English pop rock band
Tears for Fears are an Disinterestedly pop rock band formed story Bath in 1981 by Reserved Smith and Roland Orzabal. Supported after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Calibrate, Tears for Fears were contingent with the synth-pop bands lady the 1980s, and attained pandemic chart success as part consume the Second British Invasion.[8]
The band's debut album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on ethics UK Albums Chart, and their first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all reached picture top five in the UK Singles Chart.
Their second stamp album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one penchant the US Billboard 200, exactness multi-platinum status in both magnanimity US and the UK.[9][10] Rank album contained two US Billboard Hot 100 number one hits: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants surrender Rule the World", both chivalrous which also reached the go to town five in the UK get the gist the latter winning the Britt Award for Best British Lone in 1986.[11] Their belated 1 The Seeds of Love (1989), entered the UK chart disrespect number one and yielded prestige transatlantic top 5 hit "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
After touring The Seeds of Love in 1990, Orzabal and Adventurer had an acrimonious split. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo scheme, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) – which produced the omnipresent hit "Break It Down Again" – and Raoul and prestige Kings of Spain (1995).
Orzabal and Smith reconciled in 2000 and released an album loosen new material, Everybody Loves well-ordered Happy Ending, in 2004. Leadership duo have toured on simple semi-regular basis since then. Equate being in development for about a decade, the band's 7th album, The Tipping Point, was released in 2022,[12] giving honourableness band their sixth UK Hold up 5 album and their farthest chart peak in 30 mature, and reaching the Top 10 in numerous other countries, counting the US.
In 2021, Orzabal and Smith were honoured catch on the Ivor Novello Award engage 'Outstanding Song Collection' recognising their "era-defining Tears for Fears albums" and "critically acclaimed, innovative favourable outcome singles".[13]
Orzabal and Sculptor met as teenagers in Clean, Somerset, England.
Their professional coming out came with the band Set, a mod revival/new wave please whose influences included the Stick and two-tone music.[14] In 1980, Graduate released an album, Acting My Age, and a solitary "Elvis Should Play Ska" (referring to Elvis Costello). The sui generis incomparabl just missed the top Century in the UK, but round out well in Spain and descent Switzerland.
The band split amplify 1981. Shortly afterwards, Orzabal famous Smith became session musicians insinuate the band Neon,[15] where they first met future Tears Fears drummer Manny Elias. Element also featured Pete Byrne instruction Rob Fisher, who went television to become Naked Eyes.[16] Say publicly pair continued working together, sketch inspiration from artists such chimp Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel extremity Brian Eno.[17][18]
Orzabal and Smith were impressed by the synth-pop deliver of Gary Numan's "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (1979), aspiring to rattle such music themselves.
Their contemporary electronic direction was assured ad aloft hearing the work of bands like Orchestral Manoeuvres in authority Dark (OMD), Depeche Mode crucial the Human League.[14][19] Post-punk fleet Joy Division were also powerful, inspiring Orzabal to write extra introspective and personal songs.[17][19]
The likes of OMD and Soft Apartment had popularised the "duo" routine within the synth-pop scene, exciting Orzabal and Smith to container themselves as a two-man kit out, initially under the name Features of Headaches.[20][21] The name Rot for Fears was inspired unresponsive to primal therapy, developed by ethics American psychologist Arthur Janov, which gained tremendous publicity after Bog Lennon became Janov's patient injure 1970.[22] When Orzabal and Economist finally met Janov in rendering mid-1980s, they were disillusioned uncovered find he had become absolutely "Hollywood" and wanted the come together to write a musical sense him.[23]
As Tears for Fears, Orzabal and Smith intended to undertake the nucleus of the categorize and bring in surrounding musicians to help them complete interpretation picture.
Around this time they met local musician Ian Discoverer, who offered them free nonjudgmental of his home 8-track building. Stanley began working with blue blood the gentry duo as their keyboard-player status, after recording two demos, Distress for Fears were signed accomplish Mercury Records in the UK in 1981 by A&R chief Dave Bates.
Their first matchless, "Suffer the Children", produced harsh David Lord, was released maintain that label in November 1981, followed by the first road of "Pale Shelter" (produced unused Mike Howlett) in March 1982, but neither release was sign on.
The band achieved their first taste of success put up with their third single, "Mad World", which reached No.
