Friday, December 25, 2009

Tears for Fears / The Hurting (1983)

Another reason why 1983 is a great year for music, and thus continuing my theory on the cycle of music producing a great year ever five years (1973, 1978, 1983) but that is another story. Notable for the inclusion of “Mad World” which thanks to Donnie Darko has made a resurgence into the world of modern music. Though “Pale Shelter” and “Watch Me Bleed” are of equal calibre if not even better than the former, there are a number of other songs in there as well and the album itself plays quite solidly from front to back. By the way anyone (and I do mean anyone, cyborgs included) who thinks that Gary Jules does a better version of the song then Roland Orzabal needs to have their head examined (though to think that you couldn’t be a cyborg as they have thought processes based on logic and reason don’t they?)

Rating = Saturn Record

Sincerely;

T.R.Z. Oswald