Product Description
2009 issue UK 19-track digitally remastered CD album - Tears For Fears's 5th studio album, 'Raoul and the Kings of Spain', featured a return by Oleta Adams, who duets with Orzabal on the track 'Me and My Big Ideas', and now comes expanded with 7 Bonus Recordings including 'All Of The Angels', 'The Madness Of Roland', 'Queen Of Compromise', 'Until I Drown', 'War Of Attrition' and acoustic versions of 'Raoul And The Kings Of Spain' & 'Break It Down Again'. Complete with a picture booklet containing sleevenotes by Malcolm Dome, a new interview with Roland Orzabal and a track by track run-down.

1. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain
2. Falling Down
3. Secrets
4. God's Mistake
5. Sketches Of Pain
6. Los Reyes Catolicos
7. Sorry
8. Humdrum And Humble
9. I Choose You
10. Don't Drink The Water
11. Me And My Big Ideas - featuring Oleta Adams
12. Los Reyes Catolicos [Reprise]

Bonus Tracks
13. All Of The Angels
14. The Madness Of Roland
15. Queen Of Compromise
16. Until I Drown
17. War Of Attrition
18. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain [Acoustic]
19. Break It Down Again [Acoustic]

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FI2026/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002FI2026/?tag=imwan-21

Love this album and I'd like to get this, but I've heard Cherry Red/ Cherry Pop are usually crap with needle drops and bad liner notes and such. Has anyone gotten their stuff?
Since this was 1995 I'm not worried about a needle drop, but I am concerned about the quality, especially of the bonus tracks. I also loved 1993's Elemental album-has that ever been remastered?

Can't speak for every reissue they've done, but I think you might be mixing them up with another label. Cherry Red and their subsidiaries (Rev-Ola, RPM/Retro, Now Sounds, etc) usually do stellar work. I have a lot of their releases and am very happy with them, Pete.

The Elemental album is still in print in the UK. It hasn't been remastered or expanded yet:



Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001DYY/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000001DYY/?tag=imwan-21

I only have one of their CDs -- their recent reissue of Fanny's Rock n' Roll Survivors, and it is very good.

Definitely recommended for fans of '90s-era Tears for Fears... the b-sides included here are generally quite good, although there's also a live cover of Radiohead's "Creep" that apparently didn't make the cut.

Got notice from Amazon this has been delayed to September.

D.

I didn't know they were associated with Rev-Ola. Many (most) of the Rev-Ola CDs I have are needle drops. I think that's just because those albums are pretty obscure and there's no other source available. Still, they sound good, certainly not bad enough to get in the way of my enjoyment of the music.

Isn't this the one that was originally issued in a limited-edition "mini-cigar box" package? I've got that one someplace.

Cherry Red's biggest problem is just inconsistency. Their reissue of The Sincero's THE SOUND OF SUNBATHING (on their Cherry Red label) was their latest disaster, with my own CD transfer sounding better than what they've released. Other product sounds great. Nice to see RAOUL AND THE KINGS OF SPAIN getting some attention, at least. The Orzabal-only years are underrated.

Can't speak for every reissue they've done, but I think you might be mixing them up with another label. Cherry Red and their subsidiaries (Rev-Ola, RPM/Retro, Now Sounds, etc) usually do stellar work. I have a lot of their releases and am very happy with them, Pete.

The Elemental album is still in print in the UK. It hasn't been remastered or expanded yet:



Oh, it's Cherry Red alright. I've been on the New Wave Outpost message board and there are a litany of complaints about some very, very shoddy work they've done. The Sinceros was one of them.
I wanted to get their Classix Noveaux releases but I was terrified after reading so many negative comments. But for an album like this released in 1995 I'd be less reluctant but still apprehensive. I'll have to let someone else be the guinea pig!

Yes Jimbo, that's correct. For completists, there are also advances on different labels since this was a case where the band were caught between two different labels prior to the album's commercial release.