TFF Discography
Tears For Fears Albums (including later compilations)

Tears For Fears Albums
The Hurting Mercury   MERS17   LP   UK
Mercury   MERS17   LP   UK (writing in gold on cover)
Mercury   MERSG17   LP   UK (gatefold sleeve)
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   UK
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   US (child on white cover)
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   US (Curt and Roland by duck pond on tan cover)
Mercury   811 039-4   CASS   US
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   US
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   Canada
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   France
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   Italy
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   Switzerland
Mercury   811 039-2   CD   Brazil
Mercury PHCR-6102   CD   Japan
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   Greece
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   Germany
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   Brazil
Mercury   811 039-1   LP   Holland
Mar 1983 The Hurting / Mad World / Pale Shelter / Ideas as Opiates 
/ Memories Fade / Suffer the Children / Watch Me Bleed / Change 
/ The Prisoner / Start of the Breakdown
The Hurting Mercury   MERSC17   CASS   UK

NOTE:  The UK cassette contains two versions of Change. Two verses were slightly rewritten from the original [album] version
to the second (New Version).

Mar 1983  The Hurting / Mad World / Pale Shelter / Ideas as Opiates / Memories Fade 
/ Suffer the Children / Watch Me Bleed / Change / The Prisoner /
Start of the Breakdown / Change (New Version)
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Songs From the Big Chair Mercury   MERH58   LP   UK
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   UK
Mercury   824 300-1   LP   US
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   US
Mercury   824 300-4   CASS   US
Vertigo Polygram   VBK 1 3353   LP   Canada (gatefold LP with 26 page color booklet)
Mercury   VOG-1-3353   LP   Canada (includes 28 page book of photographs and mini discography)
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Canada
Mercury   824 300-1   LP   Brazil
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Brazil
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Germany
Mercury   824 300-1   LP   Holland
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Holland
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   France
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Italy
Mercury   824 300-2   CD   Switzerland
Mercury   PHCR-2041   CD   Japan
Mercury   PHCR-6103   CD   Japan
Feb 1985 Shout / The Working Hour / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Mothers Talk / 
I Believe / Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken (Live) / Listen
Songs From the Big Chair Parts One and Two Mercury   MERHC58   CASS   UK
NOTE:  The bonus track of The Working Hour is not specifically identified as the ballad version.
Feb 1985 Shout / The Working Hour / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Mothers Talk / 
I Believe / Broken / Head Over Heels/ Broken (Live) /Listen

Bonus Tracks: The Big Chair / Empire Building / The Marauders / 
Broken Revisited / The Conflict / The Working Hour
[ballad version]

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Songs From the Big Chair Vertigo Polygram   VBK4-1-3353   CASS   Canada
Vertigo Polygram   VBK4-1-3353   CASS   Canada (12"x12" box that includes cassette and 26 page color booklet)
Feb 1985 Shout / The Working Hour / Everybody Wants to Rule
the World/ Mothers Talk /

I Believe / Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken (Live) / Listen

Bonus Tracks: Sea Song / The Big Chair / Broken Revisited / Empire Building / When In Love With A Blind Man

