Today marks the arrival of a long told rumor of a Deluxe update for The Seeds Of Love, the 1989 classic set from Tears For Fears. It was a highly anticipated album that followed up the multi-platinum runaway success of Songs From The Big Chair (1985). While it did not do the traffic of Songs From The Big Chair, it still left a positive feeling with fans.
On October 9, The Seeds of Love will celebrate its existence with a handful of reissue forms. Obviously, the most exciting for super fans (right, Joy?!) is the assembly of a 4CD/BD package that delivers all things related to the album including a Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround remix found on the Blu-ray inclusion.
The four CDs are stuffed with the following: CD1 contains the original album remastered for the set. CD2 (sub-titled The Sun) offers a collection of sixteen “45s and B-sides”; CD3 (The Moon) adds in fourteen “Radio Edits and Early Mixes”, and CD4 (The Wind) packs twelve recording tracks in “Demos, Diversions, and Jams”. The BD (The Rain) finishes off with the previously mentioned 5.1 Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround mix, the original Bob Clearmountain and David Bascombe mix, and the new Andrew Walter 2020 remaster.
The shoebox-shaped Box will provide a 36-page booklet with pictures, notes and interviews (by Paul Sinclair of Super Deluxe Edition), and a replica miniaturized tour program.
The Seeds of Love will be reissued on 4CD/BD Box, vinyl LP, DD, 2CD Deluxe (with original album remaster and “The Sun” CD), and a single CD (original album remastered only).
Who’s excited now?!
The Seeds of Love (Remaster and 5.1 Surround) – Tears For Fears
CD1 (Original Album)
01 Woman In Chains
02 Badman’s Song
03 Sowing The Seeds Of Love
04 Advice For The Young At Heart
05 Standing On The Corner Of The Third World
06 Swords and Knives
07 Year Of The Knife
08 Famous Last Words
CD2 (The Sun – 45s and B-Sides)
01 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (7″ Version)
02 Tears Roll Down
03 Woman In Chains (7″ Version)
04 Always In The Past
05 My Life In The Suicide Ranks
06 Woman In Chains (Instrumental)
07 Advice For The Young At Heart (7″ Version)
08 Johnny Panic and The Bible Of Dreams (Instrumental)
09 Music For Tables
10 Johnny Panic and The Bible Of Dreams (Mix One)
11 Johnny Panic and The Bible Of Dreams (Mix Two)
12 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Radio Edit)
13 Woman In Chains (U.S. Radio Edit)
14 Advice For The Young At Heart (Italian Radio Edit)
15 Year Of The Knife (Canadian Single Version)
16 Johnny Panic and The Bible Of Dreams
CD3 (The Moon – Radio Edits and Early Mixes)
01 Year Of The Knife (Overture)
02 Year Of The Knife (Early Mix – Instrumental)
03 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Alternate Mix)
04 Tears Roll Down (Alternate Mix)
05 Year Of The Knife (Steve Chase 7″ Remix)
06 Badman’s Song (Early Mix)
07 Advice For The Young At Heart (Instrumental)
08 Year Of The Knife (The Mix)
09 Johnny Panic and The Bible Of Dreams (Mix One Edit)
10 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Early Mix – Instrumental)
11 Woman In Chains (U.S. Radio Edit 2)
12 Year Of The Knife (Canadian Single Version – Instrumental)
13 Famous Last Words (French Radio Edit)
14 Woman In Chains (Reprise)
CD4 (The Wind – Demos, Diversions, and Jams)
01 Rhythm Of Life (Demo)
02 Advice For The Young At Heart (Demo)
03 Swords and Knives (Demo)
04 Famous Last Words (Demo)
05 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Demo – Instrumental)
06 Badman’s Song (Langer/Winstanley Version – Instrumental)
07 Woman In Chains (Townhouse Jam)
08 Broken (Townhouse Jam)
09 Rhythm Of Life (Townhouse Jam)
10 Badman’s Song (Townhouse Jam)
11 Badman’s Song (Reprise) (Townhouse Jam)
12 Standing On The Corner Of The Third World (Townhouse Jam)
BD (The Rain)
Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround Mix
Andrew Walter Stereo Remaster
Bob Clearmountain/David Bascombe Master