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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 - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 10:15 am
TEARS FOR FEARS The Hurting (1983 UK 10-track LP, the debut album by the British new wave band including the classic's Mad World & Pale Shelter, glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve is Excellent with just a little shelfwear,a small top split due to vinyl shift whilst the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with minimal play MERS17)
- Tears For Fears - Shout - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 05-Feb-2025 15:16)on February 21, 2025 at 10:15 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Shout (1984 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single featuring the Remix and 7" Version of the title track & The Big Chair. The picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear and the disc appears barely played IDEA812)
- Tears For Fears - Famous Last Words - UK - 12" picture disc - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 10:39)on February 21, 2025 at 10:15 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Famous Last Words (1985 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, including Mothers Talk [U.S. Remix] and Listen, housed in a numbered stickered PVC sleeve with back title insert IDPIC15)
- Tears For Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - stickered pvc - UK - 12" picture disc - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 10:43)on February 21, 2025 at 10:15 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Laid So Low (Limited Edition 1992 UK individually numbered 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, including The Body Wah & Lord Of Karma, housed in the original hype stickered clear PVC sleeve complete with the back tracklistinsert IDEA1712)
- Tears For Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - stickered pvc - UK - 12" picture disc - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 21, 2025 at 10:15 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Laid So Low (Limited Edition 1992 UK individually numbered 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, including The Body Wah & Lord Of Karma, housed in the original hype stickered clear PVC sleeve complete with the back tracklistinsert IDEA1712)
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