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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 Seeds Of Love - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.60, €35.70 (Back In Stock) (arrived 16-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 17, 2025 at 8:22 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 shows a spot of gloss removal from a previous sticker placement but the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with minimal wear)
- Tears For Fears - Mad World - UK - 12" vinyl - £18.00, $21.96, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 14:53)on January 17, 2025 at 8:22 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Mad World (1982 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Ideas As Opiates & the non-album track Saxophones As Opiates, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear and the vinyl has minimal sign of play IDEA312)
- Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter - Green Sleeve - UK - 12" vinyl - £30.00, $36.60, €35.70 (New Item) (arrived 29-Oct-2024 17:00)on January 17, 2025 at 8:22 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Pale Shelter (1982 UK 3-track first issue of this all time brilliant 12" single, featuring the Extended Mix plus Single Version and The Prisoner, green tint picture sleeve. The sleeve is in generally Excellent condition with light wear to the opening edge whilst the vinyl remains excellent IDEA212)
- Tears For Fears - Change - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.30, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 27-Nov-2024 09:30)on January 17, 2025 at 8:22 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Change (1982 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including the Extended Version plus The Conflict. The glossy picture sleeve shows a little edge/corner wear. Whilst the vinyl shows just a couple of faint cosmetic paper marks andonly light signs of play IDEA412)
- Tears For Fears - Change - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $18.30, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 27-Nov-2024 18:00)on January 17, 2025 at 8:22 am
TEARS FOR FEARS Change (1982 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including the Extended Version plus The Conflict. The glossy picture sleeve shows a little edge/corner wear. Whilst the vinyl shows just a couple of faint cosmetic paper marks andonly light signs of play IDEA412)
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