Roland Jaime Orzábal De La Quintana (born 22 August 1961) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author. He is the guitarist...

are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced...

sophisticated production values and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics displayed socially and politically conscious...

member of the pop rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Smith has co-written several of the band's songs, and sings lead vocals...

album recorded following the departure of co-founder Curt Smith, with Roland Orzabal assuming sole leadership with the help of additional musicians. The...

second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. It was released...

(1993), it is essentially a solo effort by Roland Orzabal, as neither album involved Curt Smith. Orzabal's primary musical collaborator for Raoul and...

led to band members Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal splitting up at the conclusion of their 1990 world tour, with Orzabal remaining as the band's sole official...

disagreements that bandleaders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith had with their record label and management; and the death of Orzabal's wife, which influenced many...

for Fears members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, who found international fame in the 1980s and 1990s. John Baker and Roland Orzabal were at school together...

"Mad World" is a 1982 song by British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release...

album by British musician Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears. It was released on 2 April 2001. Although Orzabal had effectively made two solo...

along with numerous singles, compilations and videos. Formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the duo signed to Phonogram Records in the UK and released...

studio album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), on 23 November 1984. Roland Orzabal is the lead singer on the track, and he described it as "a simple song...

released in June 2023. After their band Graduate broke up in 1981, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith formed a band with the name History of Headaches. Both...

backing vocals on their first three albums. He also co-wrote (with Roland Orzabal) many of their songs from the period 1983–1985, and was a part of the...

recorded in the Wool Hall and was the B-side to "Head over Heels". — Roland Orzabal The music video for "Head over Heels", filmed in late May and into June...

and sung by Roland Orzabal and released in October 1981, it was the band's first release, recorded shortly after the break-up of Orzabal and Curt Smith's...

Shelter" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was originally the band's second...

Hooker, Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Blues Brothers Band, Elvis Costello, Roland Orzabal, Joe Cocker, Sharon Corr, B. B. King, Sting, Buddy Guy, Bono, Bryan...

chapter from this enigmatic group." Notes "Size of Sorrow" was written by Roland Orzabal in the 1990s and was first performed live during Tears For Fears' Elemental...

song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal, it was the band's seventh single release (the first...

Roland Orzabal (born 1961), English musician, songwriter and record producer Roland Penrose (1900–1984), British surrealist artist and poet Roland Pope...

MCM. [Interviewer:] Was your early sound influenced by new wave? [Roland Orzabal:] It was more a question of the new synthesizer bands, people like Orchestral...

Ireland and peaked at No.28 in New Zealand. The song was written by Roland Orzabal, who dedicated the song to Robert Wyatt in the liner notes of Songs...

produced by Roland Orzabal and Alan Griffiths of Tears for Fears, who also wrote two tracks for the album. It was recorded and mixed at Orzabal's own studio...

2019) - The Singer is Dead at Age 64". Retrieved 14 December 2023. "Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith - Choose their favourite 80s Tracks - Radio Broadcast 16/10/2020"...

for Fears then-label Fontana Records. Produced by Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal with Dave Bascombe, the album was initially unsuccessful (peaking at...

release during the band's 1993 Elemental tour. In a TV interview in 1995, Roland Orzabal explained that "Raoul is a name that has been in my family for many...

"Lust for Life" contains a sample of "Ideas as Opiates", written by Roland Orzabal, as performed by Tears for Fears. "Let's Call It Off" contains a sample...