The Hurting
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Standard cover art, originally used for the "Suffer the Children" single
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| Studio album by Tears for Fears | ||||
| Released | 7 March 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1983 | |||
| Genre | New wave, dark wave, synthpop | |||
| Length | 41:39 | |||
| Label | Mercury/Phonogram | |||
| Producer | Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum | |||
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Cover art for earlier international editions, originally used for the "Mad World" single
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| Singles from The Hurting | ||||
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| Smash Hits | 8/10 |
The Hurting is the debut album by the British new wave band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at no. 1 on the UK Album Chart. The album was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release, and reached Platinum status in January 1985.
The album contains Tears For Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the Top 5 in the UK. It also contains a new version of the band's first single, "Suffer The Children", which had originally been released in 1981.
The album was remastered and reissued in 1999, and included four remixes as bonus tracks and an extensive booklet which described the recording process of the album. A 30th Anniversary reissue was released on 21 October 2013, in both double-CD and deluxe 4-disc boxed set editions.
All tracks written by Roland Orzabal, except "The Way You Are" written by Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, and Manny Elias.
† Cassette only bonus track
† The 1999 remastered version of the album incorrectly credits Curt Smith as co-writer and Mike Howlett as producer of "Pale Shelter" (Long Version). As confirmed on the original releases, Smith did not write any of the tracks for The Hurting and this version of "Pale Shelter" is actually the 1983 12" extended version of the song, which was produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum. Howlett produced the original 1982 version.
†† "The Way You Are" was originally a non-album track, though the 12" version was included on the remastered version of The Hurting in 1999.
Two deluxe editions of the album were released on 21 October 2013. One is a double CD comprising CDs 1 & 2 (as below), and the other is a 4-disc boxed set comprising CDs 1-3 and a DVD, a book containing interviews, a new essay from Paul Sinclair about the album, a replica of a 1983 tour programme, a discography and photos. The first 500 pre-orders from the Universal Music online store also included a vinyl 7" single of "Change" in a rare earlier picture sleeve.
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