![]() ![]() Slant dubbed it one of, “The Best Albums of the 1980s,” it was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and Consequence of Sound awarded it a rare A+ rating in a 20-year retrospective.1989’s Seeds of Love proved to be Orzabal and Smith’s last collaboration together until Everybody Loves A Happy Ending in 2004, which rekindled the creative fire between them. Boasting the signature BRIT Award-winning “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Shout,” “Head over Heels,” “Mothers Talk” and “I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording),” it went quintuple-platinum and captured #1 on the Billboard Top 200. 1985’s Songs from the Big Chair became a watershed moment for the group and music at large. Their 1983 debut The Hurting yielded anthems such as “Mad World,” “Change,” and “Pale Shelter,” reaching RIAA Gold status in the United States. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, performing to countless sold-out audiences, and winning various awards, the band represent an inimitable intersection of pop palatability, clever and cognisant lyricism, guitar bombast, and new wave innovation. Produced by Live Nation, the 22-city tour kicks off on June 23 at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, NJ making stops across North America in New York, Toronto, Houston, Seattle, and more before wrapping up in Los Angeles, CA at the Hollywood Bowl on August 2.Įars For Fears – Roland Orzabal (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Curt Smith (vocals, bass, keyboards) formed in Bath, England 1981. Today, iconic British duo, Tears For Fears, have announced their North American 2023 summer tour - The Tipping Point Tour Part II – with special guest Cold War Kids. ![]() Ren: Inscribed, “To the Phono Booth / The Ruthless Villain / N.W.A.” Inscribed, “Thankz 4 your support / N.W.A” Dre: Inscribed, “To Phono Booth / Keep rockin that good shit/ NWA” ĮAZY-E : Deceased 1995, at age 31. The front of the cardboard album cover has been signed in gold or silver paint pen by four of the group’s original members, including:ĭr. Still much appreciated by contemporary audiences, the album and its subjects inspired a hit 2015 motion picture that shares the same title. Published under the groups’s Ruthless Records label, the record featured eleven tracks, including “Gangsta Gangsta” and “- the Police.” (The latter song – highlighting confrontation with law enforcement – was seen at the time as particularly incendiary.) The album achieved platinum status, and is widely heralded as one of the Greatest Hip Hop albums of all time. The original album from 1988 – “Straight Outta Compton,” by N.W.A. played a pioneering role amid societal evolution, and individual members of the band went on to enjoy highly successful careers in entertainment and other realms. A group of young men from Compton, California, performing West Coast hip hop as “N.W.A.,” were at the forefront of the art’s refinement in presentation and its subsequent rise in popularity. ![]() Its urban rhythms have become sound tracks of daily life, and many of its once-controversial, provocative lyrics have entered the lexicon of the cultural mainstream. Although “hip hop” was barely recognized as a musical style as recently as three decades ago, the rap genre has undergone phenomenal growth and recognition within recent years. ![]()
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