The Hurting

The Hurting
Studio album by Tears for Fears
Released	7 March 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Genre	New wave, dark wave, synthpop, post-punk
Length	41:39
Label	Mercury/Phonogram
Producer	Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum
Tears for Fears chronology
The Hurting (1983) Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
International cover art
The international release of the album utilised the photograph originally used for the "Mad World" single.
Singles from The Hurting
"Suffer the Children" Released: November 1981 (original release) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" Released: 9 April 1982 (original release) "Mad World" Released: 20 September 1982 "Change" Released: 24 January 1983 "Pale Shelter" Released: 18 April 1983 "Suffer the Children" Released: 19 August 1985 (re-release) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" Released: 26 August 1985 (re-release)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Smash Hits	[4]

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Orzabal, except * written by Orzabal/Smith/Stanley/Elias.

Original release

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Suffer the Children" – 3:53
2. "Watch Me Bleed" – 4:18
3. "Change" † – 4:15
4. "The Prisoner" – 2:55
5. "Start of the Breakdown" – 5:00

† The original cassette version of the album featured a bonus track – "Change (New Version)" – which was an earlier mix.

1999 Remastered and Expanded

As above, appending four tracks:

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

† 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.

2013 30th Anniversary Editions

Two reissues of the album will be released on 21 October 2013. One is a double CD comprising CDs 1 & 2 below, and the other is a deluxe box set including CDs 1-3 and DVD, plus 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 include a vinyl 7" single of "Change" in a rare earlier picture sleeve.

CD1 - Original Album

1. The Hurting - 4:16
2. Mad World - 3:35
3. Pale Shelter (2nd Single Version) - 4:24
4. Ideas As Opiates - 3:46
5. Memories Fade - 5:01
6. Suffer The Children - 3:49
7. Watch Me Bleed - 4:15
8. Change - 4:13
9. The Prisoner - 2:55
10. Start Of The Breakdown - 4:57

CD2 - Singles & B-Sides

1. Suffer The Children (Original Version) - 3:40
2. Pale Shelter (Original Version) - 4:39
3. The Prisoner (Original 7" Version) - 2:43
4. Ideas As Opiates (Alternate Version)† - 3:53
5. Change (New Version) - 4:36
6. Suffer The Children (Remix) - 4:15
7. Pale Shelter (Long Version) - 7:09
8. Mad World (World Remix) - 3:39
9. Change (Extended Version) - 5:59
10. Pale Shelter (New Extended Version) - 6:44
11. Suffer The Children (Instrumental) - 4:26
12. Change (Radio Edit) - 3:58
13. Wino - 2:23
14. The Conflict - 4:02
15. We Are Broken†† - 4:03
16. Suffer The Children (Demo) - 4:04

† Track 4, labeled as "Ideas As Opiates (Alternate Version)", was intended to be the first version of the song (originally released as the B-Side to Mad World) but was mistakenly replaced by a repetition of the remixed album version.
†† Track 15, although labeled as "We Are Broken", is actually "Broken Revisited" which is an extended version of the original track that was first included as a bonus track on the limited edition cassette of Songs from the Big Chair in 1985 and later included on the 1999 remastered edition and 2006 deluxe edition of the same album.

CD3 - Radio Sessions & Live

1. Ideas As Opiates (Peel Session 1/9/1982) - 3:48
2. Suffer The Children (Peel Session 1/9/1982) - 4:03
3. The Prisoner (Peel Session 1/9/1982) - 2:50
4. The Hurting (Peel Session 1/9/1982) - 3:45
5. Memories Fade (David Jensen BBC Session 20/10/1982) - 4:56
6. The Prisoner (David Jensen BBC Session 20/10/1982) - 2:49
7. Start Of The Breakdown (David Jensen BBC Session 20/10/1982) - 4:00
8. The Hurting (David Jensen BBC Session 20/10/1982) - 3:50
9. Start Of The Breakdown (Live At Oxford Apollo 8/4/1983) - 5:56
10. Change (Live) - 4:00

DVD - In My Mind’s Eye: Live At Hammersmith Odeon (December 1983)

1. Start Of The Breakdown - 6:14
2. Mothers Talk - 3:50
3. Pale Shelter - 4:35
4. The Working Hour - 6:29
5. The Prisoner - 2:52
6. Ideas As Opiates - 3:43
7. Mad World - 3:36
8. We Are Broken - 2:57
9. Head Over Heels - 4:49
10. Suffer The Children - 4:02
11. The Hurting - 4:24
12. Memories Fade - 4:51
13. Change - 4:10

Personnel

Tears For Fears

• Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitar, keyboards, rhythm programming, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4-7, and 10
• Curt Smith – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9
• Ian Stanley – keyboard programming, computer programming
• Manny Elias – drumming, rhythm programming

Additional personnel

• Chris Hughes – rhythm programming, tuned percussion, conducting
• Ross Cullum – jazz high, dynamic toggle
• Mel Collins – saxophones
• Phil Palmer – palmer picking
• Caroline Orzabal – child vocal on "Suffer the Children"

Charts

Album

30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Singles

Certifications

References