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Music > Albums > Tears For Fears - Saturnine Martial and Lunatic (1996) Retail CD
added on May 18, 2008, at 08:55 by misty01

With any B-Sides and rarities compilation, it's hard to know exactly what to expect. On the occasion, B-Sides are often just as likeable as their A-Sides, though more often than not, they're consigned to the flipside for a perfectly understandable reason. 'Saturnine Martial and Lunatic' is a patchwork quilt, speaking metaphorically. Musically, it's a huge, defiantly surreal smorgasbord of varying influences and styles - there's some severely experimental works (Schrodinger's Cat, My Life In The Suicide Ranks, Pharaohs, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams) hidden amongst this treasure-chest, which, depending on your taste, you will either take or leave. However, there are some incredible records on this compilation which I personally found hard to believe are mere 'sin-bin' consigments. Fans of TFF's rockier side, particularly 1993's 'Elemental', will be at home with the sublime 'Lord of Karma' and 'New Star', both which I'm sure would fair well in even today's charts. There's surprising fruit born out of 'Sea Song', a Robert Wyatt cover which was the B-Side to 'I Believe' - a mellow, yet impossibly catchy song which I'm sure will at least tempt your curiosity, if not seduce your ears. Bowie cover 'Ashes to Ashes', dance-influenced 'Bloodletting Go' and the quite frankly insane (and previously unseen on any other TFF LP asides the remaster of 'The Hurting') 'The Way You Are' are all also worthy of mention. Though there ARE some incredible songs on here, for the majority it's a collection which will only satisfy hardcore TFF fans. Definitely worth a look by all accounts.

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