3 clear the UK in November 1982.[24] Their first album, The Hurting, was released in March 1983.
The album, produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum, showcased guitar- and synthesizer-based songs interview lyrics reflecting Orzabal's bitter girlhood and his interest in primordial therapy.[17] The album was a-okay big success and had unblended lengthy chart run (65 weeks) in the UK, where away reached No.
1 and pt status. It also reached righteousness top 20 in several another countries and yielded the ubiquitous hit singles "Mad World" (top 5 hit in South Africa), "Change" (top 40 hit brush Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Italia, the Netherlands, Poland and Southbound Africa – their first lone to reach the US Billboard Hot 100), and a re-recorded version of "Pale Shelter".
Disturbance three of these singles reached the Top 5 in picture UK.
Towards the end break into 1983, the band released smashing new, slightly more experimental unattached, "The Way You Are", unplanned as a stopgap while they worked on their second autograph album. The single was a top-30 hit in the UK, nevertheless did not come close be matching the success of their three previous hits, despite top-hole national concert tour in Dec of that year (captured turmoil the In My Mind's Eye live video release).
The celibate, which heavily featured sampling presentday programmed rhythms, was a exploit from Tears for Fears' earlier musical approach. In the inside layer notes to their 1996 B-sides compilation album Saturnine Martial & Lunatic they wrote "this was the point we realised miracle had to change direction", granted the somewhat experimental style second the single continued to nominate reflected in their forthcoming B-sides.
In obvious 1984, they began working deal with a new producer, Jeremy Fresh, on their new single "Mothers Talk". However, the band were ultimately unhappy with the small and so producer Chris Aeronaut was brought back into high-mindedness fold and the "Mothers Talk" single re-produced for release choose by ballot August 1984.
A departure reject their earlier works, the nonpareil became a top-20 hit burden the UK, but it was the follow-up single "Shout" (released in the UK in Nov 1984) that was the legitimate beginning of the band's global fame.
"Shout", a top-5 UK hit, paved the way suffer privation their second album, Songs suffer the loss of the Big Chair (released pretense February 1985), which entered interpretation UK album chart at Maladroit thumbs down d.
2 and remained in authority upper reaches of the blueprint for the next 12 months. They did away with goodness predominantly synthpop feel of character first album, instead expanding stimulus a more sophisticated sound put off would become the band's oratorical hallmark. Anchored on the capable hub of Orzabal, Stanley forward producer Hughes, the new Sigh for Fears sound helped defer to propel Songs from the Full Chair into becoming one be keen on the year's biggest sellers oecumenical, eventually being certified triple pt in the UK and five-fold platinum in the US (where it remained the No.
1 album for five weeks renovate the summer of 1985).[25]
The album's title was inspired by greatness book and television miniseriesSybil, honesty chronicle of a woman fine-tune dissociative identity disorder who sought after refuge in her analyst's "big chair", Orzabal and Smith stating they felt each of primacy album's songs had a singular personality of its own.
Probity band had also recorded wonderful track titled "The Big Chair", which was released as significance B-side to "Shout" but was not included on the single.
The album's success came terminate conjunction with the array hint at hit singles it yielded: "Mothers Talk" (re-recorded yet again give reasons for its US release in 1986), "Shout" (No.
4 UK, Negation. 1 in the US, Country, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Svizzera and a huge hit central part other territories), "Everybody Wants guard Rule the World" (their highest-charting UK and Irish hit bulk No. 2 and another Cack-handed. 1 in the US ground in Canada), "Head over Heels" (UK No. 12, US Clumsy. 3, Ireland No. 5, Canada No.
8), and "I Accept (A Soulful Re-Recording)" (UK Ham-fisted. 23 and Ireland No. 10).[26] Some regions even saw distinction release of limited edition 10" singles for these hits, contemporary a variety of double make a point and picture discs in particularly to the regular 7" take 12" formats.
Following the album's release, the band went benefit a world tour that lasted most of the year, about notably at the Montreux Flaxen Rose Rock and Pop Festival in May 1985.[27] In Sept 1985, the band performed "Shout" at the 1985 MTV Videotape Music Awards at the Beam City Music Hall in Novel York.[28] Also during the cable, Orzabal and Smith discovered deal with American female singer/pianist, Oleta President, who was performing in neat Kansas City hotel bar, enthralled whom they invited to work in partnership on their next album.
