Chris Willman Music Writer“Encanto” is spending its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, but the real enchantment this week may be in the form of three debuting albums that arrived to add some fresh air to the staleness of the chart in recent weeks.Although nothing was remotely in danger of dethroning the Disney soundtrack from a run that keeps breaking records, Kodak Black had a particularly respectable bow on the chart with “Back for Everything,” which entered at No. 2 with 60,000 album-equivalent units.
Album Review: The Tipping Point by Tears for Fears
21.02.2022 - 13:39 / metroweekly.com
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, true to its title, seemed to put a satisfying capstone on their career, and the subsequent years of extensive touring as self-described “late-blooming road warriors” seemed like something between an epilogue and a victory lap. But defying expectations has been the theme of their late career, and after years coasting on their well-deserved iconic status, it turns out Tears for Fears had another album in them after all.The Tipping Point (★★★☆☆) is not only their first studio album in 17 years, but for Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, it represents a kind of hard-won artistic freedom.
Resisting the pressure from then-managers to collaborate with A-list songwriters to create a collection of hit singles, the pair did what they have always done best, creating a fully-realized album from the ground up.Perhaps as a result of their resistance to commercial pressures, The Tipping Point is curiously short on standout hit singles. Even so, it is probably fair to say that several of its moments approach their best work.
From the strumming acoustic guitar that opens the album on “No Small Thing” before giving way to expansive synths and strings, it’s apparent that they have not lost their gift for constructing an elaborate, majestic and memorable melody.The title track is an expansive, dramatic work of grungy, spacey synth-pop-rock, with a sense of moody otherworldliness to its backing track and lyrics that are shot through with an intense immediacy. Another standout, “Break the Man,” is an immensely satisfying smash-the-patriarchy track that could easily have been ’90s chart-topper, as if to give themselves another crack at a decade they mostly missed out on as a duo.Although Orzabal and Smith set out to
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Good Morning Britain every now and again. But did you know he nearly had a shot at ITV's biggest reality show? Or that he's got estimated millions in the bank? Are you even really a Tipping Point fan? Read on for everything you could possibly ever want to know about Ben Shephard. READ MORE: ITV The Chase: Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis' marriage, net worth, first show appearance and being proposed to by fans According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ben is worth a cool $5 million, which is roughly £3.
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Tears for Fears on Overcoming Differences and Sowing the Seeds of Their First Album in 18 Years
Annie Zaleski A new Tears for Fears album would be cause for celebration for fans under any circumstance, but especially so with “The Tipping Point” being their full-length in 18 years — a gap that has seen a lot of personal and professional tipping points come and go for Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith and their off-again, on-again teaming.Much has changed for Tears and Fears in the nearly two decades since 2004’s “Everybody Loves a Happy Ending” and their just-released seventh album. For starters, they’ve become increasingly popular touchstones for younger musicians and fans, thanks to TikTok popularity and an abundance of samples and covers.