The collection of videos was reissued on DVD in 2003 with a different cover featuring a still from the “Sowing The Seeds Of Love” promo video under Universal Music’s “Classic Clips” imprint. After the “Tears Roll Down” album made a return to the UK top 10 in 2004 (twelve years after its first release), the DVD was then reissued with the original white “sunflower” cover. The video and DVD releases also have the same track listing though the DVD includes a 5.1 surround sound audio option as well as 2.0 stereos.

Track Listing

“Sowing The Seeds Of Love” (directed by Jim Blashfield)

“Everybody Wants To Rule The World” (directed by Nigel Dick)

“Woman in Chains” (directed by Andy Morahan)

“Shout” (directed by Nigel Dick)

“Head Over Heels” (directed by Nigel Dick)

“Mad World” (directed by Clive Richardson)

“Pale Shelter” (directed by Steve Barron)

“I Believe” (directed by Nigel Dick)

“Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)” (directed by Commanding Images)

“Mothers Talk” (directed by Nigel Dick)

“Change” (directed by Clive Richardson)

“Advice for the Young at Heart” (directed by Andy Morahan)

Music produced by Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum, Tears For Fears, Dave Bascombe, Tim Palmer.

“God’s Mistake” is a song featured on the British band Tears for Fears 1995 album Raoul and the Kings of Spain. The song was the first single taken from the album in the United States, but the second to be taken from the album in the UK (following the release of the title track).

The song reached the spot at #61 in the UK and #102 in the US.

“Secrets” is the second single released from the album Raoul and the Kings of Spain in the U.S by Tears for Fears.

The song was also originally planned for release as a single in the UK, but was withdrawn.

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“Falling Down” is a single released from the 1995 album Raoul and the Kings of Spain by Tears for Fears. It was released as a single in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and some European countries, but not the UK.

Tears for Fears performing the song Live in 1996

He says:

“TFF Summer Tour Dates Confirmed

These Tears for Fears summer shows are now confirmed subject to contract (which is normally a formality):

July 10: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA
July 11: Oregon Zoo Amphitheater, Portland, OR
July 14: Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa, CA
July 15: The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
July 17: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA
July 18: Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, Henderson, NV
July 20: Humphrey’s, San Diego, CA

Please check with the individual venues for on-sale dates and any restrictions on age etc. The Green Valley Ranch website, for example, says that the Las Vegas show is 21 and over only.”

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Raoul and the Kings of Spain was Tears for Fears fifth album. Like the previous album, Elemental, it is fundamentally a solo effort by Roland Orzabal. The album was initially scheduled to be released by Mercury records but the project was cancelled after Tears For Fears left the label to sign with Sony/Epic Records. Sony released a new version of the album featuring a different track listing and new cover art in 1995.

The album reached the spot of  #41 in the UK charts and #79 in the US charts.

The album features a return by Oleta Adams, who duets with Orzabal on the track “Me and My Big Ideas”

The album was re-released in August 2009 by Cherry Pop Records, complete with seven bonus tracks

Mercury version (only available as a promotional CD)

1. “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” – 5:16

2. “Falling Down” – 4:55

3. “Secrets” – 4:42

4. “God’s Mistake” – 3:47

5. “Sketches of Pain” – 4:21

6. “Los Reyes Católicos” – 1:48

7. “Sorry” – 4:48

8. “Queen of Compromise” – 3:52

9. “Don’t Drink the Water” – 4:56

10. “Me and My Big Ideas” – 4:33

11. “Los Reyes Católicos” (Reprise) – 3:43

Sony/Epic version

1. “Raoul and the Kings of Spain” – 5:15

2. “Falling Down” – 4:55

3. “Secrets” – 4:41

4. “God’s Mistake” – 3:47

5. “Sketches of Pain” – 4:20

6. “Los Reyes Católicos” – 1:44

7. “Sorry” – 4:48

8. “Humdrum and Humble” – 4:10

9. “I Choose You” – 3:25

10. “Don’t Drink the Water” – 4:50

11. “Me and My Big Ideas” – 4:32

12. “Los Reyes Católicos” (Reprise) – 3:43

Raoul and the Kings of Pain –

is first single from the album. At the time it was released, the single reached #31 in the UK and became the band’s last Top 40 hit there for ten years (until 2005’s “Closest Thing to Heaven”). The single was not released in the United States.

The track was first performed two years before its release, on the band’s 1993 “Elemental” World Tour.

B-sides/Non-album tracks

* “All of the Angels”

* “The Madness of Roland”

* “Until I Drown”

* “Queen of Compromise”

* “War of Attrition”

* “Raoul and the Kings of Spain (acoustic)”

* “Break It Down Again (acoustic)”

As a consequence of the bands label switch to Sony in 1995, none of these tracks are featured on the Tears For Fears B-sides collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, which was released by Polygram  in 1996, the band’s old record company. However, the seven tracks were included on the 2009 re-release of the “Raoul” album by Cherry Pop Records.

Here below are a more tracks from Tears for Fears 4th album Elemental, released on June 7, 1993. This followed the album from the band entitled The Seeds of Love  which was released in 1989. This seem like a solo album of Roland Orzabal after Curt Smith left the band.

Mr. Pessimist

Dog’s a Best Friend’s Dog – Live Audio in London 1993

Fish out of Water

Gas Giants

Power

Brian Wilson Said

This is a 15-track anthology of singles and key album tracks by the U.K. alternative duo Tears For Fears, including “Everybody Wants To Rule the World.”

This is the International edition of the midline compilation series featuring one of the most successful English pop duos ever. Includes many of their greatest hits and album tracks

1. Break It Down Again

2. Shout

3. Goodnight Song

4. Badman’s Song

5. Power

6. Cold

7. Dog’s a Best Friends Dog

8. Sword and Knives

9. Famous Last Word

10. Mothers Talk

11. Head Over Heels

12. Advice For the Young at Heart

13. Everybody Wants to Rule the World

14. Sowing the Seeds of Love

15. Woman in Chains

“Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” is a song by Tears for Fears, initially appearing as the B-side to their 1990 single “Advice for the Young at Heart”. The song was later on remixed by producer/DJ Fluke and released as a single in 1991. It became a number-one hit in the UK Dance Chart, while reaching number 70 on the UK Singles Chart.

Although still a Tears for Fears track, the Fluke remix single was credited only as “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams”.

The songs title is taken from a short story written by the American writer Sylvia Plath, which was the title story in a collection of her short stories posthumously published in 1977.

My Life in the Suicide Ranks

When in Love With a Blind Man

Pharaohs

The Marauders

Tears Roll Down

New Star

The Body Wah

Lord of Karma

Bloodletting Go

Always in the Past

Sea Song

Empire Building