The Hurting

The Hurting
Studio album by Tears for Fears
Released	7 March 1983
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	New Wave, Post punk
Length	41:39
Label	Phonogram/Mercury
Producer	Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum
Tears for Fears chronology
The Hurting (1983) Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
International cover art
The international release of the album utilised the photograph originally used for the "Mad World" single.
Singles from The Hurting
"Suffer the Children" Released: November 1981 (original release) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" Released: March 1982 (original release) "Mad World" Released: 20 September 1982 "Change" Released: 24 January 1983 "Pale Shelter" Released: 18 April 1983 "Suffer the Children" Released: 19 August 1985 (re-release) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" Released: 26 August 1985 (re-release)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The Hurting is the debut album by the British pop band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at no. 1 on the UK Album Chart. The album was certified Platinum by the BPI in January 1985.

The album contained Tears For Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the Top 5 in the UK.

The album was remastered and reissued in 1999, and included four remixes as bonus tracks and an extensive booklet which described the recording process of the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Roland Orzabal.

Original release

1. "The Hurting" – 4:20
2. "Mad World" – 3:35
3. "Pale Shelter" – 4:34
4. "Ideas as Opiates" – 3:46
5. "Memories Fade" – 5:08
6. "Suffer the Children" – 3:53
7. "Watch Me Bleed" – 4:18
8. "Change" † – 4:15
9. "The Prisoner" – 2:55
10. "Start of the Breakdown" – 5:00

† The original cassette version of the album featured a bonus track – "Change (New Version)" – which was an earlier mix.

1999 Remastered and Expanded

As above, appending four tracks:

11. "Pale Shelter" (Long Version)† – 7:09
12. "The Way You Are" (Extended)†† (Elias/Orzabal/Smith/Stanley) – 7:43
13. "Mad World" (World Remix) – 3:42
14. "Change" (Extended Version) – 6:00

† The 1999 remastered version of the album incorrectly credits Curt Smith as co-writer and Mike Howlett as producer of "Pale Shelter" (Long Version). As confirmed on the original releases, Smith did not write any of the tracks for The Hurting and this version of "Pale Shelter" is actually the 1983 12" extended version of the song, which was produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum. Howlett produced the original 1982 version.
†† "The Way You Are" was originally a non-album track, though the 12" version was included on the remastered version of The Hurting in 1999.

Personnel

• Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitar, keyboards, rhythm programming, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4-7, and 10
• Curt Smith – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9
• Ian Stanley – keyboard programming, computer programming
• Manny Elias – drumming, rhythm programming

Additional personnel

• Chris Hughes – rhythm programming, tuned percussion, conducting
• Ross Cullum – jazz high, dynamic toggle
• Mel Collins – saxophones
• Phil Palmer – palmer picking
• Caroline Orzabal – child vocal on "Suffer the Children"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	UK	1
	US	73

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Mad World"	UK Singles Chart	3
1983	"Pale Shelter"	UK Singles Chart	5
	"Change"	UK Singles Chart	4
		U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock	22
		U.S. Billboard Pop Singles	73

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Platinum	29 January 1985
RIAA – USA	Gold	1 December 1993

References

1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r19756/review. Retrieved 30 June 2009. 
2. ^ Collins, Andrew. "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting (Reissue)". Q (EMAP Metro Ltd) (July 1999): 129. 
3. ^ Fricke, David (7 July 1983). "Review: Tears For Fears – The Hurting". Jann Wenner. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tearsforfears/albums/album/259513/review/5945944/the_hurting. Retrieved 30 June 2009. 

Preceded by Thriller by Michael Jackson

UK Albums Chart number one album 26 March 1983 – 1 April 1983

Succeeded by The Final Cut by Pink Floyd