Tears For Fears Elemental CD

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 Elemental is Tears For Fears's second best album
Elemental, Rolad Orzabal's first of two albums under the name Tears For Fears, is a great record. Elemental, Break It Down Again, Fish Out Of Water, and Brian Wilson Said, are great songs. The onlt album better than this is Songs From The Big Chair. Highly Recommended for Tears For Fears fans.
Submitted by Genesis19691992 (New York) 
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 TEARS FOR FEARS ELEMENTAL IS AWESOME
Tears For Fears has always been a very creative and inspirational band, with their dynamic poetic lyrics and foot stamping beats. But this is by far their best work yet.
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 I Do Miss Smith Though!!!
This is an exceptionally great CD. Smith is missing on the CD, but Elemental is showing the fans that Tears For Fears is a talented group of musicans, with or without Smith. Purchase it for your collection.
Submitted by jejr9 (Irvine)
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 Orzabal proves he needs not Smith to create great art
Sometimes when a member of a band leaves, the band itself essentially disintegrates, and/or continues on but becomes just a shadow of its former self. This is not the case with Tears For Fears, as Roland Orzabal (along with Alan Griffiths) embarks on a foray away from the soul influences of "The Seeds of Love" into the realm of pseudo-prog-rock. Let's just say such experimentation fails to disappoint, for "Elemental" just proves again that Orzabal is nothing short of a musical genius. "Elemental," itself, begins with the sound-effects-laden title track, which is one of the catchier numbers on the album. The next song "Cold" is less experimental and more of just a straight up rock song. It showcases Orzabal's talent as a lyricist, as he plays with words and phrases (e.g., "...to rely on hook, line and sinker, what a sinker, sinking like a stone."). Very few poets can make cliches work, but Orzabal is one of them. The next song is definitely one of Tears for Fears' best songs. "Break It Down Again" is a pleasurable mix of experimental sounds and straight up rock, even though it's different from vintage "Songs From the Big Chair" Tears For Fears. Track 4, "Mr. Pessimist," is one of the few songs on "Elemental" I don't like; it's too mellow and lacking of hooks. "Dog's a Best Friend's Dog," though, is probably one of the hardest rock songs Orzabal has ever concocted, but it doesn't seem too forced, so it's a nice little change. "Fish Out of Water" is a great soft-rock song; it sounds vaguely reminiscent of "Fly Like an Eagle," by The Steve Miller's Band. In this song, Orzabal expresses his anger at former bandmate Curt Smith; Orzabal says with spite that Smith will become "food for killer whales." You can only guess what he's using the metaphor for but you know that at the time, he harbored a lot of enmity towards Smith. The next song, "Gas Giants," is an instrumental. Unfortunately, it's not nearly as captivating as "Listen" was, so it's kind of a throwaway track. "Power," "Brian Wilson Said," and "Goodnight Song" conclude the album and all three are pretty good songs, the last of the three being the best. Anyway, "Elemental" is a great album, but it still doesn't compare to "Songs From the Big Chair." The sheer poppiness of "Songs From the Big Chair" made it go platinum, and rightfully so. Of course, "Elemental" goes for the more experimental angle, and that's fine, but there are just a few mediocre songs which make "Elemental" from being a top-notch album. Still, any fans of the prog-rock genre will definitely appreciate Orzabal's eclectic usage of sounds, and I must confess that it was this album that truly introduced me to Tears For Fears. After listening to my copy of this album, I've since purchased every other Tears For Fears album (including "Tomcats Screaming Outside") except "The Hurting." So in conclusion, "Elemental" shows that Orzabal can do well without Smith, but could've probably put a little bit more work into "Elemental" to make it stupendous, and not just very good.
Submitted by nhoffhva (Bloomington, Indiana)
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 elemental- anything but!
good, solid outing,from ROLAND O. here. great voice, good songs,just a enjoyable work.had a copy early, then it got gone. will get another!
Submitted by tony (lake wylie,s.c.)
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