Tears for Fears’mark the fortieth anniversary of Songs from the Big Chair with this grey marble effect reissue of the album, limited to 1,000 copies and hand-numbered to order. The album marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s shared attraction to primal scream therapy.The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band’s music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was unjustly seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication.