Songs From The Big Chair
by Tears For Fears

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-02-25
Overall rank: 324th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 704 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1985 (6th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1980s (44th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (324th)

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Songs From The Big Chair is ranked as the best album by Tears For Fears.

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This album (324th)
Songs From The Big Chair
Lower ranked (961st) »
The Hurting

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Songs From The Big Chair rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 324th | 1980s rank: 44th | 1985 rank: 6th
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2026Rm12398Top 18 Music Albums of 198515/181
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums19/10081
2026OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 198512/1004
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198517/252
2026stanchoiazTop 50 Music Albums of the 1980s32/508
2026 imacgillTop Greatest Music Albums 101-2001/100 -
2026leniadTop 101-200 Music Albums of the 1980s15/44 -
2026VascoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums34/10067
2026tim0505Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s24/10015
2026FritzTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s59/1008
2026stangetzawayTop 37 Music Albums of 198510/374
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198538/1003
2026AgainstMeAgainstYouTop 100 Greatest Music Albums33/10066
2026SkernsTop 74 Music Albums of 19853/745
2026bonnequestionBEA Top 500 Reorganized According To My Taste75/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s7/10019
2026bonnequestionBEA Top 400 Reorganized According To My Taste67/100 -
2026TastyandTemptinTop 34 Music Albums of 19857/344
2026sunnydhammTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s2/10020
2026RiveraTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 653
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 5,172
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 704 votes)
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06/10/2026 17:13 junodog4  Ratings distribution  3,00670/100
 
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05/13/2026 16:07 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
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05/11/2026 16:55 sunnydhamm  Ratings distribution  1,61659/100
 
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05/11/2026 15:38 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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05/03/2026 03:36 ParisianGoldfish  Ratings distribution  88873/100

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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 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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80/100
From 02/26/2026 21:21 | #313306
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.
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50/100
From 09/16/2024 19:04 | #305307
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.
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55/100
From 11/10/2023 14:50 | #299902
A good band with some great pieces of music here. Stand out is Shout.
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100/100
From 04/12/2023 09:30 | #295979
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.
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90/100
From 12/08/2022 20:16 | #291840
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.
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80/100
From 09/07/2022 01:08 | #289447
Solid record
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60/100
From 07/06/2022 05:57 | #287133
The hits were good, the rest is ok at best and the closing track drags on a bit
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100/100
From 02/18/2022 00:36 | #281471
THE album of the 80's. Hit after hit after hit.
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85/100
From 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.
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70/100
From 01/03/2022 18:31 | #278521
a superior flow of rock and roll songs
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