The Seeds of Love

Infobox Album | Name = The Seeds of Love
Type = Album
Artist = Tears for Fears


Released = September 27, 1989
Recorded = 1987-1989
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 47:52
Label = Fontana/Mercury
Producer = Dave Bascombe
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8kq6g4ettv5z~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tearsforfears/albums/album/323052/review/5945890/the_seeds_of_love link]
Last album = "Songs from the Big Chair" (1985)
This album = "The Seeds of Love" (1989)
Next album = "Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)" (1992)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Seeds of Love
Type = Studio
single 1 = Sowing the Seeds of Love
single 1 date = 1989
single 2 = Woman in Chains
single 2 date = 1989
single 3 = Advice for the Young at Heart
single 3 date = 1990
single 4 = Famous Last Words
single 4 date = 1990
single 5 = Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
single 5 date = 1991

"The Seeds of Love" is the third album by the British band Tears for Fears, and was released in 1989. The album entered the UK album chart at no.1 and peaked at no.8 in the US. It has been certified as Platinum in both countries.

History

The album reportedly cost over £1 million (UKP) to produce. It retained the band's epic sound while showing increasing influences ranging from jazz and blues to the Beatles, the last of which is extremely evident in the hit single "Sowing the Seeds of Love". Another single was "Woman in Chains," on which Phil Collins played drums and Oleta Adams — whom Tears for Fears member Roland Orzabal would guide to a successful solo career — shared vocals.

A 64 page companion book for the album, entitled "Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love", was released in 1990 by Virgin Books and offers insight into the writing and recording process behind the album.

The album was remastered and reissued in 1999 with four bonus tracks, which were originally B-sides to the album's singles.

Track listing

# "Woman in Chains" (Roland Orzabal) – 6:30
# "Badman's Song" (Orzabal, Nicky Holland) – 8:32
# "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (Orzabal, Curt Smith) – 6:19
# "Advice for the Young at Heart" (Orzabal, Holland) – 4:55
# "Standing on the Corner of the Third World" (Orzabal) – 5:33
# "Swords and Knives" (Orzabal, Holland) – 6:20
# "Year of the Knife" (Orzabal, Holland) – 6:55
# "Famous Last Words" (Orzabal, Holland) – 4:31

"The Seeds of Love" was remastered and reissued in 1999 with following bonus tracks:

9. "Tears Roll Down" (Orzabal, David Bascombe) – 3:16 "(b-side to "Sowing the Seeds of Love", 1989)"
10. "Always In the Past" (Orzabal, Ian Stanley) – 4:38 "(b-side to "Woman in Chains", 1989)"
11. "Music for Tables" (Orzabal) – 3:32 "(b-side to "Advice for the Young at Heart" single, 1990)"
12. "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" (Orzabal) – 4:17 "(also a b-side to "Advice for the Young at Heart", 1990)"

Note: A remix of "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" was also released as a separate single in the UK and reached #70 on the charts.

Charts

Album

succession box
before = "Foreign Affair" by Tina Turner
title = UK number one album
years = October 7, 1989 – October 13, 1989
after = "Crossroads" by Tracy Chapman