Following the success of "Songs from the Big Chair", Stanley collaborated with Roland Orzabal on the 1986 side project Mancrab, releasing a single, "Fish for Life," which was made for the soundtrack of the film "The Karate Kid Part II". Stanley also began working on Tears for Fears' third album, "The Seeds of Love", but (along with producer Chris Hughes) left the project due to creative differences. His more prominent contributions to this album, however, can be heard on the hit single "Sowing the Seeds of Love" and the B-sides "Always in the Past" and "My Life in the Suicide Ranks."