Tears for Fears Treat 'The Seeds of Love' to Deluxe Box Set

The expanded reissue features a new album mix by Steven Wilson

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Aug 19, 2020

Last September marked 30 years since Tears for Fears released The Seeds of Love, and the beloved new wave outfit have now announced plans to give it an expanded reissue.

The Seeds of Love will be reissued October 9 via UMe/Virgin in a variety of formats. Along with CD, deluxe CD, vinyl and picture disc editions, the album will also be available as a Super Deluxe box set.

Deluxe editions of the release feature the original album alongside a new 5.1 mix by Steven Wilson, completed in conjunction with the group's Roland Orzabal. The set is rounded out with "all the relevant B-Sides, alternate mixes and around 60 minutes of previously unheard demos and live rehearsals."

All that music arrives housed in a shoebox-style enclosure, complete with an extensive booklet featuring new liner notes and interviews. You can pore over the set's massive tracklist below.

The Seeds of Love followed Tears for Fears' acclaimed 1985 album Songs from the Big Chair and would be the last album from the group to feature both Orzabal and Curt Smith until 2004's Everybody Loves a Happy EndingThe Seeds of Love is certified double platinum in Canada.

The Seeds of Love - Super Deluxe Box Set Edition:

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 Love - Demos
2. Advice for the Young at Heart - Demos
3. Swords and Knives - Demos
4. Famous Last Words - Demos
5. Sowing the Seeds of Love (Instrumental) - Demos
6. Badman's Song - Langer Winstanley Sessions
7. Woman in Chains -Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
8. Broken - Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
9. Rhythm of Love - 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

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. The Year of the Knife
8. Famous Last Words

Andrew Waters 2015 Mix

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. The Year of the Knife
8. Famous Last Words

1989 Remaster (Bob Clearmountain)

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. The Year of the Knife
8. Famous Last Words

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