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Tears For Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (Gut)
UK release date: 13 June 2005
Tears For Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending

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Roland and Curt's family reunion hasn't exactly gone to plan on the UK sales front, but despite a lukewarm reception from the critics (including our own!) I have to confess that for me the record wasn't at all bad. In fact I'd venture as far to say it continued to provide evidence of Roland Orzabal's standing as a melodic and harmonic inventor to rival the best of the 1980s.

Unfortunately it's a bad choice of single. Sub-Beatles harmonies abound (so no change there), but there's a bluster that doesn't quite find the right direction in Steve Fitzmaurice's clumsy radio edit, surrendering rather meekly at the end. The flip side, Call Me Mellow, is remarkably similar to The Las in melodic content, and has received several remixes to boost the cause.

The duo seem keen to stay close to the music of their Seeds Of Love era, the lush production and harmonies relatively unchanged. It's just a shame their record company didn't plump for one of the (many) better songs off the album.






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