Halfway Pleased - Curt Smith

Advantages: It is The Smiths...........................and, therefore, great!
Disadvantages: Some people dislike Morrissey...........understandably!

...back to the old house there's too many bad memories there" 15. Reel Around The Fountain "Fifteen minutes with you Oh I wouldn't say no people see no worth in you oh but I do" and... "I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice. You can pin and mount me like a butterfly but "take me to the haven of your bed" was something that you never said! Two lumps, please, you're the bee's knees, but so am I" 16. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want A great, peaceful end to the album. A much slower, acoustic song. This song has been covered by band's such as Muse, along with many other Smith songs, which have been covered by many different artists, such as Jeff Buckley, Death Cab for Cutie, Placebo, and many others. "Good times for a change See, the luck I've had would make a good man turn bad. So... Read review

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Advantages: Superb moody album that stands the test of time
Disadvantages: One duff track The Prisoner

...When I was about 8, I decided I was in love with Donny Osmond, then I moved on to John Travolta. When I was 17, I first saw Curt Smith from Tears for Fears and my whole life changed! He had these weird plaits at the back of his head and from then on, I would only go out with boys with the same haircut (everyone is allowed to be shallow when they are a teenager). The Tears for Fears name was derived from the book ‘Primal Scream’ by Arthur Janov. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were previously in a band called Neon. Curt Smith became disillusioned with the band and left in 1990 leaving Roland Orzabal to continue with more minor hits. TFF have sold over 17 million albums worldwide. I did see them in concert a few times in the 80’s. Roland has a great voice, but Curt’s let me down live. They were also very... Read review

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Advantages: fantastic!! one of the best brit bands ever, and my fave cd ever
Disadvantages: the only disadvantage is that they split up! :-(

...are brilliant), "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" and "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" are the soundtrack to a million lonesome broken hearts, "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before" is a beautiful example of uptempo, upbeat, jangly-guitared indie rock while "I Know It's Over" is about as mournful and beautiful as you can get. There is all you could want here really and no bad tracks at all. It's more or less the same as the 18-track "Singles" CD plus 5 more songs, which all deserve to be there (a mere 18 Smiths songs is not enough!). There is also a band biography in the artwork which is a helpful introduction to the band. No real disadvantages about this album except maybe there isnt enough of it (but 23 tracks is probably the maximum you can have so I'd better not complain) and also it is so good that it makes you... Read review

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