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Tears for Fears — Sketches Of Pain
Album: Raoul And The Kings Of Spain
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Released: 1995
Length: 4:13
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Daylight Saved
Daylight Saved
To spite the dark
In spite of the darkness
There I'll crave
There I'll crave
To get to the heart
In spite of the darkness

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

Some cry shame
Some cry shame
We tore them apart
We failed to imagine
God might claim
God might claim
The works of art
We failed to imagine

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

Sketches of Pain
Sketches of Pain
Sketches of Pain
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 dragon1952 wrote:
Reminds me a little of Porcupine Tree.

 
Or t'other way...
Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a little of Porcupine Tree.
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 akmegan wrote:
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}

 
Same here ... I like TFF and own a couple of albums but was not aware of this one. I like!
Posted 9 years ago by FRP    [ Reply ]
I really like this album. 
I think it's their best work
Thanks Bill! 
Posted 9 years ago by alvarorb    [ Reply ]
Wow nice selection. Never thought I'd hear this outside my own playlist. 
Posted 10 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
Thank you thank you thank you for playing this!  Solid 10! {#Hearteyes}
Posted 10 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
Gotta check out the tune Humdrum and Humble off this album in the way they mixed the left and right channels. Stellar.
Posted 10 years ago by LuvWilloughby    [ Reply ]
Best song on this album. "Me and My Big Ideas" is another.
Posted 12 years ago by alniebel    [ Reply ]
Great Song
Posted 12 years ago by Biuler    [ Reply ]
Amazing Amazing. Love the picture and mood this conjures up.
Posted 12 years ago by ERERER    [ Reply ]
Brilliant! 
Posted 12 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
Haha, OK, I just got it...a wordplay on Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain..."
Posted 12 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Great tune. This sound always makes me think of Porcupine Tree.
Posted 12 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
the Guitar reminds me of Love Song by Elton John
Posted 13 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 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.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
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.

Posted 13 years ago by FogAudio    [ Reply ]
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!
Posted 13 years ago by rushed    [ Reply ]
 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.
Posted 13 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
I saw them on the tour of this album and it is one of my favorite concerts of all time. 
Great song, great album.
Posted 13 years ago by alvarorb    [ Reply ]
Wow. This is amazing. Never would have guessed TFF. Larn sumpin' new eva day, huh?
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
I really need to get this album. I'm not sure why I haven't purchased it in the past.
Posted 13 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
 markymarkmon wrote:
Try "Woman In Chains" Another hauntingly beautiful TFF song.
 
This is a great tune...and markymarkmon is so correct!!!
Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Try "Woman In Chains" Another hauntingly beautiful TFF song.
Posted 14 years ago by markymarkmon    [ Reply ]
 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!

Posted 14 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
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!

Posted 14 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
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.
 

Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
wow, that was quite likeable....and now some Ween!
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]

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

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Great Artists ! Love this album and all TFF's stuff !
Posted 14 years ago by fredoki    [ Reply ]
 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..

Posted 14 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
Kind of hear a touch of XTC... is it Dear God? in this song.

anyways..... back to life as I know it.... later
Posted 14 years ago by GINRUSH    [ Reply ]
 flyboy50 wrote:
This entire album is brilliant. 
 

I agree.It's 1994's Elemental to the next level. Orzibal is brilliant.
Posted 14 years ago by LuvWilloughby    [ Reply ]
First Tears for Fears song that I even came close to liking.  Who knew?
Posted 14 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
It's a brave soul that attempts homage to Miles.
 
{#High-five}

Posted 14 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
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}
Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
This entire album is brilliant. 
Posted 15 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
{#Frustrated} This song is a sketch of pain. {#Beat}
Posted 15 years ago by almafi    [ Reply ]
Didn't hurt to see this performed live when the album was new. Outstanding album. Outstanding performance.
Posted 16 years ago by jyoull    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 16 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
i LOVE tears for fears...I am a child of the 80's. but this? no.
Posted 16 years ago by felam    [ Reply ]
Beautiful!!!
Posted 16 years ago by sarahbean26    [ Reply ]
I loved this album cover to cover. Kudos Bill for playing this!!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
It's a brave soul that attempts homage to Miles.
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
What an absolute gem. Never heard this song, never would have thought it to be Tears for Fears. Made my day.
Posted 17 years ago by youngj    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
MatClarke wrote:
Come in Ashley Giles your time is up!
Now, I wonder how many people on this side follow English cricket?
Posted 17 years ago by kerr    [ Reply ]
Cool. Thank you RP for digging a little deeper. You rule.
Posted 17 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
Come in Ashley Giles your time is up!
Posted 17 years ago by MatClarke    [ Reply ]
Time to break out this album again...
Posted 17 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
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!
Posted 19 years ago by Wadro13    [ Reply ]