I always liked TfF but this album has blown me away. The variety of styles is just amazing. The title song took me back to the 70's when Klaatu emerged as "The Beatles in disguise". Then there is "Call me Mellow" and the British invasion comes to mind with their vocal harmonies and simple (but pleasant) sound. Then of course, there is the Beatles influence, obvious across most of the album. I love every single track!

Im really a TFF fan whos got all the albuns including the Orzabal-only ones and all I can say is that I hope this isnt really and ending as they really are great melodic song writers and this seem a imidiate follow up to Seeds of Love. my favorites "call me melllow" and "secrets" also "who killed tangerine" aewsome chorus "when you think ist all over...its not over" giving hope for future albuns. Shame it had so lil' media exposure when released but I guess you cant mesure quality by how much radio airplay a band has anymore... overall great record, great band!!

Moose up your hair, break out your Members Only jacket, flip up the collar on your polo shirt, take a drag on your clove cigarette, and sip a California Cooler. Tears for Fears continues to cement their place in pop rock history. In a current era when British music is highlighting piano (Coldplay, Muse, etc.), Tears for Fears should, in part, be credited with this trend. In Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, TfF continues where they left off. ELaHE is solid, with each track being very listenable in its own right. This is their most diversified album to date but all the formats work. You can still hear the formula which brought them so much success in the '80s but this album is also fresh to the times.

Do yourself a favor and listen to the song, "Quiet Ones", with its uptempo beat, beautifully blended harmonies, and intriguing lyrics [Wake up your majesty; there are thieves in the temple, picking the sunspots out of the sun]. This album is their best effort since Elemental, and its like reliving an era in New Wave music. ELaHE is a great album for long time fans of TfF, but this would be a nice introductory album to the group for newbies who missed out on their prior stardom. ELaHE is an excellent album you will want to listen to repeatedly, but not quite a 5 star rating (e.g., Nirvana's Nevermind).

I bought this album the first day it came out in Sept. 2004. And I love it. The kind of sophistication heard on this album is hard to find these. Each song is worth listening -- there are no fillers. Each chord, each note is handled with perfection. The erudite lyrics and musicality hearken to the days of the The Hurting my other fave TFF album. I just hope they do not make us wait another 15 years for their next masterpiece.

When people mention the Beatles influence when talking about this record, they aren't joking. If you close your eyes, sit back, listen, especially to the instrumental passages, you can easily think you're listening to some George Martin produced late 60s Beatles brilliance.

And it's not in an obvious rip-off way that is apparent in some music. You can't do what Tears for Fears have done on this album without doing it sincerely and from the heart. It's just brilliant throughout. I was instantly impressed, and there really are no weak points or filler on this disk either.

It's refreshing to know there are still musicians out there who take the time to create something like this. Listen to that instrumentation! Sounds! Lots of creative, original sounds! What a concept! Brian Wilson was doing it. Martin and the Beatles were doing it. And now Tears for Fears have done it.

If Pet Sounds was a Teenage Symphony to God, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending is a Symphony to God from the rest of us.