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1 Track listing  



1.1  Original release  





1.2  1999 Remastered and Expanded  







2 Personnel  



2.1  Additional personnel  







3 Charts  





4 Certifications  





5 References  














The Hurting






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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 174.57.254.33 (talk)at14:04, 8 October 2011. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
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The Hurting is the debut album by the British pop 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 Platinum by the BPI in January 1985.

The album contained Tears For Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the Top 5 in the UK.

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Roland Orzabal.

Original release

  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

† 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:

  1. "Pale Shelter" (Long Version)† – 7:09
  2. "The Way You Are" (Extended)†† (Elias/Orzabal/Smith/Stanley) – 7:43
  3. "Mad World" (World Remix) – 3:42
  4. "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.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1983 UK 1
US 73

Single

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

Certifications

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

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  • ^ Collins, Andrew. "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting (Reissue)". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 129.
  • ^ Fricke, David (7 July 1983). "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting". Jann Wenner. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  • Preceded by

    ThrillerbyMichael Jackson

    UK Albums Chart number one album
    26 March 1983 – 1 April 1983
    Succeeded by

    The Final CutbyPink Floyd


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