I suppose it is. His proper solo album, "Tomcats Screaming Outside", has its charms as an example of "artist tries different style and fails in an enjoyable way".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, Orzabal's work under his own name was different to the TFF stuff.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
^ that album's great. first CD I ever bought :)
First album I ever bought too (tho cassette)! Over the years, I went from really liking it, to hating it, to liking it again
― Vinnie, Thursday, 12 October 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
i heard curt smith's second solo album. it had one good song on it. any good songs on either of his other two?
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 12 October 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Had them, sold them. So - no.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 12 October 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Smith's solo stuff either, even though I've always preferred his voice to Orzabal's.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 12 October 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dihNZjhWCIE
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 26 October 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5k293MR--EE
― add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
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― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Sunday, 1 July 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Elemental is a jam tbh, if some consider it their worst i should check out their subsequent releases i guess. it's a pretty good listen the whole way thru imo. Break it Down Again, love it!
altho:
"No sleep for dreaming" say the architects of lifeBig bouncing babies, bread and butter - can I have a slice?
ok
― omar little, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Hated them at the time as a kid, hate them now.
I always think of 1982 as the big fabulous party of New Pop, with ABC and the Associates and Adam & The Ants and Soft Cell and Madness and Haircut 100 and a pre-shitness Simple Minds et al . . . and then 1983 was its horrible stinking hangover with the likes of this lot, Howard Jones, Thompson Twins, Nik Kershaw, Kajagoogoo and all that drivel.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 22:58 (four years ago) link
Elemental is a really good record. It's their fourth best after the first big three.
― akm, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
jon123's 0-2 in the last hour :)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
I'll soldier on . . .
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
Don't know Kajagoogoo's catalog at all but I like the other 1983 artists you mentioned. They share a love of atmosphere and mood that I associate strongly with the 80s
Elemental is their 4th best record but it's still a bit patchy. First three tracks are great, but I don't need to think about "Dog's a Best Friend's Dog" again. It's certainly better than Raoul though, which is a shockingly bland album. 2004 album is similar to Elemental in having strong peaks, but the other tracks are even worse. That said, I am still waiting patiently for a new TFF album - I liked the single they released a few years ago
― Vinnie, Thursday, 21 November 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
Was Things Can Only Get Better a big hit in the US for Howard Jones? Think it's cropped up in a about 3 or 4 US shows recently
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 November 2019 07:42 (four years ago) link
Yes. Out of the handful he had, "Things" was easily his biggest hit here. Probably the only HoJo song you're likely to hear in the states these days.
Maybe "No One is to Blame" came close?
― gregorianpants, Thursday, 21 November 2019 07:50 (four years ago) link
It was a hit here but I think "What Is Love?" is the one most people would remember.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 November 2019 08:02 (four years ago) link
I think "What is Love" was a big video on MTV in that early era, but didn't see the same success in terms of nationwide mainstream radio play/sales of the single itself. It definitely was enough to break him into the US market in the first place though and probably his second most recognizable to most people.
"No One is to Blame" was big at the time (thanks in no small part to Phil Collins' touch giving it a nice "adult contemporary" sheen) but probably more for the 30+ crowd than the youth - I don't think it's aged very well.
― gregorianpants, Thursday, 21 November 2019 08:32 (four years ago) link
"New Song" is also a very underrated, mostly forgotten single these days...
― gregorianpants, Thursday, 21 November 2019 08:34 (four years ago) link
And back to TFF really quick, but am I the only one who's never really gotten the love for "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (the song, that is). The video was cool and all and I get the whole Beatles homage thing, but for the lead single to the followup to "Big Chair" it always struck me as somewhat... lacking. I absolutely love the verse melody, but the chorus starts to grate by the third go-around... and it's long for a pop single. Never understood why it was as big as it was at the time.
― gregorianpants, Thursday, 21 November 2019 08:39 (four years ago) link
There's such an overbearing slickness with this band's sound. Everything is perfect to the point of deadness, like Jude Law's face in the movie AI.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 21 November 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
I think the fact that TFF invariably came across as po-faced gimps in their interviews (especially Orzabal) didn't help.
Smash Hits used to rip the piss out of them all the time, and they really really didn't like it.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:12 (four years ago) link
"No One is to Blame" is HoJo's biggest American hit: #4.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link
Imho each of them managed one decent song before falling into abeyance.
HJ - What Is LoveThompson Twins - Hold Me NowNik K - Wouldn't It Be GoodKajagoogoo - Too Shy (which is not even a decent song, more a terrific intro and verse before one of the lamest choruses of the decade)
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
hush hush!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgHAMvkSAqY
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 21 November 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link
I don't think this accurately describes The Hurting at all
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
and the band was often gawky and crass in the best sense later
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
it's also not an accurate description of jude law's face in the movie ai
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
Jude Law in AI is like a mini-horror movie
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
ai IS a horror movie
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
lmao at that video
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
It’s my own design
― calstars, Friday, 10 April 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEpfvTdR5-U
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 April 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
When Pale Shelter (long version) turns up on Spotify shuffle when you’re out your morning run/trundle. What a band
― the article don, Thursday, 1 October 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUp-ujO979U
pretty good comeback single
― ufo, Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
Roland's been living in a shack in the woods?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 8 October 2021 01:58 (two years ago) link
New album in February
1 No Small Thing2 The Tipping Point3 Long, Long, Long Time4 Break the Man5 My Demons6 Rivers of Mercy7 Please Be Happy8 Master Plan9 End of Night10 Stay11 Let It All Evolve [deluxe edition]12 Secret Location [deluxe edition]13 Shame (Cry Heaven) [deluxe edition]
― groovypanda, Friday, 8 October 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link
cringe headline but good interview: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/08/tears-for-fears-reunion-interview
― ledge, Friday, 8 October 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
Really impressed by the single. Looking forward to this (in February!)
― raven, Friday, 8 October 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
Deluxe edition only available via Super Deluxe Edition shop.
The standard 10-track version of The Tipping Point is available on CD, black vinyl LP and limited indie green vinyl (now sold out via the SDE shop). The retail deluxe CD features one bonus song, the Target (USA) and Japanese editions will have two bonus songs but only the SDE deluxe CD offers all three bonus songs on one physical package! Viva la CD!
Additionally, the SDE deluxe CD offers enhanced packaging (8-panel digi-sleeve) and a 32-page booklet (the standard has 24 pages) which exclusively features a new interview with Roland and Curt by SDE editor Paul Sinclair.
Be aware that the SDE deluxe CD is a limited edition. There are just 2,000 units available for the UK and the Rest of the World and this is a one-time pressing. Once they are gone, that’s it!
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 8 October 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
Well, crap. Should have scrolled farther down. Sold out already.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 8 October 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
oh a bunch of different limited editions with different track listings, what a good strategy to instantly kill my interest in buying the new album
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Friday, 8 October 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
"enhanced packaging"
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 8 October 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
it's like new order and tears for fears are converging on the same sound
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Friday, 8 October 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
“Sowing” sucks but “head” fucking rules. “Everybody” good too
― calstars, Friday, 15 October 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
That 10" of covers they did is pretty darn good. I've played that thing a bunch of times. The video linked above does sound a fair bit like current New Order, but the drumming isn't nearly as interesting. Kind of looking forward to the album now.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 16 October 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
yeah that run of covers was excellent
― ufo, Saturday, 16 October 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
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― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link