This album needs to be dissected and analyzed. Released in 2004 when I was obsessed with house music and had the 80's in a dormant folder, Tears for Fears who have some feel good hits under their belt came back with a modern sounding (comeback?) album. But without rehashing former glories of their own, the opening track goes deep into Beatlemania territory. After questioning whether I should begrudge a vocalist because he sounds like someone else, I'd determined that even the musical ambitions smack of Sgt. Peppers. So evident on and off..and on...and off.
A modern sounding record with zero nods to 'Shout' or any of their other hits. It was only when I got to the bonus material of house music remixes; 'Closest Thing to Heaven' by Brothers in Rhythm Group that reignited my interest. Capitalizing on a wonderful vocal melody I went back to the album version and realized why they picked this for the single.
Complicated album which probably took ages to assemble and mix, and I won't minimize their work on this by just giving it 1 day.
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