Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92)


Tears Roll Down is a greatest hits album by the English pop/rock band Tears for Fears. It was released on 2 March 1992 by Fontana Records. Preceded by the new single "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)", the album contains the band's UK and international top-20 singles, excluding "Everybody Wants to Run the World" - a reworked version of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" recorded for Sport Aid. It has been certified double platinum in the United Kingdom, platinum in the United States, and gold in several other countries including Canada, France and Germany.
Tears Roll Down originally peaked at number one in Italy, number two in the UK and France and reached the top 10 in several other countries upon its release, but re-entered the UK top 10 at number six in 2004 for several weeks following the success of Gary Jules' cover version of "Mad World".
A compilation video under the same title was also released simultaneously in 1992, and later issued on DVD. The album itself was reissued in 2004 as a 2-CD/1-DVD set under the "Sound+Vision Deluxe" line, and again in 2005 with a bonus disc containing several remixes. The compilation was eventually supplanted by another greatest hits package, Rule the World: The Greatest Hits, in 2017, and is now out of print.

Track listing

1992 Tears Laid Low (Canada only promo companion disk)

  1. "Tears Roll Down" – 3:20
  2. "Johnny Panic & The Bible Of Dreams" – 5:59
  3. "Always In The Past" – 4:37
  4. "We Are Broken" – 4:06
  5. "The Conflict" – 4:05
  6. "My Life In The Suicide Ranks" – 4:33
  7. "Music For Tables" – 3:33
  8. "Empire Building" – 2:54
  9. "The Marauders" – 4:17
  10. "The Big Chair" – 3:19
  11. "When In Love With A Blind Man" – 2:25
  12. "Sea Song" – 3:51
  13. "Pharoahs" – 3:42
'''Notes'''

2005 bonus remix disc

  1. "Shout" – 9:07
  2. "Change" – 7:42
  3. "Head Over Heels" – 4:17
  4. "Pale Shelter" – 7:09
  5. "Laid So Low " – 3:18
  6. "Mothers Talk" – 8:57
  7. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" – 6:48
  8. "Shout" – 5:36
  9. "Woman in Chains" – 3:45
  10. "Mad World" – 5:18
  11. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – 6:34
'''Notes'''

2020 SACD">Super Audio CD">SACD

  1. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" – 6:19
  2. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – 4:10
  3. "Woman in Chains" – 6:28
  4. "Shout" – 6:33
  5. "Head over Heels" – 4:14
  6. "Mad World" – 3:29
  7. "Pale Shelter" – 4:39
  8. "I Believe" – 4:49
  9. "Laid So Low " – 4:44
  10. "Mothers Talk" – 4:59
  11. "Change" – 3:54
  12. "Advice for the Young at Heart" – 4:54
  13. "Shout" – 9:07
  14. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – 6:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart Position
UK Albums 100

Video compilation

The video compilation of Tears Roll Down was released in 1992 in conjunction with the album, featuring an identical track list. It was reissued on DVD in 2003 with a different cover featuring a still from the "Sowing the Seeds of Love" promo video under Universal Music's "Classic Clips" imprint. After the Tears Roll Down album made a return to the UK top 10 in 2004, the DVD was reissued with the original white "sunflower" cover. The DVD release includes a 5.1 surround sound audio option as well as 2.0 stereo.

Track listing

  1. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" – 6:19
  2. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – 4:11
  3. "Woman in Chains" – 6:28
  4. "Shout" – 6:33
  5. "Head over Heels" – 4:14
  6. "Mad World" – 3:29
  7. "Pale Shelter" – 4:39
  8. "I Believe" – 4:50
  9. "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" – 4:44
  10. "Mothers Talk" – 4:59
  11. "Change" – 3:54
  12. "Advice for the Young at Heart" – 4:54