Songs From the Big Chair

Not my thing, but it was alright I guess.

Hét album om te demonstreren waarom je jeuk krijgt van jaren '80 muziek. Ik vraag me werkelijk af hoe je het voor elkaar krijgt om zulke opgeklopte muziek zo saai te krijgen. Shout is het meest enerverende nummer. Maar als je het daar nu van moet hebben...40 minuten deze muziek is al te lang. Dat wisten ze zelf ook. Dus ze breken het nog met het nog saaiere Broken en sluiten af met Enya-achtige klanken.

80s classics. But I was never a huge fan. Too serious, too self-important.

Another nostalgic album I could listen to on repeat

Wanted better bangers from the songs I hadn’t heard.

not as good as the hurting but still good stuff

Very very good, and I really like Tears for Fears, but the non-greats here just drag down everything else ever so slightly. I want to listen to the good songs, not everything.

Everyone knows and (rightfully) loves the big three hits, but the other songs here are just as good, from the beautiful ballad "I Believe" to the African-inspired "Listen." Immaculate on the production side with a great infusion of electronic and organic instrumentation. I expected it to be good, but it easily cleared my expectations and then some.

Very good pop album, some absolute classics. Although it does happen on some songs the synth work is really lovely and adds to songs without (mostly) making this album sound that it’s from the 80s. Not perfect because sometimes on some songs it does sound dated but overall a very good album

Better than average 80s synth rock

I knew more songs on here than I realised. As someone else said, this is very much a product of its era, but it's got such a moody edge to it that I really like. There's layers and layers of sound. I have to say I also really enjoy the magic 80's sax, it really works.

3.5 rounded up.

That's exactly my music - 80s sophistication.

Banger ratio is high on the one.

drago mi je da sam ovo odslušao. ima tu dobrih hitčina, ali malo predugo traju s obzirom na stil; s druge strane, zadnje dvije stvari skroz bezvezne. stoga solidna trojka

Tears for Fears was a guilty pleasure for me back when I only listened to classic rock and despised anything from the 80s. Even back then I couldn’t deny that songs like Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World were great songs.

Now I can confidently say this is just an all around solid album that I need to listen to more often!

Schöne Musik, die gute Stimmung macht, die beiden bekannten Singles sind heute immer noch zeitlos und gute Radio-Hits

I really wanted to like this due to the high production values and the reputation of this album. However, I think the melodies are uninteresting or even poor, the songs are overly repetitive and don't develop enough to warrant the song lengths, and the vocals are weak.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

great songs but they werent interesting enough to warrant the 5 and 6 minute runtimes; not every song needs to be a sprawling epic.

I don't exactly hate new wave, my issue is that it is mostly just more of the same. Some artists managed to innovate or at least give the songs their own vibe. In contrast, all the "Songs From The Big Chair" could be played by any other 80s synth pop band and you wouldn't even realize that it is a cover version. Even the voice is always the same - or did all those bands share the same singer? Is this the definition of "Was OK at it's time but did not age very well"?

The album was over before I realized it. I was surprised by how much instrumental music there was. In fact, if felt like there was more instrumental music than vocalized songs. Oh but I must mention the two absolute bangers on the album. I think the hits are so good, that it elevates the whole album, but the album without the hits wouldn't be somewhat unremarkable.