The Seeds of Love
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = The Seeds of Love |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Tears for Fears]] |
Cover = Seeds of LoveLP.jpg |
Released = [[September 27]], [[1989]] |
[[Image:Sowingg.jpg|250px|Caption]]
Recorded = 1987-1989 |
Genre = [[Psychedelic rock]]
| Length = 47:52 |
Label = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]/[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] |
Producer = [[Dave Bascombe]] |
Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8kq6g4ettv5z~T1 link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tearsforfears/albums/album/323052/review/5945890/the_seeds_of_love link]|
Last album = ''[[Songs from the Big Chair]]''<br/>(1985) |
This album = '''''The Seeds of Love'''''<br/>(1989) |
Next album = ''[[Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)]]''<br/>(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 (Tears for Fears song)|Famous Last Words]]
| single 4 date = [[1990]]
| single 5 = [[Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (song)|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 music|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 (Tears for Fears song)|Famous Last Words]]" (Orzabal, Holland) – 4:31
''The Seeds of Love'' was remastered and reissued in 1999 with following bonus tracks:
<OL START=9>
<LI>"Tears Roll Down" (Orzabal, David Bascombe) – 3:16 ''(b-side to "[[Sowing the Seeds of Love]]", 1989)''
<LI>"Always In the Past" (Orzabal, [[Ian Stanley]]) – 4:38 ''(b-side to "[[Woman in Chains]]", 1989)''
<LI>"Music for Tables" (Orzabal) – 3:32 ''(b-side to "Advice for the Young at Heart" single, 1990)''
<LI>"Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" (Orzabal) – 4:17 ''(also a b-side to "[[Advice for the Young at Heart]]", 1990)''</OL>
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'''
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
!align="left"|Certification
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|UK
|align="left"|1
|align="left"|Platinum
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|US
|align="left"|8
|align="left"|Platinum
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|AUT
|align="left"|13
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|CAN
|align="left"|2
|align="left"|2x Platinum
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|FRA
|align="left"|3
|align="left"|Platinum
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|GER
|align="left"|5
|align="left"|Gold
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|NL
|align="left"|2
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|SWI
|align="left"|8
|align="left"|
|-
|}
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