Tears For Fears – The Seeds Of Love
| Label: | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MOFI 1-034, Mercury – MOFI 1-034, Universal Music Special Markets – B001649-01 |
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| Series: | Silver Label Vinyl Series |
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Stereo, Gatefold |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock, Pop |
| Style: | Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Woman In Chains | |
| A2 | Badman's Song | |
| A3 | Sowing The Seeds Of Love | |
| A4 | Advice For The Young At Heart | |
| B1 | Standing On The Corner Of The Third World | |
| B2 | Sword And Knives | |
| B3 | Year Of The Knife | |
| B4 | Famous Last Words |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mercury Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Mercury Records Ltd.
- Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
- Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 20330
Credits
- Art Direction, Photography By – Avid Images, David Scheinmann
- Artwork – Stylorouge
- Backing Vocals – Andy Caine (tracks: B3), Carol Kenyon (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Dolette McDonald (tracks: B3), Maggie Ryder (tracks: A4), Nicky Holland (tracks: A2, A4, B3), Tessa Niles (tracks: A2, B1, B3)
- Bass – Curt Smith, Pino Palladino (tracks: A2)
- Drums – Chris Hughes (tracks: A3), Manu Katché (tracks: A2, B1), Phil Collins (tracks: A1), Simon Phillips
- Engineer [Additional] – Steve Chase*
- Engineer [Assistant] – Heidi Canova*, Lee Curle
- Engineer [Engineered By] – David Bascombe
- Guitar – Neil Taylor (tracks: A1), Randy Jacobs, Robbie McIntosh
- Harmonica – Peter Hope-Evans* (tracks: B1)
- Keyboards – Ian Stanley, Nicky Holland, Oleta Adams, Simon Clark
- Lacquer Cut By – Paul Stubblebine
- Mastered By – Tim de Paravicini
- Orchestrated By – Raoul's Fairlight (tracks: A3), Richard Niles (tracks: A3)
- Organ [Hammond] – Simon Clark (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B1, B3)
- Percussion – Carole Steele*, Luis Jardim
- Photography By [Photo Of Oleta Adams] – J. Katz*
- Piano – Nicky Holland (tracks: A4, B2, B4), Oleta Adams (tracks: A2, B1)
- Producer – David Bascombe, TFF*
- Programmed By [Fairlight], Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Roland Orzabal
- Saxophone, Oboe – Kate St. John (tracks: B2)
- Trumpet – Jon Hassell
- Vocals – Oleta Adams (tracks: A1, A2), Tessa Niles (tracks: B2)
- Written-By – Curt Smith (tracks: A3), Nicky Holland (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B3, B4), Roland Orzabal
Notes
Mastered on "The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System".
Special numbered limited edition.
Standart weight audiophile quality vinyl, 140gram.
Special numbered limited edition.
Standart weight audiophile quality vinyl, 140gram.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 8 21797 10034 2
- Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 0821797100342
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): MOFI 1-034-A1 PS @ MOFI 20330.1 (3)...
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): MOFI 1-034-B1 PS @ MOFI 20330.2 (3)...
Other Versions (5 of 118)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Seeds Of Love (CD, Album, PDO Pressing) | Fontana | 838 730-2 | US | 1989 | ||
Recently Edited | The Seeds Of Love (Cassette, Album) | Fontana | 838 730-4 | UK | 1989 | ||
Recently Edited | The Seeds Of Love (CD, Album, Mirrored Hub Outer Ring) | Fontana | 838 730-2 | Europe | 1989 | ||
Recently Edited | The Seeds Of Love (LP, Album, Stereo) | Fontana, Phonogram | 838 730-1 | UK | 1989 | ||
Recently Edited | The Seeds Of Love (LP, Album) | Fontana | 838 730-1 | Spain | 1989 |
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I've not yet heard this pressing, but keep in mind, this was a fully digital recording to begin with (which is more than fine with me), but analog purists will swear this was an analog recording.
Also--this is MFSL's Silver Label, meaning they were not able to access the OG tapes.
Anyone want to hazard a guess as to wether this TFF album is one of the ‘digitized’ MOFI pressings? They started doing this in 2011 soooo…- I’ve always loved this album, and this pressing is so good. My copy has no surface noise, so amazing.
- Whoa! So many details I missed from earlier pressings. This is absolutely fantastic. Songs from the big chair is probably a better record overall, but this is a clear example of how a quality pressing can elevate the music to another level.
- Wow, wow, fucking wow! I own about 50 MoFi releases and this one is right up there. I think Songs from the Big Chair is the better record, musically-speaking, but this pressing of Seeds just knocks it out of the park. Truly a joy to listen and highly recommended if you can find a pristine or sealed copy, don't worry about the price, it will be worth it!
- Whoa this Mofi release sounds HUGE!!! What a joy to listen to this album in this way. The production of this album seems to have a million layers, and on this particular release everything unravels because everything has its place on this massive 3 dimensional soundstage. Amazing.
Fantastic press. Great dynamics. Very quiet and stellar packaging. Worthy of the mfsl. Label
For most bands, an album like TFF's "Songs from the Big Chair" would have been an unimaginable career peak. Practically half the album became hit singles. Despite how great "SFTBC" is however, Roland Orzabal proved that he had much greater ambitions with their follow-up "The Seeds of Love." Though it paled in comparison to "Big Chair" in terms of sales, I think it remains to be their magnum opus. An excellent set of songs that rival "Big Chair" in catchiness, but more importantly trounce them in terms of instrumental arrangement, production and complexity. Orzabal also delivers the best set of vocal performances of his career. After numerous repeated listens, this record still gives me goosebumps every time I put it on.- Sounds incredible even on a low-end setup. Seems I got lucky with my copy, it has no skips and no noticeable surface noise. Even though I got it on a clearance sale...
I'm on my second copy and it sounds great to me.
I had issues with the first one like others pointed out
