Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain

RATKOS is excellent

This is an excellent cd. Of course we don't hear alot of Curt Smith on this cd. This is Roland Orzabals masterpiece. I usually skip around on cds, but I listen to this all the way through. Each song flows into another beautifully. Roland has several different voices on this cd and they are all great. (I Choose You is especially good, but hey they're all good.) I highly recommend this cd, especially for the Roland Orzabal fans out there. You won't be disappointed! July 9, 2008

Outstanding...... Still!

I was a fan years ago, and I saw the Elemental Concert. That was a great show, and I thought Roland was about at the top of his game musically. Then when "Roul" was released, I was in love with this music the minute I heard it. I didn't get to hear it live, oh well. This is IMHO The best TFF release to this day. Buy this CD Friends, You will totally enjoy every minute. Thank you Roland, You are the MAN! September 19, 2007

significant work

There is no more beutiful song than me and my big ideas- Oleta Adams is masterful- haunting, melodic, powerful. An accomplished work that should be added to anyones collection. Quite simply a masterpiece! October 13, 2006

MOST INCREDIBLE

Now I do not pretend to know everything there is to know about Tears for Fears...but....I LOVE THIS CD! From START TO FINISH! IT is truely a conceptual masterpiece! I was fortunate enough to see this performed LIVE in Detroit at St. Andrews Music Hall....incredible band incredible musicians...but ROLAND wrote it all!

He is truely a master...and minus CURT too he is still as good as ever! ITS A DARN SHAME that this did not get airplay and the concert only showed up as a small tiny ad in the corner of the local jam rag...but THE SHOW WAS INCREDIBLE the ALBUM has given to many a spin in my car CD player...it was in rotation there for about an entire year and often times repeated! References to LENNON and MCCARTNEY are made and i think they are RIGHT ON CUE!

Roland is a true pop genius! WHO CAN REALLY ROCK OUT TOO! Who ever said POP SONGS had to be boring eh? Just see this band perform one time if you are lucky enough! Somewhere i see he appologized to Radiohead for playing the song CREEP but i saw him perform it with complete perfection! The stage was extended with speakers galore and sound equipment to fill a HUGE VENUE in a small tiny club! The lights and music and show were incredible and this cd is a GREAT one to own! CONCEPTUAL and PERFECTION in a POP RECORD! GIVE THIS BAND MORE CREDIT! THE poor website for this album set desolate for more than several years no activity!

Shame ITS A LOW DOWN DIRTY CRYING SHAME .....music has no support for the fine artists such as Tears For Fears...however ROLAND and CURT you have my FOREVER SUPPORT You are BOTH TRUE GENIUS's! July 9, 2006

TFF -full steam ahead! This album in my top 10 of all time

This is such an amazing record, and a ton of credit must be issued to the man: Roland Orzabal. By 1995, he was continuing to shoulder the load by himself for the second straight album. I didn't think that TFF after Curt Smith could get any better than "Elemental," but Roland made that possible by making the Raoul album. Where to begin - the title track rocks, and sets the tone for the whole album. Rarely a miss out of all the songs, and the CD booklet with photos really lets you see Roland in a different way, compared to the 1983-89 days. The haunting yet comforting tones of "I choose you" and both "los reyes catolicos" tracks are simply amazing. Sketches of Pain, God's mistake, Secrets....all amazing songs. "Me and My Big Ideas" is now one of the best TFF songs- Ever. If you were ever skeptical about TFF in the 90s (without Curt Smith) please give this album a spin. An underrated treasure. Roland, you've done it again. May 3, 2006

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