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Tears For Fears — Sketches Of Pain
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alniebel
(Brookline, VT)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 08:20
 
Best song on this album. "Me and My Big Ideas" is another.

Biuler
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 08:19
 
Great Song

ERERER
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 11:46
 
Amazing Amazing. Love the picture and mood this conjures up.

clwguy
Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 18:05
 
Brilliant! 

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 00:38
 
Haha, OK, I just got it...a wordplay on Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain..."

bseib
(40 24' N 86 53' W)
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 06:45
 
Great tune. This sound always makes me think of Porcupine Tree.

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 16:45
 
the Guitar reminds me of Love Song by Elton John

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 09:33
 
 TreborG2 wrote:
 GINRUSH wrote:
Kind of hear a touch of XTC... is it Dear God? in this song.

 More interestingly ... XTC's Dear God came out 2 years after this.. ;)

 
That may have been in an alternate universe.  "Dear God" by XTC, was released as a single in 1987; this Tears For Fears album was released in 1995.  Anyhow, the two songs don't sound very much alike to me.



FogAudio
(St Petersburg, FL)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 12:01
 
Funny I was just extolling the later works of TFF to a drummer friend of mine. Raoul and the Kings of Spain is a rare gem.


rushed
(Edwardsville, IL)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 11:58
 
Love TFF, especially The Hurting. If you're a TFF fan and only started from Songs from the Big Chair, make sure to go back and check out this gem!

TreborG2
(VA - which is..'somewhere' east of paradise)
Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 23:49
 
 GINRUSH wrote:
Kind of hear a touch of XTC... is it Dear God? in this song.

 More interestingly ... XTC's Dear God came out 2 years after this.. ;)

I've been a TFF fan ever since Songs from the Big Chair .. and even had my father liking them on a long trip to KY moons ago.  Though I hate to say it, its my parents that caused me to have such a diverse like of most music.  The pop in it is nothing, the good music remains.

Woman in Chains
Badman's Song
Break it down again
Famous Last Words

Great songs, that I think will stand up to time.

alvarorb
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 15:35
 
I saw them on the tour of this album and it is one of my favorite concerts of all time. 
Great song, great album.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 08:26
 
Wow. This is amazing. Never would have guessed TFF. Larn sumpin' new eva day, huh?

newwavegurly
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 08:25
 
I really need to get this album. I'm not sure why I haven't purchased it in the past.

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 08:25
 
 markymarkmon wrote:
Try "Woman In Chains" Another hauntingly beautiful TFF song.
 
This is a great tune...and markymarkmon is so correct!!!

markymarkmon
(Westland MI)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 10:36
 
Try "Woman In Chains" Another hauntingly beautiful TFF song.

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 10:33
 
 rtrudeau wrote:
This song exemplifies why I love RP so much. This makes it so clear that Bill and Rebecca truly are music lovers.Other radio station programmers would see this cut and say: 

  • "This seems to suit our 70's/80's classic soft rock format ... but no, I've never even heard of this track ... delete."
  • "Tears For Fears! That will play to our older demo! But what's this Sketches of Pain thing? Delete."
  • "Never heard of this album."
  • "They only had a coupla hits, and this isn't one of them."
  • "Not on the Clear Channel playlist."

Keep doing what you're doing, Bill and Rebecca. You're the best.
 

 
{#Roflol} Here, here! Well said!


snowcat
(Cold, Frozen, Rainy, Humid, Hot Minnesota)
Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 10:33
 
This touches me in so many ways.  Probably the time in my life when it came out, but has some great musical arrangements, which is something TFF have always been known for.  Come back and make some more music for us guys!


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 19:11
 
Wow:  I'm not familiar with much of their work after Songs from the Big Chair.  It looks like I'm going to have to look into this album!  This piece is beautiful.

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 13:40
 
This song exemplifies why I love RP so much. This makes it so clear that Bill and Rebecca truly are music lovers.Other radio station programmers would see this cut and say: 

  • "This seems to suit our 70's/80's classic soft rock format ... but no, I've never even heard of this track ... delete."
  • "Tears For Fears! That will play to our older demo! But what's this Sketches of Pain thing? Delete."
  • "Never heard of this album."
  • "They only had a coupla hits, and this isn't one of them."
  • "Not on the Clear Channel playlist."

Keep doing what you're doing, Bill and Rebecca. You're the best.
 


Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: May 29, 2010 - 17:41
 
wow, that was quite likeable....and now some Ween!

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: May 29, 2010 - 17:39
 

Great wide stretches of canvas
Signed by a godless name
Strange bright colours of madness
Only a fool would frame


fredoki
(France)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 01:01
 
Great Artists ! Love this album and all TFF's stuff !

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 10:02
 
 LuvWilloughby wrote:


I agree.It's 1994's Elemental to the next level. Orzibal is brilliant.
 
yeah, totally... this album never saw the pop radio light of day. a friend lent it to me when it came out. i bought it and it remains one of the greatest recordings i own. def way better than happy ending or tomcats..


