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Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears [Original recording remastered]

Tears For FearsAudio CD
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listen  1. Mad World (Album Version) 3:33$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  2. Change (Radio Edit) 3:58$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  3. Pale Shelter (Album Version) 4:25$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  4. The Way You Are 4:54$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  5. Suffer The Children (Album Version) 3:50$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  6. Mothers Talk (U.S. Remix) 4:17$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  7. Shout (Album Version) 6:31$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  8. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Album Version) 4:07$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  9. Head Over Heels 4:14$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen10. I Believe 4:40$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen11. Sowing The Seeds Of Love (7" single) 5:43$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen12. Woman In Chains (Album Version) [feat. Oleta Adams] 6:27$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen13. Advice For The Young And Heart (Album Version) 4:43$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen14. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) 4:40$0.99  Buy MP3 
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Who'd have believed it? With its deliberate storybook-inspired title, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending signals a welcome return for Tears For Fears - one of the biggest and best-loved bands of the post-MTV age-and one of the most unexpected reunions in pop music history.

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Island / Mercury
  • ASIN: B00005NERW
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

No more tears, TFF fans-that comprehensive collection you've been pining for is finally here! All their hits- Shout; Everybody Wants to Rule the World; Sowing the Seeds of Love; Head over Heels; Mothers Talk (U.S. remix); Break It Down Again; Woman in Chains; Change , and Advice for the Young at Heart -join New Star (from the movie Threesome ); the UK single The Way You Are , and more!

Customer Reviews

Fine liner notes enhance the set. Fredric A. Cooper  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
, 70's, 80's, and most of the 90's are all awesome! fc859  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
224 of 243 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although this CD was released in 2001, it is simply a recycled "Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits '82-'92 from 1992, with new packaging and added tracks.

All content on this CD exists in remastered form on the individual, content-expanded UK-import TFF CD's, also released in 2001:

The Hurting
Songs From The Big Chair
Seeds Of Love

This CD is a great collection of songs, but from an audio standpoint, the difference is not subtle: The remasters sound like a heavy cloth removed from the speakers, compared to the older masters on this CD.

Universal obviously wanted to pilot-fish the momentum off the import remastered releases by tossing this re-packaged, older-mastered package into the market at the same time: By releasing this set in the same calendar year as the remasters, a lot of buyers might be fooled into thinking they were getting the newly-remastered content.

This seems to be a disturbing trend on the part of Universal: Re-packaging pre-existing, sonically inferior, greatest hits CD's with new artwork and a few added tracks.

MAY 2013 UPDATE: There seems to be at least one "comments" nincompoop who just couldn't seem to grasp my review, although by the voting above, it seems the vast majority of readers were far more discerning (I certainly thought it was succinct, but you can't please everyone). So, let me spell this out as clearly as I possibly can:

The original TFF Greatest Hits package came out in 1992; it was remastered for that release. Universal, doing the do-it-on-the-cheap-corporate-two-step, used that same 1992 mastering, along with new artwork and a few added tracks, for this release. However, if you buy any/all of the above individual TFF 2001 titles I listed above, you will get newly-updated 2001 mastering, which sounds light-years better than the audio on this disc. Hopefully, that will clarify the issue... not that it needed clarification, but there you have it.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Letting It Out October 20, 2005
Format:Audio CD
In the 1980's, there were just so many different amazing groups that really did deliver to what pop music should really have, feeling. Yet, today, I honestly don't even come close to seeing that with acts like Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and Ciara to name a few. When it ame to acts that put the boldness into the music, Tears For Fears really did bring it out plenty of times. Back in 1992, the British pop group had a highly successful hits package, Tears Roll Down, in what made them a gre group. Unfortunately, awhile ago, the record was no longer issued to the public, and a substitute was conjured.

Shout: The Very Best Of Tears For Fears, replaces the Tears Roll Down package for longtime fans of the 80's group, but nevertheless, it also does deliver. The compilation seems more like a extended version of Tears Roll Down, and it does deliver as well. The compilation includes all of their big hits like the peppy 80's hit Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Shout, and the epic pop ballad Sowing The Seeds Of Love. The collection also does add a little bit more, with tracks like the overshadowed Break It Down Again, which was during the post Curt Smith era record Elemental. The album is fairly compiled, but could've been remastered a bit better.

All in all, for anybody who hasn't heard these great pop gems and guilty pleasures, Tears For Fears had a whole lot to say for advice for the young at heart. Shout: The Very Best Of Tears For Fears is a great compilation for anybody who doesn't own a Tears For Fears record. That is something to shout about.

Album Cover: C

Songs: B

Price: B+

Mastering: B-

Overall: B 1/2-
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best greatest hits collections out there January 16, 2003
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Format:Audio CD
Tears For Fears were definitely one of the best bands of the 80's decade. This album has all the hits (yes, most of all these songs were hits) in America and the UK. The sound is superior. The liner notes say that the songs were 96k/24 bit mastered. This brings out the highlights in the layering of the instruments and vocals. It also includes the hard to find US remix of "Mother's Talk", which I've been looking for quite some time.

Maybe a couple songs could be considered "filler", but even these songs bring a diverse sound to this collection. This is a band that should be given more credit than they usually get!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Tears for Fears fans
If you are a Tears for Fears fan, this is a great CD to get. There are many favorites that were heavily played on the radio here in the states, along with some others that became... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Sassus
5.0 out of 5 stars They have a lot of hits
I knew I liked Tears for Fears, but not until I downloaded the album did I realize how many hits they had.
Published 1 month ago by Jose O. Calderon
4.0 out of 5 stars Who wants to rule the world
Tears for Fears wanted to be a deep band even as they formed. The took their named from Arthur Janov's primal scream therapy, both "The Hurting" and "Songs From The Big Chair" were... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tim Brough
5.0 out of 5 stars Tears For Fears Originals
"Shout-The Very Best of Tears For Fears" by Tears For Fears highlights classic hits of their music careers. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stella Carrier
1.0 out of 5 stars CD Scratched
This CD is scratched after song 6. I cleaned the CD very well and it still skiped. I sent a noitce to return it. its still pending. I hope I do not have to eat the cost
Published 2 months ago by Sandra
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Tears for Fears
Classic 80's Rock sound. Local radio station has started playing more of their music and decided to get the cd to enjoy the music whenever I wanted to.
Published 2 months ago by D Barry Self
5.0 out of 5 stars Different
My Wife and I enjoy setting in the family room in the evening and enjoying a cup of coffee while listening the our collection of songs.
Published 3 months ago by TC
5.0 out of 5 stars Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears
What is not to like about Tears for Fears. My kids love all genres of music and think this is a great album.

Recommend it to all!
Published 4 months ago by J. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars Tears for Fears
This album by Tears for Fears is an absolute must if your a huge fan of the Kurt and Roland. I was born in 1990, but still appreciate all of the older music. Read more
Published 5 months ago by fc859
5.0 out of 5 stars good music
My teenage daughter likes "Mad World" from hearing Adam Lambert sing it on American Idol. She likes the Tears for Fears version too--and she liked most of the other songs... Read more
Published 5 months ago by HeatherHH
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