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Songs From the Big Chair Steel   SL 0736 
CASS   Indonesia
Feb 1985 Shout / Broken /Head Over Heels / Mad World / The working Hour / 
Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Pale Shelter / Mothers Talk / 
The Hurting / Listen / I Believe / Suffer the Children / The Prisoner / Change
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Everybody Wants to Mix the World Mercury   830532-1   LP   Argentina (rare) May 1985 Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Extended Version) / Shout (Remix Version) / 
Head Over Heels (Preacher Mix) / Pale Shelter
(Extended Version) / Change (Extended Version) / The Way You Are (Extended Version) / 
Suffer The Children (Remix Version)
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The Seeds of Love Fontana   838 730-1   LP   UK
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   UK
Fontana   838 730-4   CASS   UK
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   US
Fontana   838 730-1   LP   US
Fontana   838 730-4   CASS   US
Fontana   838 730-5   DCC   US
Fontana   838 730-1G   LP   Canada (gatefold)
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   Canada
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   France
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   Italy
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   Germany
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   Switzerland
Fontana   STARL5574   LP   Zimbabwe
Fontana   838 730-1   LP   Brazil
Fontana   838 730-2   CD   Brazil
Fontana   PHCR-1203   CD   Japan
 Sep 1989  Woman In Chains / Bad Man's Song / Sowing the Seeds of Love / 
Advice For theYoung at Heart / Standing on the Corner of the Third World / 
Swords and Knives / Year of the Knife / Famous Last Words
The Seeds of Love Fontana   PPD-1060   CD   Japan Sep 1989 Woman In Chains / Bad Man's Song / Sowing the Seeds of Love / 
Advice For the Young at Heart / Standing on the Corner of the Third World /
Swords and Knives / Year of the Knife / Famous Last Words / Tears Roll Down
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tff: the seeds of love collection * * *
The Seeds Of Love - rare Korean pressing LP
(This Korean pressing LP has included Korean liner note and lyrics) 
Released by Sung Eum Records Korea

Calalogue #: 838 730-1/SEL RP 1463

? Woman In Chains / Bad Man's Song / Sowing the Seeds of Love / 
Advice For the Young at Heart / Standing on the Corner of the Third World / 
Swords and Knives / Year of the Knife / Famous Last Words
Collusion Nippon Phonogram Fontana   PHCR-3157~3160   Japan

NOTE: CD boxed set including The Hurting, Songs From the Big Chair, The Seeds of Love and a CD of b-sides titled Flip. 

All four CDs are cased in a nice cardboard box with artwork on it.)

1991 1-TheHurting

2-Songs From the Big Chair

3-The Seeds of Love

4-Flip
 

Flip (CD from Collusion set) Fontana   PHCR-3160   CD   Japan 1991 Pharaohs / The Big Chair / Empire Building / Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams /
Always In the Past / Music For Tables / My Life In the Suicide Ranks / 
Tears Roll Down / Sea Song / When In Love With A Blind Man / Marauders
Tears Laid Low:  A TEARS FOR FEARS Alter Collection Fontana; PCD192
(b-side promo collection)
CD
1991 Tears Roll Down/Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams/Always In The Past/ 
We Are Broken/The Conflict/ My Life in The Suicide Ranks/Music For Tables/
Empire Building/The Marauders/ The Big Chair/ When In Love With a Blind Man
/Sea Song/Pharoahs
Tears Roll Down - Greatest Hits 1982-1992 Fontana   314 510 939-1   LP   UK
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   UK
Fontana   314 510 939-4   CASS   UK
Fontana   314 510 939-1   LP   US
Fontana   314 510 939-4   CASS   US
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   US
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Canada
Fontana   314 510 939-1   LP   Brazil
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Brazil
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Brazil (gray border)
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Germany
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Italy
Fontana   314 510 939-2   CD   Switzerland
Nippon Phonogram   PHCR-1162   CD   Japan
Mar 1992  Sowing the Seeds of Love / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Woman In Chains / 
Shout / Head Over Heels / Mad World / Pale Shelter / I Believe / 
Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) / Mothers Talk / Change / Advice For the Young at Heart
Elemental
Mercury   314 514 875-1   LP   UK
Mercury   314 514 875-2   CD  UK
Mercury   314 514 875-4   CASS  UK
Mercury   314 514 875-2   CD   US
Mercury   314 514 875-4   CASS   US
Mercury   314 514 875-5   DCC   US
Mercury   314 514 875-2   CD   Canada
Mercury   514 875-2   CD   France
Mercury   514 875-2   CD   Germany
Mercury   514 875-2   CD   Italy
Mercury   514 875-2   CD   Switzerland
Mercury   314 514 875-1   LP   Brazil
Mercury   314  514 875-2   CD   Brazil
Mercury   PHCR-1202   CD   Japan
June 1993 Elemental / Cold / Break It Down Again / Mr. Pessimist / Dog's a Best Friends Dog /
Fish Out of Water / Gas Giants / Power / Brian Wilson Said / Goodnight Song
Raoul and the Kings of Spain Epic   7464 67383-2   CD   UK
Epic   7464 67383-4   CASS   UK
Epic   7464 67383-2   CD   US
Epic   7464 67383-4   CASS   US
Epic   K 67383-S1   CD  US (limited edition cigar box with
postcard and scroll with lyrics)
Epic   7464 67318-2   CD   US
Epic   97.103/4-480982   CASS   Brazil
Epic   ESCA-6315   CD   Japan
Oct 1995 Raoul and the Kings of Spain / Falling Down / Secrets / God's Mistake / 
Sketches of Pain / Los Reyes Catolicos / Sorry / Hum Drum and Humble/  
I Choose You / Don't Drink the Water / Me and My Big Ideas / Los Reyes 
Catolicos (Reprise)
Raoul & The Kings Of Spain 
(Cigar Box)
* 1995 Raoul CD plus "scroll" of lyrics
Saturnine Martial & Lunatic Fontana   528 114-2   UK
Fontana   528 114-2   Germany
Fontana   528 114- 2   CD   US
Fontana   528 114-4   CASS   US
Fontana   528 114- 2   CD   Brazil

