Tears for Fears makes what it does best: catchy synthpop songs with a powerful melody ★★★☆☆

It was off, then on again, then off again and now on again. Tears for Fears, the synth-pop duo that had worldwide hits in the eighties with Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, seemed to have separated for good after a reunion in 2004 came to nothing. Seventeen years later, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith are trying again.

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