Posted in New Wave on Jul 19th, 2009 No Comments »

The songs on China Crisis What Price Paradise feature warm, intricate arrangements and prominent brass and strings. Released at a time when many of the group’s U.K. new wave contemporaries were being flushed off the charts, What Price Paradise was yet another strong outing from this too-often underrated band.
Dan Leroy, All Music Guide
Hampton Beach [4:46]
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Posted in New Wave on May 24th, 2008 No Comments »

Tears for Fears were always more ambitious than the average synth pop group. From the beginning, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were tackling big subjects. On Elemental, Tears for Fears is Roland Orzabal, and he backs away from the cinematic production of The Seeds of Love, preferring a more direct and soulful style of pop music that appeals to both adult contemporary and adult alternative radio audiences.
Break It Down Again (acoustic)
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