Halfway, Pleased
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Halfway, pleased is the third solo album
by British
pop
musician Curt Smith
, co-founder of Tears for Fears
. It was released on May 20, 2008.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
musician Curt Smith
Curt Smith
Curt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Also a solo artist, he released his third album Halfway, Pleased in May 2008....
, co-founder of Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
. It was released on May 20, 2008.
Track listing
- "Perfect Day" – 4:21
- "Seven of Sundays" – 4:01
- "Halfway Pleased" – 4:08
- "Greatest Divide" – 4:32
- "Coming Out" – 4:35
- "Aeroplane" – 5:37
- "Two" – 3:55
- "Addict" – 7:50
- "Cover Us" – 2:24
- "Who You Are" – 4:51
- "Where Do I Go?" – 4:56
- "Snow Hill (Live)" – 4:43
- "Seven of Sundays (Acoustic)" – 4:02
- "Coming Out (Acoustic)" – 3:29
- "Seven of Sundays (Duet with SO)" – 3:52
Personnel
- Curt SmithCurt SmithCurt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Also a solo artist, he released his third album Halfway, Pleased in May 2008....
– vocals, all instruments except as noted below - Charlton Pettus – all instruments except as noted below, backing vocals on track 14
Additional personnel
- Fred Eltringham – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on tracks 1-11 - Doug Petty – keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
on track 12 - Roland OrzabalRoland OrzabalRoland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is known mainly as a co-founding member of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists.- Early career :Orzabal...
- keyboards on track 12 - Wendy Page – backing vocals on track 13
- Sophie Saillet – vocal on track 15