Funny thing this is Seeds of Love by Tears For Fears, often considered one of the greatest albums of the 80’s
Tears For Fears’ perfect sonic item, crafted to perfection and boasting stunning production. Boosted by two huge hits – “Woman in Chains” in a duet with soul sister Oletta Adams and “Sowing the Seeds of Love”, a psychedelic collage and avowed homage to the Beatles period “I Am the Walrus”… but perhaps lacking a little soul.
A trompe l’oeil record, one could say, shimmering to the extreme, in which the duo Orzabal/Smith, on the verge of breaking up, spared no effort to try to match the global shock that had constituted, four years earlier, the monumental Songs From the Big Chair – and its absolute splendors, “Shout” or “Everybody Want to Rules the World”…
Perfect for fans, this new edition enriched with a host of bonuses, B-sides, demos and new 5.1 mix by Steven Wilson, also bears witness to the difficulty of Tears For Fear in giving birth to what could have been its Sgt Pepper’s if destiny had not intervened.
Find this column in WECB n°126, available on our online store.
The Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears is available
Here is the tracklist:
- Woman in Chains
- Bad Man’s Song
- Sowing the Seeds of Love
- Advice For The Young At Heart
- Standing On The Corner Of The Third World
- Swords and Knives
- Year of the Knife
- Famous Last Words
