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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 - Songs From The Big Chair - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 15-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 17, 2024 at 7:26 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Songs From The Big Chair (1985 UK 8-track vinyl LP featuring the classic hits Shout & Everybody Wants To Rule The World, picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve has minimal wear, has slight foxing on the innersleeve. Whilst the vinyl shows very little wear- an Excellent copy MERH58)
- Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains + Poster - UK - 12" picture disc - £40.00, $50.40, €48.00 (New Item) (arrived 01-Nov-2024 14:38)on November 17, 2024 at 7:26 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Woman In Chains (1992 UK Fontana label limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, also including Badman's Song and Ghost Papa, housed in a numbered PVC sleeve complete with back picture insert and bonus 30" squarefold-out full colour album artwork poster! IDEAP16)
- Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 22-Oct-2024 17:00)on November 17, 2024 at 7:26 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Sowing The Seeds Of Love (1989 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, the first to be taken from the album of the same name, also including Tears Roll Down and the US Remix of Shout. The glossy picture sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl reveals a few light cosmetic paper scuffs and minor signs of play IDEAT12)
- Tears For Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet - Black Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $44.09, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 22-Oct-2024 17:32)on November 17, 2024 at 7:26 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Songs For A Nervous Planet (2024 UK/EU limited edition 16-track double album 2-LP pressed on Black Vinyl - the new album Songs For A Nervous Planet features four new studio tracks plus live recordings of Tears ForFears on tour and at their best. Including live performances of hit songs like “Shout”, “Head Over Heels”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, “Mad World” & more. Spanning all eras of the band from The Hurting to The Tipping Point and beyond,this record takes you on the incomparable sonic journey that is a Tears For Fears live show and their career to date. Gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- Tears For Fears - The Hurting - Half Speed Master - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €35.99 (New Item) (arrived 23-Oct-2024 12:27)on November 17, 2024 at 7:26 am
TEARS FOR FEARS The Hurting (2023 UK/EU limited edition 10-track black vinyl LP Half Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell for this 40th anniversary release of their debut album, featuring the first three hit singles – Mad World, Change, and Pale Shelter. Picture sleeve with series obi, factory sealed. Recommended)
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