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 Roland Orzabal (left) and Curt Smith (right) performing in Hanover, 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 30 |
This is the discography for the British rock band Tears for Fears.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US |
FRA |
GER | NL |
SWI |
AUT |
SWE |
NOR |
AUS | ||||||||||
| 1983 | The Hurting
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1 | 73 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1985 | Songs from the Big Chair
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2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 17 | — |
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| 1989 | The Seeds of Love
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1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
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| 1993 | Elemental
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5 | 45 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 24 | — | 26 | — | — |
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| 1995 | Raoul and the Kings of Spain
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41 | 79 | 5 | 88 | 70 | 42 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2004 | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
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45 | 46 | 28 | 35 | 86 | 48 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US |
FRA | GER | NL | SWI |
AUT |
SWE |
SPA | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
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2 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 41 | 99 |
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| 1996 | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | FRA |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Secret World - Live in Paris
|
106 |
Other compilations
- 1986 Everybody Wants to Mix the World (Remixes compilation released only in Argentina)
- 1991 Flip (B-sides compilation only released in Japan)
- 2000 The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears
- 2001 Classic Tears for Fears
- 2001 The Working Hour: An Introduction to Tears for Fears
- 2001 Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears
- 2003 Tears for Fears: The Collection
- 2006 Sowing the Seeds of Love: The Best of Tears for Fears
- 2006 Gold
- 2007 Famous Last Words - The Collection
Videos/DVDs
- 1983 The Videosingles (Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter)
- 1984 In My Mind's Eye (Live at the London Hammersmith Odeon)
- 1985 Scenes from the Big Chair
- 1990 Sowing The Seeds (The Seeds of Love videosingles)
- 1990 Tears for Fears: Live at Knebworth '90 (Change, Badman's Song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World)
- 1990 Going To California (Live from Santa Barbara)
- 1992 Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
- 2003/5 Tears for Fears - 20th century/Universal Masters (two minor video collections that include some post-1992 promos not available on the "Tears Roll Down" compilation)
- 2006 Secret World (Live in Paris) (CD & DVD)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US |
AUS |
FRA |
GER | IRE |
ITA | NL |
SA | SWI | |||||
| 1981 | "Suffer the Children" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Hurting | ||
| 1982 | "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" | 193 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mad World" | 3 | — | 12 | — | 21 | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | ||||
| 1983 | "Change" | 4 | 73 | 29 | — | — | 8 | 27 | 32 | 5 | — | |||
| "Pale Shelter" (re-issue) | 5 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Way You Are" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |||
| 1984 | "Mothers Talk" | 14 | 27 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | Songs from the Big Chair | ||
| "Shout" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1985 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| "Head over Heels" | 12 | 3 | 21 | 57 | 55 | 5 | — | 29 | — | — | ||||
| "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" | 23 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "Everybody Wants to Run the World" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| 1989 | "Sowing the Seeds of Love" | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 11 | The Seeds of Love | ||
| "Woman in Chains" (with Oleta Adams) | 26 | 36 | 39 | 20 | 45 | 21 | 23 | 16 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "Advice for the Young at Heart" | 36 | 89 | — | 31 | 51 | 15 | 49 | 22 | — | — | |||
| "Famous Last Words" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams"† | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Saturnine Martial & Lunatic | ||
| 1992 | "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" | 17 | — | — | 15 | 40 | — | 8 | 27 | — | — | Greatest Hits 82-92 | ||
| "Woman in Chains" (re-issue) | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Seeds of Love | |||
| 1993 | "Break It Down Again" | 20 | 25 | — | 19 | 66 | — | 7 | 27 | — | — | Elemental | ||
| "Cold" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Goodnight Song" | — | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Elemental" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | "Roaul and the Kings of Spain" | 31 | 98 | — | 64 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | Raoul and the Kings of Spain | ||
| "God's Mistake" | 61 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | "Secrets" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Falling Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | "Closest Thing to Heaven" | 40 | — | — | 59 | — | — | 41 | 70 | — | — | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | ||
| "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending / Call Me Mellow" |
102 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | "Secret World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory | ||||||||||||||
† Though not formally released by Tears for Fears, this was originally the B-side to "Advice for the Young at Heart" which was then remixed by Fluke and released as a single by TFF's record company in the UK and simply credited as "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams".
"Laid So Low" charted at #10 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
"Call Me Mellow" charted at #28 on Billboard Adult Top 40
References and sources
- ^ "Tears for Fears UK Chart Positions". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ "Tears for Fears - U.S. Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-13. Cite error: The named reference "Allmusic albums" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Tears for Fears: French Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13. Cite error: The named reference "FRA albums" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- "Tears for Fears: Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ "Tears for Fears: Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2009-12-13. Cite error: The named reference "SWI albums" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Tears for Fears: Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ "Tears for Fears: Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears for Fears: Norway Charts". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears for Fears: Australian Charts (albums)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears for Fears: Spanish Charts". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears for Fears: Australian Charts (singles)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears for Fears: Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears For Fears: Italian Charts (singles)". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
- "Tears for Fears: Dutch Single Peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- "Tears For Fears: South African Charts (singles)". rock.co.za (Springbok). Retrieved 2009-12-25.