Phil Collins cameos, as he was apt to do all though the 80’s, and turns in a solid performance trying yet again recreate In the Air Tonight’s dramatic drum entrance. Adams turned out to be a real find, earning a Grammy nomination while building a successful solo career. The call and response between her and Roland, reworked in concert to include songs like Believe, would be a highlight of their tour that year. Plucked from a bar in Kansas City during a TFF tour, Oleta brings the soul to the proceedings through her husky voice and Pentecostal give-me-a-hallelujah piano. There are many collaborators on Seeds, most notably Oleta Adams. Seeds has terrific moments of song craft, singing, lyrical inventiveness, stellar musicianship, and show-off production. Not as hypnotic as Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” or cerebral as the Who’s “Tommy” “Seeds of Love” is equally artful. It also achieves that rarest of musical feats: something that can be taken as a whole. While nothing on “Sowing the Seeds of Love” comes close to being as catchy as “Everybody Wants To Rule the World” (what did?), it does take their music further than it had ever been before. It also had to do with having great songs. Making an excellent record was not just a matter of getting the right musicians, unlimited blow, and a famous studio. But as Steely Dan proved with Gaucho, time and money don’t replace inspiration.
These were the days when the Eagles would spend weeks, and tens of thousands of dollars, tweaking the kick drum sound on a song as lame as “Heartache Tonight.” Studio excesses were the orange M & M’s for the days’ top artists. Coming off three worldwide hits, constant MTV rotation, Tears for Fears entered the studio with lofty expectations and a blank checkbook.
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