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	Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Tears for Fears New Door Records, 2004 average customer review:based on 233 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

UK version of 2004 album contains 2 bonus tracks 'Pullin' A Cloud' & 'Out Of Control'. Chrysalis. 2005.

Tear For Fears: Everybody Loves A Great Album

This is just good material that gets back to the basics for any band. Good lyrics, catchy hooks and chorus, lots of instruments, good production. I bought this album after it was referred to me by the CD shop owner. He knew I went after ELO, Steely Dan, Beatles music and said "Hey, if you like good guitar music with catchy words and rythm, try this Tears For Fears CD." Man, was he right!
The beginning song "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" simply opens the album with high regards and anticaption for a world of feel-good music. It's almost comparable, if possible, to that of the "Srg. Pepper" opening- very strong, upbeat, a bold welcoming to a good album. The same vibe is almost felt here!
"Closest Thing To Heaven" is a mellow,crafty song that molds good words with a subtle harmonic chorus. This is material that could be close to TFF's previous material from the late 80s and early 90s.

"Call Me Mellow" is irresistably catchy and done well with sticky lyrics. A nice-drive song with suitable guitar riffs following in the back!

"Size Of Sorrow" is smooth sounding as was "Closest Thing To Heaven" but still holds its own on the track as the harmonies and chorus steal the show for this track.

Then comes "Who Killed Tangerine", a very patterned song that strolls like a roller coaster with its ups and downs in vocals and sudden tempo changes. Good material to keep the albums momentum going. "And when you think it's all over, it's not over," swarms at the end of the song in a winding repeat and done appropriately well.

"Secret World" is one of the stand outs for the album as well. Very good sounds on the trumpet solo accompanied with violins throughout the song.

The album holds these mentioned songs that I'd rate 5 out of 5. The other songs are followed with 4 to 4 1/2 as this whole project was hard to distinguish strong efforts in the studio versus good singles. "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" may have been a long time coming for Tears For Fears but overproduction was not a threat to the sound of this album. The instruments were utilized well and the right vocal arrangements made this album even more appealing. The album cover, itself, is commercial enough for what to expect when listening to this. Alot to see in the cover artwork. Alot of details and color patterns. Exactly what you get on this album. Alot of sounds and very impressive performance for Tears For Fears! It's hard to find material like this as I'm always on the search for great music and this one is always in my car player for the road.

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fantastic Fear

Ora posseggo tutta la discografia di questo gruppo fantastico, ancora una volta una album leggero ma con una grande carica. Un volo libero, un respiro a pieni polmoni,una bella sensazione, un album bello davvero. Ripeto è sempre una grande emozione ascoltarli e come tutti gli album di questo gruppo più li ascolti e più ti piace il loro stile bello, raffinato, incantevole. Una disco che ti si attacca nel cervello nei tuoi pensieri e non ti molla più. ti ritrovi a canticchiare per tutto il giorno l'ultimo brano che hai ascoltato, allora sei contaminato dalla loro musica. Album davvero SUPER e aspetto il prossimo... non si sa mai. ciao

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one of my favorite pop albums

They've created a very complete album here. The sound and mixing are fantastic. The music well written. I think it's TFF'S best effort yet !

EXCELENT

I never thought of Tears for Fears as Beatleseqe pop in the 80s. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" was a great track, but I lumped these guys in with Duran Duran and Wham.

My loss, because this album helped me discover a band I too quickly dismissed. If you did not like 80s pop, it was too easy to miss how melodiic, well-written and Beatlesqe a lot of it was.

This is a melodic beatuy of an album. The songs are carefully constructed, and the bass playing could have come from Sir Paul himself.

Of course, this is a modernly produced piece, and so you are never going to mistake this for the mighty John Paul Ringo and George, the Kinks, or the Left Banke. But musically, Tears For Fears has it going on, and none of the 60s bands have anything on these two in terms of creating wonderfully constructed pop.

Fantastic ride.

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The best songs were left off the US CD

"Pullin' A Cloud", "Out of control", and "Floating Down the River" were not included on the US CD, which is a shame, as they are the best songs resulting from the reunion of Roland and Curt. The first two are on the UK version of this CD and "Floating...." is on the "Gold" compilation as well as the French "Secret World" CD and DVD. As for the songs which did make the cut, "Secret World" and "Call Me Mellow" are probably the best, but I must agree with some of the other reviewers by saying that, of the 6 TFF albums, this is my least favorite. I haven't gone back to it very often, which for me is a sign that it's not all that great. I'm a huge TFF fan but I certainly hope that, if they do another album, it is better than this one.

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