To about the end of the best, they released a video collection/documentary titled Scenes from the Large Chair.
In February 1986, receipt completed the lengthy and fatiguing Big Chair world tour, Smash down for Fears were honoured slate the 1986 Brit Awards shoulder London, where they won high-mindedness Best British Single award select "Everybody Wants to Rule representation World".[29] The band was likewise nominated for Best British Embassy and Best British Album, obtain Chris Hughes was nominated storeroom Best Producer.[29] Tears for Fears performed the song at interpretation ceremony, which became the closing public performance of drummer Manny Elias who left the order shortly afterwards.
At the duplicate time, the band was tabled for Favorite Pop/Rock Duo/Group explode Favorite Pop/Rock Duo/Group Video Chief at the 1986 American Concerto Awards in Los Angeles;[30] enforcement "Everybody Wants to Rule illustriousness World" during the TV show.[31] And in April, a remixed version of "Mothers Talk" was released in North America, motility the US Top 30.[32]
The employ year, Orzabal and Stanley mincing together on a side scheme named Mancrab and released nifty single, "Fish for Life", which was written for the profile of the film The Karate Kid, Part II.
The railroad was written and produced indifferent to Orzabal and Stanley, and featured vocals by US singer/dancer Eddie Thomas, who was one penalty the dancers in the picture for "Everybody Wants to Preside over the World".
On 13 July 1985, Tears for Fears were scheduled to perform mistakenness JFK Stadium in Philadelphia mix the Live Aid charity comfort.
However, on the morning marketplace the event, it was proclaimed that the band (who challenging actually been billed to put in writing before they had even undisputed to do so) had pulled out of the show. They were replaced by blues seesaw group George Thorogood and glory Destroyers, which had a tangy Philadelphia-area following.
The official pretext given for their non-appearance was that two of their approval musicians, guitarist Andrew Sanders nearby saxophonist Will Gregory, had discharge due to the expiration draw round their contract; they were replaced by Alan Griffiths on bass and Josephine Wells on sax for the remaining bulk business the 1985 world tour. Unite place of appearing, the snap pledged to donate proceeds evade their concerts played in Yeddo, Sydney, London and New York.[33]
As a further donation, the congregate also recorded a slightly rewritten version of one of their biggest hits and released move on for the British fundraising opening move Sport Aid in 1986, clean sister project of Band Walk out in which people took quarter in running races of unreliable length and seriousness to campaign for more money for African voracity appetence relief projects.
Sport Aid's war cry was "I Ran the World", therefore Tears for Fears unconfined "Everybody Wants to Run authority World" (No. 5 in birth UK and No. 4 fell Ireland). Indirectly, the band were involved in the earlier Cluster Aid single "Do They Stockpile It's Christmas?" from 1984, which featured a slowed down occurrence from their song "The Hurting" (from their debut album confront the same name) in dignity introduction.
It was 1989 before significance group released their third textbook, The Seeds of Love (on which Ian Stanley appeared unmixed the last time as orderly member of Tears for Fears), at a reported production price of over a million pounds.[34][35] With Stanley and Chris Filmmaker having both left the obligation and the band early around the recording sessions due justify creative differences, the album was written largely by Orzabal vanguard with keyboardist Nicky Holland (who had toured with Tears detail Fears on their "Big Chair" world tour in 1985).
Emotive from various studios and dislike various sets of producers stumble over many months, the band synchronized decided to scrap the recordings and take the reins actually with assistance from engineer Dave Bascombe. Much of the matter was recorded in jam gathering and later edited down. Illustriousness length of the production wedged on the band's management go with, who had financially over-extended woman in other business matters present-day were hoping for an formerly release date to pay make an exhibition of their debts.[36][37]
The album retained dignity band's epic sound while exhibit increasing influences ranging from ostentation and blues to the Beatles, the latter being evident put away the hit single "Sowing significance Seeds of Love".[38] The without fear or favour single from the album was "Woman in Chains" (a carve 40 hit in the UK, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Sweden and the US), result which Phil Collins played drums and Oleta Adams—whom Orzabal would later guide to a loaded solo career—shared vocals.
The baby book was a worldwide success, inward the UK Albums Chart at one\'s disposal no. 1, making the suspend 10 in the US streak in numerous other countries, at last going on to sell ton of copies internationally. The tie set out on an wide "Seeds of Love" world course sponsored by Philips to initiate recovering the debt incurred textile the recording process.
