Rule the World: The Greatest Hits

Rule the World: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Tears for Fears
Released10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Recorded1982–2017
GenrePop rock[1]
Length74:14
Label
Tears for Fears chronology
Ready Boy & Girls?
(2014) 		Rule the World: The Greatest Hits
(2017) 		The Tipping Point
(2022)
Singles from Rule the World: The Greatest Hits
  1. "I Love You but I'm Lost"
    Released: 13 October 2017
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Salon.compositive[2]

Rule the World: The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released in 2017 by Virgin EMI Records. The compilation is an updated version of 1992's Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92), including almost every track from that album (with the sole exception of "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)"), plus additional singles from the three studio albums released after Tears Roll Down and two new songs: "Stay" and "I Love You but I'm Lost" (co-written by the band with Dan Smith of Bastille). The latter was released as a digital single on 13 October 2017.[3]

The album peaked at No. 12 in the UK, becoming the band's sixth UK top 20 album, and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for combined units and sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[4]

A UK and European tour called the Rule the World Live 2018 was scheduled to begin in April 2018,[5] but was postponed to 2019 due to "unforeseen health concerns".[6]

  1. ^ "Rule the World: The Greatest Hits – Tears for Fears". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ^ Zaleski, Annie (10 November 2017). "Tears for Fears' new greatest hits record is a hello — not a farewell". Salon.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ Kreps, Daniel (13 October 2017). "Hear Tears for Fears' First Song in 13 Years, 'I Love You But I'm Lost'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BPI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Tears For Fears Calendar 2018, Tour Dates & Concerts – Songkick". www.songkick.com.
  6. ^ White, Jack (19 April 2018). "Tears For Fears postpone UK tour due to "health concerns"". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2018.