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Elemental by Tears for Fears
Elemental is an album by Tears for Fears, released in 1993. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 26 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Break It Down Again”, on 22 lists with a best position of #12.
Elemental, released on 7 June 1993, is Tears for Fears with half the name missing. After the tour for The Seeds of Love wound up in 1990, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith split on bitter terms, and Orzabal kept the name and carried on alone, bringing in extra musicians and Tim Palmer as producer. To plenty of listeners it was an Orzabal solo album in all but name.
It still sounds like a man with something to prove, polished pop rock with a bit of grit in it. "Break It Down Again" was the calling card, a hit across Europe and North America and the last Tears for Fears single to make the US top 40, and the album went to number five in the UK. It was also the end of the line with Phonogram/Mercury, the label that had signed the band back in 1981.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Elemental on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Break It Down Again | 22 | #12 | – | 1993–2022 | |
| 2 | Cold | 2 | #836 | – | 2003–2022 | |
| 3 | Goodnight Song | 1 | #66 | – | 1993 | |
| 4 | Elemental | 1 | #85 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.