Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989)

Posted By: v3122
Date: Aug. 31, 2020

Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Phonogram/Fontana, 838 730-2 | ~ 313 or 117 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 62 Mb
New Wave, Pop-Rock

Along with Songs from the Big Chair, The Seeds of Love was part of a one-two artistic punch in the late '80s that situated Tears for Fears as one of the decade's more ambitious pop groups. But at the time, Tears was more a platform for Roland Orzabal than a true band – Curt Smith is present only on the smash "Sowing the Seeds of Love" (his only co-writing credit), while Ian Stanley was replaced by Nicky Holland as a keyboardist and Orzabal's songwriting partner. Like their other albums, The Seeds of Love continues the concept of moving from hurting to healing to beginning anew (the hit "Sowing the Seeds of Love") to growing apart. The songs feature expansive melodies instead of blatant hooks, and the sound is more grounded in soul and gospel on songs like "Woman in Chains," the updated Philly-soul strain of "Advice for the Young at Heart" and "Badman's Song." Orazabal's passionate vocals are well matched by Oleta Adams' fervent contributions. The group even dabbles in jazz on "Standing on the Corner of the Third World," the fabulous "Swords and Knives," and the slow-burning "Year of the Knife." As for the title track, it manages to be insanely intricate as well as catchy. Full of arcane references, lovely turns of phrase, and perfectly matched suite-like parts, it updates the orchestral grandiosity – though not the actual sound – of the Beatles' psychedelic period. It's completely different from the polished, atmospheric soul that surrounds it, but paradoxically, it's also the album's cornerstone. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" is the apotheosis of Orzabal and Smith's evolution together, and foreshadowed their impending split: the two parted on bad terms during the album, ensuring yet another change in the band's direction thereafter.

by Stanton Swihart, allmusic
Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989):


Tracklist:

1. Woman In Chains 6:30
2. Bad Man's Song 8:32
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love 6:19
4. Advice For The Young At Heart 4:54
5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World 5:33
6. Swords And Knives 6:14
7. Year Of The Knife 7:06
8. Famous Last Words 4:23

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 22. February 2012, 1:08

Tears for Fears / The Seeds of Love

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A Adapter: 0 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %source%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 6:30.25 | 32 | 29306
2 | 6:30.57 | 8:32.65 | 29307 | 67771
3 | 15:03.47 | 6:19.00 | 67772 | 96196
4 | 21:22.47 | 4:55.05 | 96197 | 118326
5 | 26:17.52 | 5:33.60 | 118327 | 143361
6 | 31:51.37 | 6:20.25 | 143362 | 171886
7 | 38:11.62 | 6:55.10 | 171887 | 203021
8 | 45:06.72 | 4:31.35 | 203022 | 223381


Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename E:\Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (USA)\Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love.wav

Peak level 97.7 %
Extraction speed 1.5 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4DF6CD24
Copy CRC 4DF6CD24
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [F758AF4E] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [A98302BA] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [96A7F0AD] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [ACDF02ED] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [908A8134] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [0962F431] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [D7A8D206] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 18) [7DA971B2] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3

[CTDB TOCID: FaeZI22FQF8WTr98G8AbzT._M08-] found, Submit result: discs with pregaps not supported in this protocol version
[7f1772d3] (157/157) Accurately ripped


==== Log checksum 3048A470B2852188899ED506F07389D3E0B45AD71A45FFDEAF3542555CCEAA8D ====


[CUETools log; Date: 31.08.2020 10:58:37; Version: 2.1.4]
Pregap length 00:00:32.
[AccurateRip ID: 00101268-0069d73c-720ba208] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [7d1e5303|f758af4e] (158+200/463) Accurately ripped
02 [381daf5d|a98302ba] (157+200/460) Accurately ripped
03 [b815979c|96a7f0ad] (163+200/469) Accurately ripped
04 [1e8ba18f|acdf02ed] (158+200/463) Accurately ripped
05 [7392e601|908a8134] (159+200/462) Accurately ripped
06 [0bd65c6b|0962f431] (155+200/456) Accurately ripped
07 [9ad7e70b|d7a8d206] (152+200/452) Accurately ripped
08 [1a1a1227|7da971b2] (153+200/454) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -2541:
01 [daeec43b] (006/463) Accurately ripped
02 [6529c600] (006/460) Accurately ripped
03 [dd409d59] (006/469) Accurately ripped
04 [b2cd696a] (006/463) Accurately ripped
05 [b2233cc7] (006/462) Accurately ripped
06 [8b92d378] (006/456) Accurately ripped
07 [aedc63a7] (006/452) Accurately ripped
08 [9cc15627] (005/454) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -535:
01 [d0a1e39f] (030/463) Accurately ripped
02 [3c868e96] (027/460) Accurately ripped
03 [31dccbc7] (029/469) Accurately ripped
04 [2ff2e2be] (029/463) Accurately ripped
05 [bdf1051d] (029/462) Accurately ripped
06 [e3b38ac9] (027/456) Accurately ripped
07 [0b85d8ea] (027/452) Accurately ripped
08 [c330dfbd] (029/454) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 97,7 [4DF6CD24] [92C69949] CRC32
01 97,7 [C69D2327] [D71F4808]
02 97,7 [A8EF4DB4] [A866F85C]
03 94,3 [6A4599A0] [7BF71C46]
04 97,7 [A6451F22] [92F68511]
05 89,8 [D7F53B16] [66BA4F04]
06 97,7 [29E63C00] [7B0E077F]
07 97,7 [AD596F61] [5DA0692D]
08 87,6 [2CA36549] [5EEC696C]



All thanks go to Olaf der Weisse

Tears For Fears in my Blog

Download Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989):