Prog

TEARS FOR FEARS

The Tipping Point CONCORD

Reunited duo serve up elegant prog-pop on first album in 17 years.

When they rose to fame in the early 1980s on the back of hit singles and , Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith seemed like many other post-punk was a concept album of sorts, while 1985’s is Exhibit A for smuggling prog into the pop charts (check out for proof).

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