In My Mind's Eye
In My Mind's Eye | ||||
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Video by Tears for Fears | ||||
Released | 12 October 1984[1] | |||
Recorded | 14–15 December 1983 | |||
Length | 60 minutes | |||
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Director | Mike Mansfield | |||
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In My Mind's Eye is a concert performance video released by the British group Tears for Fears. It was recorded in December 1983 at the London Hammersmith Odeon (now the Hammersmith Apollo), and released on home video in October 1984.
The band had been touring the UK and internationally throughout much of 1983, promoting their debut album The Hurting which went to No. 1 in the UK and contained three UK Top 5 hit singles. In November 1983, they released a brand new single, "The Way You Are", and finished a successful year with another UK tour to promote it. The band also performed most of the tracks from The Hurting as well as the instrumental B-side to "The Way You Are" entitled "The Marauders". Ironically, "The Way You Are" and "The Marauders" were not featured on the video release, despite being the primary reason for the tour itself. The band also performed three brand new songs never before heard, "The Working Hour", "Mothers Talk", and "Head over Heels" (the latter of which was segued with the song "We Are Broken" which had already been released as the B-side of their hit "Pale Shelter" earlier that year). Both "Mothers Talk" and "Head over Heels" would be hits for the band in 1984 and 1985 respectively, and all three songs were featured on their multi-platinum second album, Songs from the Big Chair, in 1985. Additionally, the (uncredited) reprise of "Broken" at the end of "Head Over Heels" on this recording was re-used on Songs from the Big Chair.
The In My Mind's Eye concert performance was also shown on television in the UK in March 1985 as part of Channel 4's music show Mirror Image. The televised version featured a reduced track list, but included an interview with the band from 1984 as they were working on their album Songs From The Big Chair.
The concert video itself was directed by Mike Mansfield and was intercut with a variety of visual effects, typical of early 1980s pop videos. Upon its release, bandmembers Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal stated that although they were happy with the video release in general, they were less enthused about the visual effects added to it.
Originally released on video cassette and laserdisc, In My Mind's Eye was released on DVD as part of the 30th anniversary 4-disc deluxe box set of The Hurting in October 2013.
Personnel
- Roland Orzabal (guitar, vocals)
- Curt Smith (bass, vocals)
- Ian Stanley (keyboards)
- Manny Elias (drums)
- Jerry Marotta (percussion)
- Andy Davis (keyboards)
- Neil Taylor (guitar)
Track listing
- "Start of the Breakdown"
- "Mothers Talk"
- "Pale Shelter"
- "The Working Hour"
- "The Prisoner"
- "Ideas as Opiates"
- "Mad World"
- "We Are Broken"
- "Head over Heels"
- "We Are Broken" (Reprise)
- "Suffer the Children"
- "The Hurting"
- "Memories Fade"
- "Change"
Music producer: Ross Cullum.
- v
- t
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- The Hurting
- Songs from the Big Chair
- The Seeds of Love
- Elemental
- Raoul and the Kings of Spain
- Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
- The Tipping Point
- Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92)
- Saturnine Martial & Lunatic
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tears for Fears
- Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears
- The Collection
- Gold
- Rule the World: The Greatest Hits
- "Suffer the Children"
- "Pale Shelter"
- "Mad World"
- "Change"
- "The Way You Are"
- "Mothers Talk"
- "Shout"
- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
- "Head over Heels"
- "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)"
- "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
- "Woman in Chains"
- "Advice for the Young at Heart"
- "Famous Last Words"
- "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams"
- "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)"
- "Break It Down Again"
- "Cold"
- "Goodnight Song"
- "Raoul and the Kings of Spain"
- "God's Mistake"
- "Secrets"
- "Falling Down"
- "Closest Thing to Heaven"
- "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" / "Call Me Mellow"
- "I Love You but I'm Lost"
- "The Tipping Point"
- The Videosingles
- In My Mind's Eye
- Scenes from the Big Chair
- Sowing the Seeds
- Going to California
- Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92)
- Secret World (Live in Paris)
- Discography
- Graduate
- Neon
- Soul on Board
- Aeroplane
- Tomcats Screaming Outside
- Halfway, Pleased
References
- ^ "PolyGram sets up big-name bumper drive" (PDF). Music Week. 6 October 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2022.