Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears
I liked Tears for Fears as a child, among the boxes of casettes my parents had were two brightly colours ones featuring Weetabix men (the cassette on the top right). It's weird to think that's how I first heard The Jam too.
Anyway, after a Gary Jules piano cover of Mad World punctuated Donnie Darko it rekindled my interest and I sought about picking up this album and The Hurting.
There's some stand-out tracks on this album, Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world, and Head over heels. It's an odd album that's far more emotive and experimental than you'd expect, there are numerous musical influences and some very neat guitar work. Bands in the 80's so often nestled into a sound and never shifted from it - either because they lacked the imagination or because they never had it in the first place. Tears for Fears didn't.
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