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3 Original CDs
Box set by Tears for Fears
Released	2003
Genre	Rock
Length	3:25:19
Label	Universal Music
Tears for Fears chronology
The Ultimate Collection (2003) 3 Original CDs (2003) The Collection (2003)

3 Original CDs is a box set by the English rock band Tears for Fears.

It was reissued with a different cover

Chronicles

Chronicles
Box set by Tears for Fears
Released	June 21, 2005
Genre	Rock • Synth pop
Length	3:25:19
Label	Mercury Records • Chronicle Records • Universal Music Group
Tears for Fears chronology
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (2004) Chronicles (2005) Gold (2006)

It was reissued as Chronicles in 2005.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

James Christopher Morgan, a music critic states that it is a "significantly cheaper way to pick up each album" going on to state at the end of the review that "there are enough bonus studio and live tracks on the reissues to warrant a repurchase by longtime fans."

Track listing

The Hurting

1. The Hurting – 4:19
2. Mad World – 3:35
3. Pale Shelter – 4:34
4. Ideas as Opiates – 3:45
5. Memories Fade – 5;06
6. Suffer the Children – 3:52
7. Watch Me Bleed – 4:17
8. Change – 4:14
9. The Prisoner – 2:55
10. Start of the Breakdown – 5:00
11. Pale Shelter (Long Version) –7:09
12. The Way You Are (Extended) – 7:43
13. Mad World (World Remix) – 3:43
14. Change (Extended Version) – 6:00

Songs from the Big Chair

1. Shout – 6:33
2. The Working Hour – 6:31
3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – 4:11
4. Mothers Talk – 5:06
5. I Believe – 4:54
6. Broken – 2:38
7. Head over Heels/Broken (Live) – 5:02
8. Listen – 6:54
9. The Big Chair (7" Mix) – 3:21
10. Empire Building (7" Mix) – 2:52
11. The Marauders (7" Mix) – 4:16
12. Broken Revisited (7" Mix) – 5:16
13. The Conflict (7" Mix) – 4:05
14. Mothers Talk (U.S. Remix) – 4:13
15. Shout (U.S. Remix) – 8:02

The Seeds of Love

1. Woman in Chains – 6:31
2. Badman's Song – 8:32
3. Sowing the Seeds of Love – 6:19
4. Advice for the Young at Heart – 4:50
5. Standing on the Corner of the Third World – 5:33
6. Swords and Knives – 6:12
7. Year of the Knife – 7:08
8. Famous Last Words – 4:26
9. Tears Roll Down – 3:16
10. Always in the Past – 4:38
11. Music for Tables – 3:32
12. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams – 4:17

Personnel

The Hurting

According to the liner notes:

• Curt Smith – vocal, bass, keyboards
• Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitar, keyboards, rhythm programming
• Manny Elias – drumming, rhythm programming
• Ian Stanley – keyboards programming, computer programming

Also

• Chris Hughes – rhythm programming, tuned percussion, conducting
• Ross Cullum – jazz high, dynamic toggle
• Mel Collins – saxophones
• Phil Palmer – Palmer picking
• Caroline Orzabal – child vocal on "Suffer the Children"

Songs from the Big Chair

According to the liner notes:

• Curt Smith – bass guitar, vocals
• Roland Orzabal – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Ian Stanley – keyboards
• Manny Elias – drums

Shout

• Sandy McLelland – backing vocals
• Chris Hughes – drums

The Working Hour

• Manny Elias – drums, drum arrangement
• Jerry Marotta – drums, saxophone arrangement
• William Gregory – saxophone solos
• Mel Collins – saxophone
• Andy Davis – grand piano

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

• Neil Taylor – 2nd guitar solo

Mothers Talk

• Steve Lange – backing vocals

I Believe

• William Gregory – saxophone
• Roland Orzabal – grand piano

Broken

• Neil Taylor – guitar solo

Head over Heels

• Andy Davis – grand piano
• Sandy McLelland – backing vocals
• Annie McCaig – backing vocals
• Marilyn Davis – backing vocals

Listen

• Marilyn David – backing vocals
• Roland Orzabal – vocal styling

The Seeds of Love

According to the liner notes:

Tears for Fears

• Roland Orzabal – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, Fairlight programming
• Curt Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals, lead vocals
• Ian Stanley – keyboards, Hammond organ
• Oleta Adams – keyboards, vocals, acoustic piano, backing vocals
• Nicky Holland – keyboards, backing vocals, acoustic piano, Kurzweil strings
• Simon Clark – keyboards, synthesizers, Hammond organ
• Neil Taylor – guitar arpeggio, rhythm guitar
• Robbie McIntosh – lead guitar, slide guitar
• Randy Jacobs – guitar
• Pino Palladino – bass
• Phil Collins – drums
• Manu Katché – drums
• Chris Hughes – drums, production
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Luís Jardim – percussion
• Carole Steele – percussion
• Richard Niles – orchestral arrangements
• Jon Hassell – trumpet
• Peter Hope-Evans – harmonica
• Kate St John – saxophone, oboe
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals, female vocal
• Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
• Maggie Ryder – backing vocals
• Dolette McDonald – backing vocals
• Andy Caine – backing vocals