GINRUSH
(Rochester, MI)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 09:50
 
Kind of hear a touch of XTC... is it Dear God? in this song.

anyways..... back to life as I know it.... later

LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 09:47
 
 flyboy50 wrote:
This entire album is brilliant. 
 

I agree.It's 1994's Elemental to the next level. Orzibal is brilliant.

mgoldman
(Wherever you Go, There You Are)
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 09:38
 
First Tears for Fears song that I even came close to liking.  Who knew?

Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 09:37
 
 lmic wrote:
It's a brave soul that attempts homage to Miles.
 
{#High-five}


akmegan
Posted: Mar 13, 2009 - 18:13
 
Even as a child of the 80's I'd never heard this. I really liked it! Thanks Bill! Here's to having a human at the helm {#Clap}

flyboy50
(Austin TX)
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 12:47
 
This entire album is brilliant. 

almafi
(Marquette, UP, MI)
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 12:41
 
{#Frustrated} This song is a sketch of pain. {#Beat}

jyoull
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 13:32
 
Didn't hurt to see this performed live when the album was new. Outstanding album. Outstanding performance.
pianocomposer
(Springfield)
Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 01:16
 
Wadro13 wrote:
We need more from this album. I used to drive my old Honda Prelude around with the moon roof open blasting the cassette of Big Chair. I would repeat over & over the songs Head over Heels, & the one preceeding it.
I had Elemental through high school. It's a great first solo effort by Roland Orzabal.

Okay so Raoul & the Kings of Spain I bought when it came out and was too immature for it I guess. It was tossed into the trunk and forgotten. Finally when I got to college I picked up The Seeds of Love and fell in love again. So I dug out Raoul and discovered the best work released as TFF. It is so solemn, yet hopeful. This track is one of the best. I often play it for people who only know TFF for Shout or Everybody wants to rule the world. I highly recommend that you all go buy this album and share it with your friends!
Then, if you have the patience check out Tomcats Screaming Outside by Roland Orzabal (released as him instead of TFF) It took a while to grow on me. I think I just relate well to Rolands frustrations with a Idealism getting juiced down to realism and cynicism. (He says "bulletts for the brains of the athiests" a far cry from "anything is possible when you're sewing the seeds of love")

Hope you enjoyed my novellette!


I really loved what you had to say. This was by far the finest of the TFF songs I have ever heard, and I've loved most of it, especially their later stuff with Seeds Of Love. This is a 9, and I reserve the right to upgrade this to classic 10 status.
felam
(San Francisco, Ca)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 14:47
 
i LOVE tears for fears...I am a child of the 80's. but this? no.
sarahbean26
(waukegan,IL)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 14:46
 
Beautiful!!!
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 00:01
 
I loved this album cover to cover. Kudos Bill for playing this!!
lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:55
 
It's a brave soul that attempts homage to Miles.
youngj
(Canton, GA)
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:54
 
What an absolute gem. Never heard this song, never would have thought it to be Tears for Fears. Made my day.
auburntigerrich
(Mesa, AZ)
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 13:54
 
Wadro13 wrote:
It is so solemn, yet hopeful. This track is one of the best. I often play it for people who only know TFF for Shout or Everybody wants to rule the world. I highly recommend that you all go buy this album and share it with your friends!



Well put. I have a whole new outlook on TFF now. This is quite marvelous. Definately suited for a top-down, trees overhead, autumn day on a back road.

Quality work.. 7.
kerr
(Up a bit)
Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 02:44
 
MatClarke wrote:
Come in Ashley Giles your time is up!


Now, I wonder how many people on this side follow English cricket?
gvan
(from inside the house!)
Posted: May 22, 2007 - 07:07
 
Cool. Thank you RP for digging a little deeper. You rule.
MatClarke
(Stonehenge, England)
Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 10:45
 
Come in Ashley Giles your time is up!
sirrus
(Fredneck, MD)
Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 10:29
 
Time to break out this album again...
Wadro13
(Fayetteville, NC for a challenge)
Posted: Oct 02, 2005 - 10:27
 
We need more from this album. I used to drive my old Honda Prelude around with the moon roof open blasting the cassette of Big Chair. I would repeat over & over the songs Head over Heels, & the one preceeding it.
I had Elemental through high school. It's a great first solo effort by Roland Orzabal.

Okay so Raoul & the Kings of Spain I bought when it came out and was too immature for it I guess. It was tossed into the trunk and forgotten. Finally when I got to college I picked up The Seeds of Love and fell in love again. So I dug out Raoul and discovered the best work released as TFF. It is so solemn, yet hopeful. This track is one of the best. I often play it for people who only know TFF for Shout or Everybody wants to rule the world. I highly recommend that you all go buy this album and share it with your friends!
Then, if you have the patience check out Tomcats Screaming Outside by Roland Orzabal (released as him instead of TFF) It took a while to grow on me. I think I just relate well to Rolands frustrations with a Idealism getting juiced down to realism and cynicism. (He says "bulletts for the brains of the athiests" a far cry from "anything is possible when you're sewing the seeds of love")

Hope you enjoyed my novellette!