The Hurting

"Suffer the Children"
Released: 30 October 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]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Q	^[3]
Record Collector	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
Smash Hits	8/10^[6]

The Hurting is the debut studio album by the British rock/pop band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Album Chart in its second week of release. 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 with liner notes about the album's creation. A 30th Anniversary reissue was released on 21 October 2013, in both double-CD and deluxe 4-disc boxed set editions.

Track listing

Original release

All tracks written by Roland Orzabal, except "The Way You Are" written by Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, and Manny Elias.

No.	Title	Length
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
11.	"Change" (New Version†)	4:36

Note

† Cassette only bonus track

1999 remastered and expanded
No.	Title	Length
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

Notes

† – 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 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 (as below), 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.

Disc one – Original Album
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hurting"	4:16
2.	"Mad World"	3:35
3.	"Pale Shelter (1983 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

Disc two – Singles & B-Sides
No.	Title	Length
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

Notes

† – 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 previously unreleased version of the album track.^[7]
†† – Track 15, although labeled as "We Are Broken", is actually "Broken Revisited" which is a slightly extended version of the original track and 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.

Disc three – Radio Sessions & Live
No.	Title	Length
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)
No.	Title	Length
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 – drums, 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

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[8]	15
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[9]	7
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[10]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[12]	16
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	1
US Billboard 200^[14]	73

30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Chart (2013)	Position
UK	85

Singles

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

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI (UK)^[15]	Silver	9 March 1983
	Gold	25 March 1983
	Platinum	29 January 1985
RIAA (USA)	Gold	1 December 1993

References

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↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
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↑ Byford, Tom (December 2013). "Tears For Fears – The Hurting". Record Collector. London (421). Retrieved 27 December 2015.
↑ Fricke, David (7 July 1983). "Tears for Fears: The Hurting". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
↑ Dellar, Fred (17 March 1983). "Tears for Fears: The Hurting". Smash Hits. London. 5 (6): 30.
↑ https://www.discogs.com/Tears-For-Fears-The-Hurting/release/5014648
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 306. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6256a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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↑ BPI Certifications Database

Preceded by Thriller by Michael Jackson	UK Albums Chart number one album 26 March 1983 – 1 April 1983	Succeeded by The Final Cut by Pink Floyd

Tears for Fears
Roland Orzabal Curt Smith Ian Stanley Manny Elias
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
Live albums	Secret World Live in Paris
Compilations	Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) Saturnine Martial & Lunatic Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears
Singles	"Suffer the Children" "Pale Shelter" "Mad World" "Change" "The Way You Are" "Mothers Talk" "Shout" "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" "Everybody Wants to Run the World" "Head over Heels" "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" "Mothers Talk (US Remix)" "Sowing the Seeds of Love" "Woman in Chains" "Advice for the Young at Heart" "Famous Last Words" "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" "Break It Down Again" "Cold" "Goodnight Song" "Elemental" "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" "God's Mistake" "Secrets" "Falling Down" "Closest Thing to Heaven" "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending/Call Me Mellow" "Secret World" Ready Boy and Girls? (EP)
Video/DVD releases	The Videosingles In My Mind's Eye Scenes from the Big Chair Sowing the Seeds Going to California Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92) Secret World (Live in Paris)
Related articles	Discography Graduate

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