The Seeds of Love is the third album by the British band Tears for Fears, r… Read Full Bio ↴The Seeds of Love is the third album by the British band Tears for Fears, released in September 1989.
The album, which reportedly cost over £1 million (GBP) to produce, retained the band's epic sound while showing increasing influences ranging from jazz and blues to The Beatles, the latter of which is most evident on the hit single "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
The Seeds of Love was a big international success, entering the UK Album Chart at number one and reaching the top ten in numerous other countries including the U.S. It has been certified Platinum in several territories including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands. Despite its success, it would be the last album that bandmembers Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith would work on together for over a decade.
The first single from the album, "Sowing the Seeds of Love", was released in August 1989. It became a worldwide hit, peaking at no.5 in the UK, no.2 in the US, and no.1 in Canada. The album was released in September 1989, entering the UK Album Chart at no.1 and would be certified Platinum by the BPI within three weeks. In the US, the album peaked at no.8, and was also certified Platinum. The album also reached the top ten in various other countries around the world.
Further singles from the album, "Woman in Chains" (recorded as a duet with Adams) and "Advice For The Young At Heart" (the only track featuring Smith on lead vocals) met with less success, though both made the UK Top 40. "Famous Last Words" was released as a fourth single in mid-1990 by the record company without the band's involvement, though this only peaked at no.83 in the UK. A video compilation, Sowing the Seeds, featuring the promo videos for the first three singles from the album was also released in 1990.
The band embarked on a world tour to promote the album in 1990, featuring Adams both as a support act and as a player with the band (her solo album, Circle of One, produced by Orzabal and Dave Bascombe was also released during this time). The band's concert at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in May 1990 was filmed and released on home video, titled Going To California.
A 64-page companion book to the album, entitled Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love, was also released in 1990 by Virgin Books and offers insight into the writing and recording process behind the album as well the sheet music for each song and rare promotional photographs from the period.
The album was remastered and reissued in 1999 with four bonus tracks which were originally B-sides to the album's first three singles. It does not include the B-Side "My Life In The Suicide Ranks" which was an additional B-Side to "Woman In Chains" and can be found on the band's 1996 rarities compilation Saturnine Martial & Lunatic.
The album, which reportedly cost over £1 million (GBP) to produce, retained the band's epic sound while showing increasing influences ranging from jazz and blues to The Beatles, the latter of which is most evident on the hit single "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
The Seeds of Love was a big international success, entering the UK Album Chart at number one and reaching the top ten in numerous other countries including the U.S. It has been certified Platinum in several territories including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands. Despite its success, it would be the last album that bandmembers Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith would work on together for over a decade.
The first single from the album, "Sowing the Seeds of Love", was released in August 1989. It became a worldwide hit, peaking at no.5 in the UK, no.2 in the US, and no.1 in Canada. The album was released in September 1989, entering the UK Album Chart at no.1 and would be certified Platinum by the BPI within three weeks. In the US, the album peaked at no.8, and was also certified Platinum. The album also reached the top ten in various other countries around the world.
Further singles from the album, "Woman in Chains" (recorded as a duet with Adams) and "Advice For The Young At Heart" (the only track featuring Smith on lead vocals) met with less success, though both made the UK Top 40. "Famous Last Words" was released as a fourth single in mid-1990 by the record company without the band's involvement, though this only peaked at no.83 in the UK. A video compilation, Sowing the Seeds, featuring the promo videos for the first three singles from the album was also released in 1990.
The band embarked on a world tour to promote the album in 1990, featuring Adams both as a support act and as a player with the band (her solo album, Circle of One, produced by Orzabal and Dave Bascombe was also released during this time). The band's concert at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in May 1990 was filmed and released on home video, titled Going To California.
A 64-page companion book to the album, entitled Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love, was also released in 1990 by Virgin Books and offers insight into the writing and recording process behind the album as well the sheet music for each song and rare promotional photographs from the period.
The album was remastered and reissued in 1999 with four bonus tracks which were originally B-sides to the album's first three singles. It does not include the B-Side "My Life In The Suicide Ranks" which was an additional B-Side to "Woman In Chains" and can be found on the band's 1996 rarities compilation Saturnine Martial & Lunatic.
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The Seeds of Love (Remastered with Bonus Tracks)
Tears for Fears Lyrics
Advice For The Young At Heart Advice for the young at heart Soon we will be older When…
Always In The Past Money can't change the way you feel Smoke stains on your…
Badman's Song Heard every word that was said that night When the light…
Famous Last Words After the wash Before the fire I will decay Melt in your arm…
Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams I dream of heaven I dream of heaven I dream of heaven,…
Sowing The Seeds Of Love High time, we made a stand And shook up the…
Standing On The Corner Of The Third World Man, I never slept so hard I never dreamt so well Dreaming,…
Swords And Knives A waking world of innocence So grave those first born cries …
Tears Roll Down Chewed the bone down too low Got fed on tea and…
Woman In Chains You better love loving and you better behave You better love…
Year Of The Knife Hallelujah, the king is dead. He said "Love was the knife…