Great, remastered collection, with quite a few bonus versions. Must have for any TFF fan.
Agreed, there are too many "best of" or "collections" available, but this one should put all others away.

There are arguably a few omissions, specially from the "Elemental" album (the title track and "Fish out of water" come to mind), but then no compilation is ever perfect. Nice bonus are a couple of Curt's solo tracks.

Songs are listed in (almost) chronological order (by release date) which makes for an interesting trip through TFF's development.

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Serkan Okar

Tears For Fears - One of the Most Important 80s Music Acts

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 12 de abril de 2012

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I must admit back in the 80s, I wasn't a Tears for Fears fan. I listened to bands like Duran Duran, Wham!, Culture Club, Madonna, the usual British/American pop icons. Tears for Fears wasn't advertised or publicized as much as those other pop acts (even though The Songs From the Big Chair did very well in 1985). After 27 years, I begin to fully appreciate the complexity of Tears for Fears. I can now honestly say that Tears for Fears was better than most of their contemporary music acts. Tears for Fears has never been an ordinary pop duo making forgettable simple pop tunes. Their music is far too complex, both lyrically and musically, to fit into a simple "pop" category. There is a kind of timelessness to their music that continues even after the "pop" fad is gone. I can testify to this as my appreciation of their music is still growing after all these years.

Ultimate Collection contains great selection of songs that showcase duo's depth. It is not a "greatest hits" or "best of" collection and it is not "Ultimate" as the title seems to suggest as it misses some of their well-known hits. Nevertheless, it is still a serious collection. I bought this album because I didn't know most of the tracks on CD 2. (CD 1 contains most of their well-known hits). CD 2 is a little more obscure in the sense they didn't top the charts but songs are truly remarkable and they showcase the range of duo's vocals. I rate each song with 5 stars. Musicianship is top quality as the songs range from pop/rock to jazzy, bluesy tunes to ballads. The lyrics match the quality of music which is very rare in pop/rock genre.

I had been tracking the price for this item since 2009 and purchased it in early 2011 when it dropped below $30 at one point but never below $27. If you are familiar with Tears for Fears and own any of their albums and want to explore more of their sound, this is an excellent selection. I just hope maybe in the near future, they will release some sort of box set with almost everything they collaborated on.

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ゴルゴ十三

リマスターされて甦ったTFF代表曲集。とにかく音質が凄い！

Revisado en Japón el 30 de diciembre de 2007

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ファーストから３枚目のアルバムの曲(TFF全盛期)、二人が別れてからローランド・オーザバルひとりとなったTFF時代の曲と万遍無く網羅されています。(リミックス曲は３枚目に入ってます) 改めて聞き直すと、どの曲も一捻り効いていて、単なるポップソングではない処が良いですね。
リマスターされて音質が格段に良くなっていますね。ハイレベルなイヤフォンで聴くと、どの曲も非常に音を作り込んでいることがよく分かります。音の広がり方が素晴らしいですね。３枚組の割に少し割高感がありますが、この音質には大いに満足してます。(この投資なら、初期TFF３枚を"Chronicles: The Hurting/Songs from the Big Chair/The Seeds of Love"で一気に集めるという手もありますが...)

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Gary.K

A must-have, if you are a Tears For Fears fan

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 18 de octubre de 2009

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Jason's review is exhaustively thorough, so I can't really add much more than what he has already said. I wanted to be sure this CD collection got one more rating, because it really deserves is.

Tears For Fears was a ground breaking band in the 1980's. They had such great harmonies, lyrics, and vocals. I felt like they were walking an interesting line between rock and jazz. They were experimental with instruments, in some ways like Peter Gabriel. And with jazzy overtones reminiscent of Steely Dan. They were also lucky to have made a few commercially popular songs that propelled them to the top 10 of the charts.

But the 80's died away and so did Tears For Fears. Curt couldn't quite keep up with Roland and the two ended up parting ways. Roland tried to go it solo, but couldn't sustain it. A shame, really.

Now, the two are back together. They came out with a new album, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending". Maybe it should have been named "Everybody Wants A New Start", because that's what they're trying to do and unfortunately didn't quite cut it. That's why you didn't hear any airplay, in the USA anyway.

So, their best work is still behind them and this Ultimate Collection is a great tribute. I definitely recommend getting it if you'd like to revisit the great work of this fine band. And hopefully one day Curt and Roland will strike the right chords and be back alive in USA radiowaves.

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JudeMac

Ultimate Indeed My My My

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 30 de diciembre de 2014

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This Ultimate collection is the bomb. It covers their best tracks starting from "Mad World" & ending with a nice Curt Smith solo number on the bonus CD. I actually made a single CD version of my favorites from this collection but, not using anything from the bonus CD. One number I found extremely interesting is the version of "Head Over Heels" which was the same exact version KROQ in Pasadena, Ca (same town I was hatched as well) used in the 80's, which included the broken reprise (clean intro without broken at beginning). Most of radio always played the single remix of the track only. Anyway, I'm a TFF collector and if your looking for a solid "Best Of" collection in excellent sound, this is the one. Sure, there are other collections but this one is the best sounding one I've heard in my 30 + years of TFF collecting. I highly recommend it, for the person looking to see what they were all about, to the collector as well. You can get it for under 20 USD as well! So what are you waiting for?
Drop by my wesite sometime @ "JudeMac Forever" & look around. Always something for about everyone.

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