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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 - Closest Thing To Heaven - Double Pack - UK - 12" vinyl - Promo - £12.00, $15.48, €14.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 5, 2025 at 5:08 pm
TEARS FOR FEARS Closest Thing To Heaven (2004 UK 4-track promotional only 12" double pack featuring Brothers In Rhythm Group Therapy Dub, Brothers In Rhythm Therapy Mix, Solasso Club Mix & Solasso Dub, housed inside a custom single pocket picture sleeve. This vinyl package was exclusively distributed to club and radio DJs in advance of the commercial release! The sleeve displays just a little corner/edgewear. The vinyl shows just a couple of cosmetic hairlines and a little spindlewear from play PR12GUT66)
- Tears For Fears - Shout/Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Record Store Day 2015 - Die-Cut Cover - Sealed - UK - 12" vinyl - £24.99, $32.24, €29.49 (New Item) (arrived 11-Feb-2025 10:02)on April 5, 2025 at 5:08 pm
TEARS FOR FEARS Shout/Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Record Store Day 2015 UK/EU limited edition AA-side black vinyl 12" single featuring the Extended Versions of both songs. Housed inside a unique design inner picture sleeve with adouble die-cut outer cover revealing a 'shouting mouth' image on one side and 'the world' on the other! Unopened, unplayed & factory sealed)
- Tears For Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - stickered pvc - UK - 12" picture disc - £25.00, $32.25, €29.50 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)on April 5, 2025 at 5:08 pm
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 - Famous Last Words - UK - 12" picture disc - £35.00, $45.15, €41.30 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 18:00)on April 5, 2025 at 5:08 pm
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 - The Seeds Of Love - Hype Stickered - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.70, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 04-Feb-2025 11:30)on April 5, 2025 at 5:08 pm
TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds Of Love (1989 UK first press 8-track vinyl LP, the third studio album from the British pop rock band including the singles Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Woman In Chains, Advice For The Young At Heart and Famous Last Words. Complete with the illustrated lyric inner, the hype stickered glossy picture sleeve has a small split to the top and the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with little sign of play)
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