Songs From The Big Chair
by Tears For Fears
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Songs From The Big Chair is ranked as the best album by Tears For Fears.
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Songs From The Big Chair track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 16:16 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 14:13 | Brando1788 | 152 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 17:13 |  junodog4 | 3,009 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 16:07 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 16:55 | sunnydhamm | 1,626 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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I love the song 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World" which led me to purchasing this album. This new wave stuff was new to me at this time. It's the only vinyl I have of group, and it turns out there are some good songs to SHOUT too.
Thought this might be a one-hit wonder with Everybody Wants To Rule The World, but I was pleasantly surprised. A really nice album, atmospheric and unmistakeably 80s. Other standout tracks are The Working Hour and Head Over Heels.
Squonk007 11/10/2023 14:50 | #299902
A good band with some great pieces of music here. Stand out is Shout.
One of the best pop albums ever made. Beautiful lyrics, stylish 80s sounds. And fantastic vocal art. Head Over Heels is one of the most beautiful pop bangers there is.
Superb synth-pop album, high points are really high and low points aren't that low.
Shout is a great explosive way to start an album, The Working Hour is smooth, jazzy, well-crafted pop song, Everybody Wants To Rule The World is great thoughtful lyrics mixed with catchy melody and fantastic production. I also like Broken and Head Over Heels is great romantic song. I Believe and Listen are both a bit boring and too long, but overall I love this album.
Solid record
The hits were good, the rest is ok at best and the closing track drags on a bit
THE album of the 80's. Hit after hit after hit.
Jboy56 02/03/2022 12:11 | #280519
This has some standout tracks (3 pieces). With some concentration and a couple of better songs, this could have been a GREAT album.
a superior flow of rock and roll songs
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