NOTE:  Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams is the Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (Mix One) version but is not specifically
identified.

June 1996 Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams / The Big Chair / Schrodinger's Cat / 
My Life In the Suicide Ranks / When In Love With a Blind Man /
Pharaohs / Deja Vu and the Sins of Science / The Marauders / 
Tears Roll Down / New Star / The Body Wah / Lord of Karma / Bloodletting Go / 
Always In the Past / Sea Song / Ashes to Ashes / Empire Building / The
Way You Are
Saturnine Martial & Lunatic Fontana   314 528-2   US

NOTE:  Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams is the Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (Mix One) version but is not specifically
identified.

Aug 1996 Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams / The Big Chair / Schrodinger's
Cat / My Life In the Suicide Ranks / When In Love With a Blind Man / Pharaohs /
Deja Vu and the Sins of Science / The Marauders / Tears Roll
Down / New Star / The Body Wah / Lord of Karma / Bloodletting Go / 
Always In the Past / Sea Song / Ashes to Ashes / Empire Building / The
Way You Are
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The Seeds Of Love
(Platinum Tin Box)
? 1999 ?
Song From The Big Chair

Note: This is the digitally remastered reissue of the ultra-popular 80's album, SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR, which includes 7 extra tracks and new extensive liner notes.

? 1999 Songs include: Shout; The Working Hour; Everybody Wants To Rule The World; 
Mother's Talk; I Believe; Broken; Head Over Heels/ Broken (Live); Listen; 
The Big Chair (bonus); Empire Building (bonus); The Marauders (bonus); 
Broken Revisited (bonus);  The Conflict (bonus); Mother's Talk (U.S. Remix) (bonus); 
Shout (U.S. Remix) (bonus)
Songs From The Big Chair 
(Gold Disk)
Limited edition 24-karat gold audiophile CD

All tracks have been digitally remastered

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 08/18/1998  Shout, Working Hour, The Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Mothers Talk, I Believe ,
Broken Head Over Heels - (live) / Broken - (live) , Listen Shout - (Extended mix, bonus track) ,
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
(Extended mix, bonus track) 
The Seeds Of Love

