The Hurting

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The Hurting
The Hurting cover
Studio album by Tears for Fears
Released March 25, 1983
Recorded 1981-1983
Genre New Wave
Length 41:39
Label Mercury Records
Producer(s) Chris Hughes & Ross Cullum
Professional reviews
Tears for Fears chronology
The Hurting
(1983)		 Songs from the Big Chair
(1985)


The Hurting is the debut album by British pop band Tears for Fears. It was released on March 25, 1983.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original Release

All songs written by Roland Orzabal.

  1. "The Hurting" – 4:20
  2. "Mad World" – 3:35
  3. "Pale Shelter" – 4:34
  4. "Ideas As Opiates" – 3:46
  5. "Memories Fade" – 5:08
  6. "Suffer the Children" – 3:53
  7. "Watch Me Bleed" – 4:18
  8. "Change" – 4:15
  9. "The Prisoner" – 2:55
  10. "Start of the Breakdown" – 5:00

[edit] 1999 Remastered and Expanded

  1. "The Hurting" – 4:19
  2. "Mad World" – 3:35
  3. "Pale Shelter" – 4:34
  4. "Ideas As Opiates" – 3:45
  5. "Memories Fade" – 5:06
  6. "Suffer the Children" – 3:52
  7. "Watch Me Bleed" – 4:17
  8. "Change" – 4:14
  9. "The Prisoner" – 2:55
  10. "Start of the Breakdown" – 5:00
  11. "Pale Shelter [Long Version]" – 7:09
  12. "The Way You Are [Extended]" – 7:43
  13. "Mad World [World Remix]" – 3:42
  14. "Change [Extended Version]" – 6:00

[edit] Singles (released during this period)

  1. "Suffer the Children" (1981) (IDEA1)
  2. "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" (1982) (IDEA2)
  3. "Mad World" (1982) (IDEA3)
  4. "Change" (1983) (IDEA4)
  5. "Pale Shelter" (1983) (IDEA5)
  6. "The Way You Are"† (1983) (IDEA6)

(† originally a non-album track, though the 12" version was included on the remastered version of The Hurting in 1999)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

[edit] Trivia

  • At 0:19 during The Prisoner, a voice can be heard saying "The prisoner!"

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1983 UK 1
1983 US 73

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1982 "Mad World" UK 3
1983 "Change" UK 4
1983 "Pale Shelter" UK 5
1983 "Change" U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock 22
1983 "Change" U.S. Billboard Pop Singles 73

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
BPI - UK Platinum January 29, 1985
RIAA - USA Gold December 1, 1993


v • d • e
Tears for Fears
Roland Orzabal · Curt Smith

Ian Stanley · Manny Elias

Discography

Studio albums: The Hurting · Songs from the Big Chair · The Seeds of Love · Elemental · Raoul and the Kings of Spain · Everybody Loves a Happy Ending

Compilations: Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) · Saturnine Martial & Lunatic

Live albums: Secret World

Singles: Suffer the Children · Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) · Mad World · Change · Pale Shelter · The Way You Are · Mothers Talk · Shout · Everybody Wants to Rule the World · Head Over Heels · I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) · Everybody Wants to Run the World · Sowing the Seeds of Love · Woman in Chains · Advice for the Young at Heart · Famous Last Words · Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) · Break It Down Again · Cold · Goodnight Song · Elemental · Raoul and the Kings of Spain · Gods Mistake · Secrets · Falling Down · Closest Thing to Heaven · Everybody Loves a Happy Ending / Call Me Mellow · Secret World
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