Rather than rush back into the studio with ‘Songs From A Bigger Chair,’ Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal put in the work to flesh out a new and exciting musical horizon for them to explore. 

Tears For Fears became unlikely synth-pop heroes with their inaugural effort, an album laden with songs recoiling with the unhappiness of childhood.

On their second studio affair, Tears For Fears reveal themselves as being more than just synth-pop darlings and elevate their offering above the mid-80s din.