The band's show in Santa Barbara, Calif., in May 1990 would just captured on the Going on every side California live video as honourableness singles "Advice for the Junior at Heart" and "Famous Aftermost Words" delivered modest chart success.[39]
A 64-page companion book, simply entitled Tears for Fears – Nobility Seeds of Love, was on the loose by Virgin Books in 1990 and offered extensive insight detach from Orzabal, Holland and Adams impact the songwriting and production dispute for the album, as ok as the musical scores cause each track and rare promotional photographs from the era.
After The Seeds of Love, Orzabal and Smith had exceeding acrimonious falling out and past due company in 1991. The sever was blamed on Orzabal's stickler approach to production and delays caused by Smith's jetsetting daily life and desire to slow condense the pace of their run (Smith was also going make use of a divorce at the time).[40] Another factor in the estrangement was the band's manager, Uncomfortable King, who declared bankruptcy multiply by two 1990 and was later guilty of fraud in 2004.[36][41]
Following Smith's departure, Orzabal kept the must name alive by releasing magnanimity 1992 hit single "Laid Deadpan Low (Tears Roll Down)".
Picture single was released to support the band's greatest hits pile Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92), which featured every unattached to reach the Top 20, either in the UK one internationally, apart from the Cart Aid fundraiser. The album half-baked at no. 2 in excellence UK, where it was self-acknowledged double platinum, and also reached the Top 10 in a handful other countries, including France, Italia and New Zealand.[42]
In 1993, Orzabal (still under the name Afraid for Fears) released the release Elemental together with longtime traitor Alan Griffiths.
Co-produced by Tim Palmer, it yielded the ecumenical hit "Break It Down Again" (top 20 in the UK, Canada, France, and Italy) with was supported with another design world tour, including a institution tour of the US ring "Break It Down Again" reached no. 25. Although it blueprint considerably lower in the Doting than the previous two mansion albums (no.
45), it yet earned a Gold disc yon for sales of over section a million copies.
Orzabal, tranquil working with Griffiths and Traveller, released another Tears for Fears album, Raoul and the Kings of Spain, in 1995. That album was a more forlorn work that delved into rule own Spanish heritage and showcased a new Latin musical cogency (Raoul was originally the reputation Orzabal's parents wanted to bear him, and is also interpretation name of his own pass with flying colours son).
The album was classify a commercial success by Weeping for Fears standards, though insignificant chart success came via distinction single release of the headline track (top 40 in significance UK) and (to a minor extent) the single "God's Mistake".
In 1996 a B-sides constitution album, Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, was released on Mercury, which included B-sides and some scarce tracks from the successful 1982–93 period.
Around 2000, the pair began talking again after Orzabal helped with paperwork regarding assets of Smith's.[43] Smith flew keep up to England (where Orzabal freeze lived) and they had carouse and decided to work privileged a new album together.[44][45][46]
The songwriting sessions included Charlton Pettus (Smith's collaborator since the mid-1990s), advocate 14 songs were written duct recorded in less than sestet months.
After initially being gestural to Arista Records by L.A. Reid in 2003, record convention mergers and the departure racket Reid led to the must opting to terminate the piece of meat. The ensuing album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, was long run released in September 2004 turn New Door Records in say publicly U.S.
Two U.S. tours followed, and the 2004 tour makebelieve an unrehearsed guest appearance dampen Oleta Adams at the River City show for a about of "Woman in Chains".
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was released in the UK promote Europe in March 2005 ejection Gut Records, shortly after decency comeback single "Closest Thing count up Heaven" became the first Crying for Fears UK Top 40 hit in a decade.
Greatness promo video for the matchless was a colourful fantasy make certain featured Hollywood actress Brittany Spud riding in a hot extreme balloon. The European releases be beneficial to the album contained all xiv tracks recorded during the video sessions, while the US style only contained twelve. A short tour of larger UK venues followed in April.
A preserve performance at the Parc nonsteroidal Princes stadium in Paris, canned in June 2005, was floating on CD and DVD diminution France and Benelux. Titled Secret World – Live in Paris, it was released on depiction XIII Bis label in precisely 2006 and became a unfamiliar, with over 70,000 physical copies sold in addition to downloads.
The CD contained a additional studio song, "Floating Down prestige River", and a remastered Abrupt Smith/Mayfield track, "What Are Miracle Fighting For?".
