TEARS FOR FEARS – BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN 7″ – Nr MINT 1993

Tears For Fears – Break It Down Again
(Mercury Records  1993  IDEA18)

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– light crease on 2 corners

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath, England in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were initially associated with the new wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s. Later, the band branched out into mainstream rock and pop and attained international chart success. Tears for Fears were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.

The band’s debut album, The Hurting (1983), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Their second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the US. Songs from the Big Chair contained two Billboard Hot 100 number one hits: “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”‘. The latter song won the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986.

After the release of their platinum-selling third album, The Seeds of Love (1989), Smith and Orzabal parted company in 1991. Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name as a solo project, releasing the albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995). Orzabal and Smith reunited in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004.

“Break It Down Again” is a song by British band Tears For Fears, released as the first single from their 1993 album Elemental. The song was an international hit, reaching number 20 in the United Kingdom, number 25 in the United States, and the top 40 in several other countries. It topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was particularly successful in Canada and Italy, reaching numbers four and seven respectively.

The song was the second single released after the departure of Curt Smith from the band (after “Laid So Low” in 1992). As with the Elemental album, the song featured Roland Orzabal with peripheral Tears For Fears band members Alan Griffiths and Gail Ann Dorsey.

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