“THE task was how to make an album representative of us, at 60,” says Roland Orzabal. “How can we bring our life experience good and bad to the table and make something that speaks to people.
Our best work, and the work that’s lasted over the years is the stuff that resonates with people.” Tears For Fears — Orzabal and Curt Smith — are recalling why an early version of their excellent new and seventh studio album, The Tipping Point, was scrapped and restarted when both decided it “just wasn’t Tears For Fears”.
They had been encouraged by their old manager to work with other songwriters including Dan Smith from Bastille and Sacha Skarbek, who wrote James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful and Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball.
And while they were happy with some of these songs, it didn’t feel right for a Tears For Fears album. Orzabal adds: “Our then manager didn’t want to sell us any more in terms of being recording artists. "He wanted us just to be like a heritage artist.
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