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Some forty years into one of music’s most impactful, sometimes tense and yet curiously enduring partnerships, Tears For Fears have finally arrived together at The Tipping Point – the group’s ambitious, accomplished and surprising first new studio album in nearly two decades.

Yes, somehow it has been 17 years since the beloved duo released Everybody Loves a Happy Ending in 2004. Yet Tears For Fears has hardly been absent from the road, from our airwaves or from our hearts and minds here in the 21st Century. To the surprise of many – very much including themselves – they have actually become late-blooming road warriors playing arenas, stadiums and festivals in winning form with a new and improved band. Their recordings have been sampled by everyone from The Weeknd to David Guetta to Kanye West and covered by artists ranging from Lorde to Adam Lambert to Disturbed. The timeless, widescreen songs of Tears For Fears have also appeared in many films including Donnie Darko and Straight Outta Compton to name just a few, and the group now find themselves frequently name-checked by numerous younger bands as a classic influence.

And now, at very long last, Tears For Fears find themselves back in peak form at The Tipping Point, an inspired song cycle that speaks powerfully and artfully to our present tense here in 2021.

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Popular Tracks

307 tracks
1
Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Feb 25, 1985

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Everybody Wants To Run The World

Everybody Wants To Run The World

Feb 25, 1985

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Shout

Shout

Feb 25, 1985

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Head Over Heels - Dave Bascombe 7" N.Mix

Head Over Heels - Dave Bascombe 7" N.Mix

Feb 25, 1985

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Mad World

Mad World

Mar 7, 1983

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Woman In Chains

Woman In Chains

Sep 25, 1989

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Sowing The Seeds Of Love

Sowing The Seeds Of Love

Sep 25, 1989

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Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

Feb 25, 1985

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Break It Down Again

Break It Down Again

Jun 7, 1993

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Advice For The Young At Heart

Advice For The Young At Heart

Sep 25, 1989

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