Tears For Fears’ ‘Seeds of Love’ due for 5-disc reissue — hear unreleased ‘Rhythm of Life’

Tears For Fears will follow up deluxe box-set editions of The Hurting and Songs From the Big Chair with a five-disc reissue of the duo’s third album The Seeds of Love, which will feature a new 5.1 Surround mix of the record and an hour’s worth of previously released material.

The 4CD/1 Blu-ray box set of The Seeds of Love is due out Oct. 9, and can be pre-ordered now. The 1989 album, which entered the U.K. charts at No. 1 and went platinum in the U.S., also will be reissued on CD, in single- and double-disc formats, and on vinyl, in standard and picture-disc releases.

The deluxe set features the original album, remastered in 2015, on the first disc, while the second disc includes the singles off the album and their B-sides. The third and fourth discs contain the unreleased material, namely early mixes, demos and live jams.

You can hear one of those previously unreleased songs below: the demo for “Rhythm of Life,” a song written by Roland Orzabal and Nicky Holland that didn’t make The Seeds of Love, though singer Oleta Adams would follow up her breakout appearance on the TFF album by recording the song for her 1990 record, which Orzabal co-produced.

The Blu-ray includes three mixes of the album, including the new 5.1 Surround mix that was done by Steven Wilson in conjunction with Orzabal. The set also includes extensive liner notes, including new interviews with Orzabal, Curt Smith and more by Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition.

Full tracklist below.

Tears For Fears, The Seeds of Love — 4CD + Blu-ray

CD 1: The Seeds of Love
1. “Woman in Chains”
2. “Bad Man’s Song”
3. “Sowing the Seeds of Love”
4. “Advice for the Young at Heart”
5. “Standing on the Corner of the Third World”
6. “Swords and Knives”
7. “Year of The Knife”
8. “Famous Last Words”

CD 2: The Sun — Single Seeds/45s and B-sides
1. “Sowing the Seeds of Love” – Single Version
2. “Tears Roll Down” – B-Side Sowing the Seeds
3. “Woman in Chains” – Single Version
4. “Always in the Past” – B-Side Woman in Chains
5. “My Life in the Suicide Ranks” – B-Side Woman in Chains
6. “Woman in Chains” – Instrumental
7. “Advice for the Young at Heart” – Single Version
8. “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” – instrumental – B-Side Advice for The Young At Heart
9. “Music for Tables” – B-Side Advice for the Young at Heart
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 (promo)
13. “Woman in Chains” – US Radio Edit 1 (promo)
14. “Advice for The Young at Heart” – Italian Radio Edit (promo)
15. “Year of The Knife” – Canadian Edit (promo)
16. “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” – B-Side Advice for the Young at Heart

CD 3: The Moon — Radio Edits and Early Mixes
1. “The Year of the Knife (Overture)” – Unissued Orchestral Intro Piece
2. “Year of the Knife” – Early Mix
3. “Sowing the Seeds of Love” – Alternate Mix (previously unreleased)
4. “Tears Roll Down” – Alternate Mix (previously unreleased)
5. “The Year of The Knife” – Steve Chase 7″ Remix (previously unreleased)
6. “Badman’s Song” – Early Mix
7. “Advise for the Young At Heart” -Backing Track
8. “The Year of the Knife” – Previously Unreleased Mix
9. “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” – Mix One 7″ Edit (promo)
10. “Sowing the Seeds of Love” – Original Demo Early Mix
11. “Woman in Chains” – US Radio Edit 2
12. “Year of the Knife” – Canadian Edit (Instrumental)
13. “Famous Last Words” – French Radio Edit (promo)
14. “Woman in Chains” – Electric Piano Only

CD 4: The Wind — Demos, Diversions and Jams
1. “Rhythm of Life” – Demo
2. “Advice for the Young at Heart” – Demo
3. “Swords and Knives” – Demo
4. “Famous Last Words” – Demo
5. “Sowing the Seeds of Love” (Instrumental) – Demo
6. “Badman’s Song” – Langer Winstanley Sessions
7. “Woman in Chains” -Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
8. “Broken” – Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
9. “Rhythm of Life” – Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
10. “Badman’s Song” – Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
11. “Badman’s Song” (Reprise) – Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
12. “Standing on the Corner of the Third World” – Townhouse Live Jam Sessions

Blu-ray: Seeds of Love — The instrumentals/Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix
“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”
“The Year of the Knife”
“Famous Last Words”

Andrew Waters 2015 Mix
“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”
“The Year of the Knife”
“Famous Last Words”

1989 Remaster (Bob Clearmountain)
“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”
“The Year of the Knife”
“Famous Last Words”

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