Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair Blu-ray

Tears for Fears' biggest-selling album, Songs from the Big Chair, will be released in its most spectacular format on November 11, 2014, via Universal Music Enterprises. The album, which spawned classic songs like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," "Mother's Talk," "Shout" and "Head over Heels," will be available in five formats, including a six-disc deluxe edition box set featuring previously unreleased material and in a first for a pop album, a 5.1 surround sound mix by Steven Wilson.

Tears for Fears' phenomenal 10-million-selling second album marked a transition in the band's sound and catapulted them into international prominence.

As a group, Tears for Fears led the "Second British Invasion" of pop music in the mid-eighties in both the U.S. and Europe with songs from the album that dominated the radio airwaves. In the U.S., "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" led the Songs from the Big Chair single releases, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. "Shout" was the band's second single and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks. The album inevitably went straight to No. 1, selling 5-million copies in the U.S. alone.

Songs from the Big Chair peaked at No. 2 on the U.K. album charts and remained in the Top 10 for over six months. The album went on to yield the hit singles "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (which spent 14 weeks in the U.K. Top 5 and peaked at No. 2) and "Shout," which reached No. 4 and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. Both became global smash hits.


Now available in five rebooted, extended formats, this is the most comprehensive reissue of Songs from the Big Chair. The six-disc, deluxe edition box set features a multitude of remixes and B-sides, plus a disc of nine previously unreleased tracks and a 5.1 surround sound version of the album mixed by renowned musician and audio engineer Steven Wilson.

Album Formats:

• Pure Audio Blu-ray Edition
• 6-Disc Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: features 4-CDs & 2-DVDs with a 30-page replica tour program and a 32-page booklet
• 2-CD Deluxe Edition
• 1-CD Remaster
• 1-LP: 180-gram vinyl

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith formed Tears for Fears in 1981, after finding inspiration in the new electronic movement. Their six studio albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide and produced some of the most recognized songs in New Wave, which have gone on to be covered by New Found Glory, Paul Young, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. The band continue to influence generations of new artists - Lorde recently put a dark spin on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" for The Hunger Games film soundtrack, while Crystal Fighters recently recorded their own version of "Change."

Tears for Fears are currently in the studio working on their first album in nearly a decade, with a release tentatively slated for 2015.



TRACKLISTING:

DISC ONE

01. SHOUT : 6:31

02. THE WORKING HOUR : 6:29

03. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:09

04. MOTHERS TALK : 5:04

05. I BELIEVE : 4:54

06. BROKEN : 2:38

07. HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:02

08. LISTEN : 6:54

09. THE BIG CHAIR : 3:20

10. EMPIRE BUILDING : 2:41

11. THE MARAUDERS : 4:13

12. BROKEN REVISITED : 5:15

13. THE CONFLICT : 4:02

14. THE WORKING HOUR – Piano Version : 2:08

15. PHARAOHS : 03:42

16. WHEN IN LOVE WITH A BLIND MAN : 2:22

17. SEA SONG : 3:51

DISC TWO – Edited Songs From The Big Chair

01. THE WAY YOU ARE : 4:49

02. MOTHERS TALK – Single Version : 3:53

03. SHOUT – Single Version : 5:58

04. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Single Version : 4:14

05. HEAD OVER HEELS – Remix : 4:15

06. I BELIEVE (A Soulful Re-Recording) : 4:39

07. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD : 4:30

08. THE WAY YOU ARE – Short Version : 4:21

09. MOTHERS TALK – U.S. Remix : 4:14

10. SHOUT – U.S. Single Version : 4:51

11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD – Running Version : 4:30

12. HEAD OVER HEELS – Radio Version : 4.20

13. MOTHERS TALK – Video Version : 4:14

14. SHOUT – Short Version : 4:03

15. LISTEN – Clean Intro : 4:03

15. INTERVIEW WITH CURT & ROLAND : 7:35

DISC THREE – Remixed Songs From The Big Chair

01. THE WAY YOU ARE – Extended Version : 7:37

02. MOTHERS TALK – Extended Version : 6:18

03. SHOUT – Extended Remix Version : 7:40

04. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Extended Version : 5:40

05. BROKEN / HEAD OVER HEELS / BROKEN – Preacher Mix : 8:00

06. MOTHERS TALK – Beat Of The Drum Mix : 8:54

07. SHOUT – U.S. Remix : 8:02

08. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Urban Mix : 6:06

09. MOTHERS TALK – U.S. Remix alternate : 4:12

10. SHOUT – Dub : 6:49

11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Instrumental : 4:21

12. SHOUT – Acappella : 5:02

DISC FOUR – Unreleased Songs From The Big Chair

01. HEAD OVER HEELS : 4:14 Richard Skinner Session

02. THE WORKING HOUR : 6:06 Richard Skinner Session

03. BROKEN : 3:19 Richard Skinner Session

04. MOTHERS TALK : 4:05 Live At Massey Hall

05. BROKEN / HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:01 Live At Massey Hall

06. MEMORIES FADE : 6:50 Live At Massey Hall

07. THE WORKING HOUR : 7:31 Live At Massey Hall

08. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:19 Live At Massey Hall

09. SHOUT : 7:50 Live At Massey Hall

10. MOTHERS TALK – Early Mix / Instrumental : 4:39

11. THE WAY YOU ARE – Early Mix : 4:25

12. BROKEN – Early Mix : 5:38

13. SHOUT – Early Mix : 5:08

14. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Alternate Single Version : 4.20

DISC FIVE (DVD-A)

5.1 and Stereo mix

SHOUT : 6:32

THE WORKING HOUR : 6:31

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:11

MOTHERS TALK : 5:10

I BELIEVE : 4:54

BROKEN : 2:38

HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:20

LISTEN : 6:49

DISC SIX (DVD-V)

01. SCENES FROM THE BIG CHAIR – Documentary : 1:14:43

02. INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER CHRIS HUGHES : 35:00

03. THE WAY YOU ARE – Music Video : 3:57

04. MOTHERS TALK – Alternative UK Video : 4:00

05..MOTHERS TALK – Music Video : 4.49

06. SHOUT – Music Video : 6:31

07. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Music Video : 4:52

08. HEAD OVER HEELS – Music Video : 4:26

09. I BELIEVE – Music Video : 4:45

10. MOTHERS TALK – US Mix – Music Video : 4:52

11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD -

Music Video : 4:52