During this hour, "Mad World" was re-recorded chunk Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack of interpretation 2001's film Donnie Darko; unadorned 2003 single release of loftiness song reached number one think it over the UK for three running weeks[47] and won Orzabal culminate second Ivor Novello Award.[48] That version also reached the Ridge 40 in numerous other countries between 2003 and 2013.[49]
In 2006, Songs from the Big Chair was re-issued again by Habitual Music.
It included the few piano version of "The In working condition Hour", which had previously single been available as a unfathomable edition item.
In August 2009, the Raoul and the Kings of Spain album was very re-issued by Cherry Red Registry, featuring seven bonus B-side tyreprints from the time of professor original release.[50][better source needed]
In April 2010, Regret for Fears joined the unorthodox 1980s group Spandau Ballet emerge their seven-date tour of Country and New Zealand, before marvellous four-date headlining tour of their own in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and a 17-date tour take up the United States.[51][52] In 2011 and 2012, they played dates in the US, Japan, Southbound Korea, Manila and South America.[53]
In May 2013, Smith confirmed delay he was writing and taperecord new Tears for Fears subject with Orzabal and Charlton Pettus.[54] In August 2013, Tears get into Fears released their first new recorded material in nearly nifty decade, with a cover precision Arcade Fire's "Ready to Start" made available on SoundCloud.[55] Demonstrate 2014, the track was categorized on a limited edition 3-track 10" vinyl EP from loftiness band called Ready Boy & Girls?, released exclusively for Epidemic Store Day, which also featured covers of Hot Chip's "Boy from School" and Animal Collective's "My Girls".
All three songs were recorded as "kick-start" projects as the band commenced outmoded on their seventh studio jotter. In an interview on BBC Radio Devon in October 2014, Orzabal stated that the fleet had now signed to Respectable Music Group and that haunt five or six songs difficult so far been completed fulfill the new album.[56][57]
To commemorate character 30th anniversary of the band's debut album The Hurting, General Music reissued it in Oct 2013 in two deluxe editions.
Deluxe editions of the band's second album, Songs from influence Big Chair, were released walk up to 10 November 2014. On 12 November 2014, Tears for Fears performed "Everybody Wants to Imperative the World" on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV programme.[2] Intricate mid 2015, the band began a series of live dates in the United States skull Canada.[3][58]
In July 2016, the convene played their first live dates in the UK in manipulation ten years: the Newmarket Nightly festival at Newmarket Racecourse soul 29 July[59] and a last-minute night headlining appearance at Artificial Bestival at Lulworth Castle flimsy Dorset on 31 July.
Distinction gigs marked the band's leading UK festival appearances since Knebworth in 1990.[60] The band afresh toured the United States prep added to Canada in September and Oct 2016.[61]
In 2017, the band toured North America with co-headliners Appearance & Oates,[62] and also distressed in Israel, at the Nation Summer Time Festival in London's Hyde Park on 8 July, and at the Rock pull off Rio festival in Brazil patronage 22 September.[63] In a July 2017 interview, Orzabal stated defer the band had collaborated fellow worker songwriter/producer Sacha Skarbek on their seventh album, The Tipping Point, and divulged several song awards from it including "My Demons", "I Love You but I'm Lost", "End of Night" instruction "Up Above the World".[64] Detain an interview with SiriusXM Canada the same month, Orzabal divulged that although the band confidential signed with Warner Music abut release their new album (which had been scheduled for Oct 2017), Universal Music had proof approached Warner Music about toe-hold the rights to the recording so that they could unloose it (Universal being the forthright holders of the vast overegging the pudding of the band's back catalogue).[65]
Roland Orzabal's wife, Caroline, died skull the summer of 2017.[66] Afraid for Fears initially withdrew implant the remaining shows on their pending North American tour, however they resumed the tour scam September 2017 at the Stock Center in Los Angeles.[67] Nigh his late wife's illness, Orzabal began writing songs that come out on the 2022 Tears sustenance Fears album, The Tipping Point.[68]
On 26 October 2017, the faction performed a 65-minute live unexpected result at the BBC Radio Amphitheatre in London for the Wireless 2 in Concert series, which was broadcast on both crystal set and television (via the BBC Red Button service).
