- pop rock, sophisti-pop, art pop, alternative
- 50 min
- 8 tracks
- Fontana
The Seeds of Love is the third studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 September 1989 by Fontana Records. It retained the band's epic sound while incorporating influences ranging from jazz and soul to Beatlesque pop.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Classic Rock9/10
- Los Angeles Times2.5/5 ★
- NME5/10
- Pitchfork7.2/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Woman in Chains6:30
- 2Badman’s Song8:33
- 3Sowing the Seeds of Love6:19
- 4Advice for the Young at Heart4:54
- 5Standing on the Corner of the Third World5:34
- 6Swords and Knives6:15
- 7Year of the Knife7:07
- 8Famous Last Words4:24
8 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tears for Fears
- Label
- Fontana
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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