe is a quietly jazzy meditation on uncertainty that could almost work as lounge music if it had a more typical love lyric.The album s finale is a trilogy of songs of wildly different moods played without a real break with Broken and Head Over Heels sharing melodic material. Broken is fast, frenetic and jagged, and a bit like something Yes might do. It includes the theme which opens Head Over Heels while Heels ends with a repeat of Broken s central section; they also share the line, Funny How Time Flies This is something more prog-rock than synth-pop or new wave and this tying together of the three songs was usually kept together in live performances. Then comes the real surprise. Instead of a big, positive anthem of a song, Listen is a bleak, almost minimalist instrumental riff which includes a brief opening lyric referring to an atomic war in Russia sung to jazz chords. This was a really gutsy way to end an album. I m sure the label execs must have argued against it. But that s Tears For Fears, always full of surprises.It s rare that an album this creative is as popular as Songs From the Big Chair. It was the album of the summer in 1985, sold five million copies in the U.S. alone and about ten million worldwide.This CD was remastered in 2014 and sounds great. The sound is full of detail, something necessary for the group s music. No bonus tracks but those are often just outtakes. There is a deluxe 2-CD version but it s selling for a fortune at the moment. This is all you really need.5One of the Greatest Albums of All Time - Heard in a New WayOne of the greatest albums of all time-- when I listen to this in 96kHz discreet 5.1 uncompressed PCM audio, it's revealing how well-crafted this album is-- I admire it even more than I did. There are (essentially) 3 different recordings here-- the original, stereo mix/master from 1985, the new 5.1 re-mix (with no mastering!) and the 2014 re-mix/re-master. If you have the any kind of halfway decent surround sound system and you even like one of the songs on this album, it's a must-purchase. There's something perfect about the original mix and so I'm glad it's here. But I love to hear the new mix-- I realized that I've been hearing the synth lead melody on the bridge of Shout wrong-- for 30 years, as the stereo mix seamlessly blends the bass and the Fairlight to make it seem like the Fairlight Saraar sound is playing an extra note. In the 5.1 mix, the Fairlight is the only thing in the center channel-- you can hear the melody distinctly-- even the loop-point on the sample! I know this all sounds nerdy, and believe me it is-- but you don't have to appreciate this stuff to appreciate the beauty of this Blu-Ray Audio release. Standouts: The Working Hour is an absolute masterpiece with one of the best uses of the entire sound field I've ever heard (outside of Pink Floyd's surround/quad releases). If you're remotely on the fence, just buy this.5Masterfully Compiled and PerformedTears For Fears, an 80s band, was one of the most innovative and creative bands ever although they aren't nearly as well known as they should be. Songs From The Big Chair was a major success, topping the charts in the United States at number one in 1985. The best known hit on this album is "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" although I prefer "Shout" and "Head Over Heels" to that song. The whole album shows a great level of sophistication with saxophone solos blending into synthesizers and guitar, all masterfully orchestrated.5Excellent Surround SoundAn excellent recording for Surround Sound. Like the group or not - I highly recommend buying this TFT Disk for the remastered surround sound. The only disk I've heard that was better is the legendary 7 bridges road track on the Eagles Album where all the singers sing independently thru your 5 speakers. This is not that high of quality, but it still makes your surround system sound good. Too bad more bands don't do this for their more upscale listeners.5Shout!The multichannel mixes have put a clever spin on some of the tracks, specifically Shout sounds much more emotional and striking. It does bring out some of the weaknesses in Orzabal's voice, but I actually find it endearing and plays well with the anger he is expressing. It is almost worth buying just for Shout in 5.1, but obviously the rest of the tracks are very familiar and great.5An audio experience like no otherI've listened to this album in various formats over the years but when I got this 5.1 version last week it was almost a spiritual experience. As other reviews note it makes you realize how the traditional stereo mix just isn't big enough for everything going on here. If you only ever buy one blu Ray audio album then make it this one.55.1 mix is stunning!The 5.1 mix is truly stunning! The detail for instruments and spatial qualities are fantastic. Everything seems to emulate the power and energy of the recordings. The rear channels are not used aggressively; rather, they are discreet offering a full, balanced effect that expands the surround sound field at the back.I wished they would remix all their album in 5.15No tears here!This is an album that helped define the feelings in music of the 80's, and it established Tears for Fears as a band to be reckoned with. I initially bought this disc for three of its cuts, but after listening to it in all of its 5.1, uncompressed glory, I have to say the whole album is a masterpiece. Sonically, this disc shines with all of what Blu-Ray Audio can do. The added textures and detail in the music are far more clearly apparent. The 5.1 mix. created by none other than surround mixer extraordinaire Steven Wilson, maintains the balances of the stereo mix while expanding the sound out to reveal far more of the intricacies in the music. The only track where the mix had to be "created" was "Broken", because the tapes needed to do the full discrete 5.1 were missing. It still sounds mighty good.The three tracks I bought this for, "Shout", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", and "Head Over Heels" all sparkle in 5.1. Universal's "Pure Audio" Blu-ray Audio releases are excellent, but they really have to pay more attention to those of us clamoring for more music in surround, especially where the masters exist in that format. I'm definitely in favor of disc-based, high resolution music. I'm not a fan of downloads. So, powers that be at Universal, please give us more Pure Audio with 5.1. I'll grovel if I need to.55.1 is very goodThis album was better than I expected it to be. I liked the singles back in the day but never enough to buy the album. I bought this one to feed my 5.1 thirst and as an album and a 5.1 mix it did very well.I was a huge fan of "the hurting" and hoped it may have gotten this treatment.4
    Songs From The Big Chair

    Songs From The Big Chair

    4.6
    You can't add more than 500 quantity.
    €60,00
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