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Tears For Fears have announced they will release a 40th anniversary edition of their debut album The Hurting, originally released back in 1983, through Virgin/UMR on. May 12.
The album, a conceptual piece about of childhood psychological trauma and Arthur Janov’s Primal Scream therapy, the theories behind which gave the band their name, featured three top-five hit singles: Mad World, Change and Pale Shelter. The album peaked at No. 1 on the UK Album Chart in its second week of release and was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks, staying in the charts for over a year and reaching Platinum status in early 1985.
The new version will be reissued as an Abbey Road Half Speed Mastered vinyl and as a newly created Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson. The Dolby Atmos mix, along with a 5.1 mix, an instrumental mix, the original album master and two previously unheard tracks.
“It’s a very consistent album with its own distinct personality,” says Roland Orzabal, who wrote the album. “I’m not sure if we’ve made a more emotional record since, but I’d like to think we’ve hit higher musical peaks.”
“We only noticed it in the last couple years, when we played Bonnaroo, which is ostensibly a far younger festival,” adds Curt Smith. “We expected maybe a thousand people if we were lucky, and it was stretched past the tent overhang and went all the way back. I’m looking at the front of the audience and they’re all far younger than me and they’re all singing all the lyrics to every song from The Hurting. It was shocking to me. When you look at it retrospectively, it makes sense, because we wrote it when we were that age. Those lyrics resonate with a younger audience. But that was when I noticed a shift, when we started playing festivals and noticed there was a younger audience we were gaining in America.”
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- Tears For Fears - The Hurting - Dutch - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.05, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 9:41 am
TEARS FOR FEARS The Hurting (1983 original issue Dutch 10-track LP, including the classic singles Pale Shelter & Mad World, picture sleeve with lyric inner. The vinyl and sleeve remain in excellent condition)
- Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love - Remastered - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $34.28, €32.66 (New Item) (arrived 29-Nov-2024 17:53)on December 18, 2024 at 9:41 am
TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds Of Love (2020 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP remastered and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Their acclaimed 1989 album includes the singles Woman In Chains with Oleta Adams, Advice For The Young At Heart, Famous Last Words and the classic hit Sowing The Seeds Of Love. Gatefold picture sleeve factory sealed. Recommended!)
- Tears For Fears - Shout - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.16, €9.68 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 14:21)on December 18, 2024 at 9:41 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Shout (Classic 1984 UK 7" vinyl single, also including The Big Chair, flipback card picture sleeve IDEA8)
- Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.10, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 26-Nov-2024 16:48)on December 18, 2024 at 9:41 am
TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds Of Love (1989 UK first press 8-track LP, including the singles Woman In Chains, Advice For The Young At Heart, Famous Last Words & the album's title track. Complete with the illustrated lyric inner, the glossy picturesleeve & the vinyl are in Excellent condition with just a few minor signs of wear & play)
- Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $38.09, €36.29 (New Item) (arrived 26-Nov-2024 17:33)on December 18, 2024 at 9:41 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Songs From The Big Chair (2021 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, their excellently crafted second album including the hit singles Shout, Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels, I Believe, and Everybody Wants To Rule The World. Not to mention 6-minute epic The Working Hour, with its gorgeous saxophone riff and piano soundscape. Picture sleeve, factory sealed. Recommended)
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