- new wave, synth-pop, synthpop, alternative
- 154 min
- 36 tracks
- Universal UMC
The Hurting is the debut studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 7 March 1983 by Mercury Records, and distributed by Phonogram Inc. The album peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release and was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release. The album also entered the Top 40 in several other countries, including Canada, Germany, and Australia. It was certified Platinum in the UK in January 1985.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- PopMatters8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
- Sounds5/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1The Hurting4:19
- 2Mad World3:35
- 3Pale Shelter4:34
- 4Ideas as Opiates3:45
- 5Memories Fade5:03
- 6Suffer the Children3:53
- 7Watch Me Bleed4:17
- 8Change4:14
- 9The Prisoner2:56
- 10Start of the Breakdown4:57
- 1Suffer the Children (7″ version)3:44
- 2Pale Shelter (You Don’t Give Me Love)4:03
- 3The Prisoner2:43
- 4Ideas as Opiates3:55
- 5Change (new version)4:39
- 6Suffer the Children (remix)4:19
- 7Pale Shelter (You Don’t Give Me Love) (extended version)7:05
- 8Mad World (World remix)3:42
- 9Change (extended version)6:00
- 10Pale Shelter (extended version)7:08
- 11Suffer the Children (instrumental)4:27
- 12Change (7″ edit)3:56
- 13Wino2:25
- 14The Conflict4:03
- 15We Are Broken5:16
- 16Suffer the Children (Promo CD version)3:57
- 1Ideas as Opiates3:51
- 2Suffer the Children4:03
- 3The Prisoner2:52
- 4The Hurting3:48
- 5Memories Fade4:52
- 6The Prisoner2:46
- 7Start of the Breakdown3:59
- 8The Hurting3:49
- 9Start of the Breakdown5:54
- 10Change4:57
36 tracks, 154 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tears for Fears
- Label
- Universal UMC
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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