Note: Digitally remastered, featuring 4 bonus tracks andextensive liner notes

558-105-2 1999 Songs include: Woman In Chains; Badman's Song; Sowing The Seeds Of Love; 
Advice For The Young At Heart; Standing On The Corner Of The Third World; 
Swords And Knives; Year Of The Knife; Famous Last Words; Tears Roll Down (bonus); 
Always In The Past (bonus); Music For Tables (bonus); 
Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams (bonus).
The Best Of Tears For Fears - The Millennium Collection Island - 314 542 492-2
CD US
Label: Mercury
06/27/2000 Everybody Wants To Rule The World/Shout (Album Version)/ 
Sowing The Seeds of Love / Head Over Heels (Remix) /
Woman In Chains (Full Version) / Break It Down Again/ 
Mothers Talk (1986 USA)/I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)/ 
Advice For The Young at Heart (Single Version)/ Change (Extended Version)/Pharoahs
Classic Tears For Fears - The Universal Masters Collection Mercury -548 319-2
Germany
2000  Break It Down Again/Shout (Album Version)/Goodnight Song/Badman's Song/ 
Power/Cold/ Dog's A Best Friend's Dog/ Swords And Knifes/Famous Last Words/ 
Mothers Talk/Head Over Heels (Remix)/Advice For The Young At Heart/ 
Everybody Wants To Rule The World/Sowing The Seeds of Love 
(Early fade of Full Version)/ Woman In Chains (Full Version)

Tears For Fears - Mediamarkt Mercury -  548 188-2
Germany
2000 Shout/ Break It Down Again/Advice For The Young at Heart/
Everybody Wants To Rule The World/ Mothers Talk/The Way You Are/
Ideas Ass Opiates/Woman In Chains
Head Over Heels/Mad World /Pale Shelter/Sowing The Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears Remastered 
2 CD Set (The Hurting & The Seeds Of Love)
Made In Australia Distributed By Universal 2000 The Hurting 

The Hurting /Mad World /Pale Shelter /Ideas As Opiates /Memories Fade/ 
Suffer The Children / Watch Me Bleed/ Change /The Prisoner /
Start Of The Breakdown /Pale Shelter / The Way You Are /Mad World /Change 
 

The Seeds Of Love 

Woman In Chains /Bad Man's Song /The Seeds Of Love /
Advice For The Young At Heart /Standing On The Corner Of The Third World /
Swords And Knives /Year Of The Knife /Famous Last Words / 
Tears Roll Down /Always In The Past /Music For Tables / Johnny Panic & The Bible Of Dreams 

Tomcats Screaming Outside (Solo CD by Roland Orzabal)


Eagle Records (UK)
Gold Circle Records (USA)
April 2, 2001 (UK/Europe)
Sept. 11, 2001 (USA)
Ticket To The World, Low Life, Hypno-Culture, Bullets For Brains, 
For The Love Of Cain, Under Ether, Day By Day By Day By Day By Day, 
Dandelion, Hey Andy, Kill Love, Snowdrop, Maybe Our Days Are Numbered 
Shout
(Germany)
*Not sure if this is a bootleg or not??
* 2001 14 tracks: Shout, Advice For The Young At Heart, Sowing The Seeds of Love, 
Woman In Chains, I Believe, Pale Shelter, EBWTRTW, Head Over Hells, 
Mad World, Break It down Again, Laid So Low, Change, The Working Hour, 
Goodnight Song
Shout: The Very Best Of Tears For Fears  Mercury 09/25/2001 Mad World /Change /Pale Shelter /The Way You Are /Suffer The Children 
Mothers Talk (US remix) /Shout /Everybody Wants To Rule The World / Head Over Heels/ 
I Believe  (A Soulful Re-Recording) 
Woman In Chains (with Oleta Adams) / Advice For The Young At Heart  / Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) /Break It Down Again /New Star (from "Threesome") 
Goodnight Song 
Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
Arista
April 2004
1. Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
2. Closest Thing to Heaven
3. Call Me Mellow
4. Size of Sorrow
5. Who Killed Tangerine?
6. Quiet Ones
7. Who You Are
8. The Devil
9. Secret World
10. Killing with Kindness
11. Ladybird
12. Last Days on Earth
Everybody
Closest Thing To Heaven (single)

Arista
Ad radio release date:
Feb. 9th, 2004
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