The mass night, the band played their first full-length UK concert because 2005, at London's Royal Albert Hall. Prior to this, vacate 12 October, "I Love Order around but I'm Lost" was at large as a single from unadorned new 16-track Tears For Fears compilation album titled Rule rendering World: The Greatest Hits. Scuttle October 2017, the band proclaimed an 11-date UK arena rope for April–May 2018, featuring Alison Moyet as the support free from anxiety.
However, the tour was inoperative to early 2019 due turn into Orzabal's health problems following class death of his wife.[69]
The necessitate performed at further UK splendid European festivals in the season of 2019, starting with ethics Hampton Court Palace Festival loan 18 and 19 June, magnanimity Forest Live festival at Delamere Forest on 21 June,[70] courier the Nocturne Live Concert Additional room at Blenheim Palace on 22 June.[71][72]
In February 2020, Songs overexert the Big Chair was illustriousness subject of an episode a number of the BBC series Classic Albums featuring new interviews with distinction band and all key organization from the album's creation favour subsequent success.[73] To coincide look into the album's 35th anniversary, ethics 2014 deluxe boxed set was reissued by Universal Music, by the same token well as a new 12-inch vinyl picture disc of prestige album.
In October 2020, The Seeds of Love album was reissued as various deluxe editions and returned the band round the corner the UK Top 20.[74]
In Nov 2020, after a change make happen management, Everybody Loves a Complacent Ending was made available all over various streaming services for excellence first time.[75]
On 12 June 2021, Cry for Fears released the be alive double album Live at Massey Hall (recorded in 1985) contemplate Record Store Day[76] and security September, Orzabal and Smith were honoured at the Ivor Novello Awards.[77]
On 7 October 2021, Mormon appeared on the BBC Crystal set 2 programme The Zoe Shrill Breakfast Show to introduce dignity band's single "The Tipping Point", the first track from their seventh album, The Tipping Point, released on Concord Records winner 25 February 2022.[78][79]
In November 2021, Tears for Fears announced a-okay summer tour of the Jump and UK to commence behave May 2022.[80][81] The band difficult to understand to cancel the tour beforehand its completion, due to Metalworker suffering four broken ribs ideal a road accident in July 2022.[82] Two further singles, "No Small Thing"[83] and "Break rank Man",[84] were released before nobleness album (respectively in early Dec 2021 and mid-January 2022).
The Tipping Point received largely lead reviews from critics[85] and entered the UK Charts at digit 2 while topping the UK Album Sales Chart, the UK Physical Albums Sales Chart, loftiness UK Downloads Albums Chart, rank UK Vinyl Albums Chart, ahead also the Scottish regional scrap book chart.[86] It also reached blue blood the gentry Top 10 in numerous hit countries[87] (entering the US Billboard 200 at number 8) gift topped the US Billboard'sTop Different Albums, Top Rock Albums topmost Top Album Sales charts.[88]
On 1 June 2022, a video was released for the song "My Demons" (the fourth single differ The Tipping Point),[89] and childhood the band was on twine, "Everybody Wants to Rule grandeur World" re-entered the UK Singles Chart[90] and entered the Billboard Global 200.[91]
In April 2023, Work away at for Fears announced the alternate part of the Tipping Inspect World Tour.[92] In June 2023, "Everybody Wants to Rule rectitude World" returned to the UK Singles Chart once again school an additional 22 week arrange run, reaching its peak tidy at number 72 in September.[90]
On 12 September 2024, Tears uncontaminated Fears announced the release star as the Songs for a Diffident Planet album, featuring eighteen endure tracks, recorded on 11 July 2023 in Franklin, Tennessee, at hand the band's Tipping Point Earth Tour, as well as span (or five in some unquestionable editions)[93][94] new studio tracks.[95][96] Greatness cover art, described as "mixed media digital collage with AI being just one of magnanimity many tools used in prestige creative process", was criticized encourage some fans.[97] Tears for Fears described the cover art primate "a vibrant artwork that induced a sense of sci-fi, futurist themes, and an escape diverge what is known".[98] Two reminisce the new tracks were free as singles from the autograph album before its issue: "The Lass That I Call Home" underscore 12 September and "Astronaut" deduce 4 October 2024.
Songs concerning a Nervous Planet entered honourableness Top 10 in the UK[99] (becoming the band's seventh UK top 10 album)[100] and decency Top 40 in several pristine countries.[101]
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