Tracklist front / back album covers download
"Elemental" – 5:30
"Cold" – 5:05
"Break It Down Again" – 4:31
"Mr. Pessimist" – 6:16
"Dog's a Best Friend's Dog" – 3:39
"Fish Out of Water" – 5:07
"Gas Giants" – 2:40
"Power" – 5:49
"Brian Wilson Said" – 4:22
"Goodnight Song" – 3:53
Tears for Fears Band Members / Musicians
Roland Orzabal – vocals, instruments
Alan Griffiths – instruments
Tim Palmer – instruments
Mark O'Donoughue – Wurlitzer electric piano outro (track 10)
Guy Pratt – additional bass guitar (track 4)
John Baker – backing vocals (track 2), additional backing vocals (track 3)
Julian Orzabal – backing vocals (track 2)
Roland Orzabal – producer
Alan Griffiths – producer
Tim Palmer – producer
Mark O'Donoughue – engineer
Julian Lavender – technician
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, USA)
Area – design
David Austen – collages
Pamela Springsteen – photography
Elemental is the 4th studio album by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 7 June 1993 by Mercury Records. It includes the hit single "Break It Down Again".
The album peaked at No. 5 in the UK and No. 45 in the US; it also reached the top 10 in France and Italy, the top 20 in Canada and the top 30 in several European countries. It has been certified Silver in the UK, and Gold in the US, Canada and France. It is the band's first album to be recorded following the departure of Curt Smith, and being the first album to be recorded solely by Roland Orzabal as official member, with the help of additional musicians.
Elemental was the last album that Tears for Fears released under the Phonogram/Mercury label, the company to which the band had been signed since 1981.