Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears

by Tears for Fears

Overview

Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears provides an excellent overview of the band's key tracks, including all their hit singles, beginning with tracks from their first album, The Hurting, and ending with tracks from the post-Curt Smith album Elemental. (Curt Smith, one-half the duo, left after 1989's The Seeds of Love). Tears for Fears already had one excellent hits package on the market, 1992's Tears Roll Down, but this set improves on that one by including all the tracks from that album, plus an additional five. Not only that, but the version of "Mother's Talk" on Tears Roll Down was not the hit single remix -- the version here is. Also included is the non-album U.K. single "The Way You Are," "Suffer the Children" (from The Hurting), "New Star" from the film Threesome, and the follow-up to their final charted U.S. single, "Break It Down Again" and "Goodnight Song," as well as a non-LP single remix of "I Believe." This album does not include any tracks from Raoul and the Kings of Spain, but clocking in at 79 minutes, it is filled to the brim with hits and stands as the definitive Tears for Fears collection, with excellent liner notes to boot. ~ Jose F. Promis

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2001
Label:	Mercury / Def Jam / Island / Island/Def Jam / Universal
UPC:	0731454844826
Rank:	4723

Tracks

1. Mad World
2. Change
3. Pale Shelter
4. The Way You Are
5. Suffer the Children
6. Mothers Talk
7. Shout
8. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
9. Head Over Heels
10. I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)
11. Sowing the Seeds of Love
12. Woman in Chains
13. Advice for the Young at Heart
14. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
15. Break It Down Again
16. New Star
17. Goodnight Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tears for Fears   Primary Artist
Oleta Adams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Roland Orzabal   Keyboards,Guitar,Vocals
Pino Palladino   Bass
Randy Jacobs   Guitar
Phil Collins   Drums
Mel Collins   Saxophone
Manu Katche   Drums
Manny Elias   Drums
Simon Phillips   Drums
Ian Stanley   Keyboards
Curt Smith   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards
Caroline Orzabal   Vocals (Background)
John Baker   Vocals (Background)
Neil Taylor   Guitar
Mark O'Donoughue   Wurlitzer

Technical Credits

Roland Orzabal   Programming,Composer,Producer
Kathy Valentine   Composer
Nicky Holland   Composer
Mike Ragogna   Compilation Producer
Alan Griffiths   Composer,Producer
David Bascombe   Composer,Producer
Dave Bascombe   Composer
Manny Elias   Composer
Suha Gur   Mastering
Ian Stanley   Composer,Programming
Curt Smith   Composer
Barry Korkin   Editorial Assistant
Vartan   Art Direction
Ross Cullum   Engineer,Producer
Tim Palmer   Producer
Jason Pastori   Photo Research
Margaret Goldfarb   Production Coordination
Retna   Photography
Ryan Rogers   Design
Immanuel Elias   Composer
Tears for Fears   Producer
Bob Clearmountain   Remixing
Charlotte Caffey   Composer
Chris Hughes   Composer,Producer,Programming
Benny Andersson   Composer
Johnson   Composer
Bjoern Ulvaeus   Composer