Tomcats Screaming Outside

Infobox Album |
Name = Tomcats Screaming Outside
Type = Album
Artist = Roland Orzabal


Released = 26 March 2001 (Germany)
2 April 2001 (UK)
11 September, 2001 (US)
Recorded = 1998-2001
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 54:35
Label = Eagle
Producer = Roland Orzabal & Alan Griffiths
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfpxqy0ldke link]
Last album = --
This album = "Tomcats Screaming Outside"
(2001)
Next album = --

"Tomcats Screaming Outside" is the first solo album from British musician Roland Orzabal of the group Tears for Fears, and was released on 2 April 2001. Although Orzabal had effectively made two solo albums under the Tears for Fears moniker in the 1990s (following the departure of bandmate Curt Smith), this was the first recording to be released under his own name. The album was given a low-key release and did not chart, but earned some critical acclaim for its clever melding of pop songwriting and drum 'n bass, ambient techno and trip hop textures. Dan Gennoe claimed in the Amazon.com's editorial review: "Solo album or not, "Tomcats Screaming Outside" is the best Tears for Fears album in a decade."

In a 2000 interview Orzabal commented on his influences for the album: "I started out with an absolute concrete vision of where I wanted to go so I started with a very different rhythm approach, with drum and bass/jungle...and I ended up with something that wasn't the original plan."

The US release (on Gold Circle Records) of the album had the unfortunate coincidence to be released on September 11, 2001, the same day the United States experienced its worst-ever terrorist attack, and drew little notice outside TFF's core fan base.

Track listing

# "Ticket to the World" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 5:48
# "Low Life" (Orzabal) – 4:36
# "Hypnoculture" (Orzabal) – 3:13
# "Bullets for Brains" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 4:08
# "For the Love of Cain" (Orzabal) – 4:06
# "Under Ether" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 5:51
# "Day By Day By Day By Day By Day" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 4:35
# "Dandelion" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 3:03
# "Hey Andy!" (Orzabal) – 4:25
# "Kill Love" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 5:40
# "Snowdrop" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 4:23
# "Maybe Our Days Are Numbered" (Griffiths, Orzabal) – 4:47

ingles

"Low Life" was the first single from the album. Plans to release the single in the UK were scrapped at the last minute, although it did see a commercial release in mainland Europe. "Low Life" was also played in the US on adult alternative radio. "For the Love of Cain" was planned as the second single release from the album, but it was canceled since the first single had no chart success in Germany. Only a limited amount of copies were sold through Orzabal's official website.

*"Low Life" (12 March 2001):#"Low Life" (Album Version) – 4:37:#"Low Life" (Supersub Mix) – 4:58:#"Low Life" (President Who? Mix) – 4:50:#"Low Life" (Radio Edit) – 4:07

*"For the Love of Cain" (August 2001):#"For the Love of Cain (Radio Edit) – 3:33:#"Day By Day By Day By Day By Day" (Album Version) – 4:35:#"Low Life" (Album Version) – 4:37:#"Low Life" (Video) – 4:35

Personnel

*Roland Orzabal - guitar, keyboards, programming, vocals
*Alan Griffiths - guitar, keyboards, programming
*David Sutton - bass, guitar (bass)
*Nick D'Virgilio - drums
*Mark O'Donoughue - engineer, mixing
*Curtis Evans - design

External links

* [http://www.tearsforfearsfans.com/myinterview.html Interview with Orzabal in September 2000] published in Lexicon Magazine and Sorted Magazine