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The Hurting [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (28 Jun 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B00000K413
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,565 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Hurting 4:19£0.69
Listen  2. Mad World 3:35£0.79
Listen  3. Pale Shelter (2nd Single Version) 4:34£0.79
Listen  4. Ideas As Opiates 3:45£0.69
Listen  5. Memories Fade 5:06£0.59
Listen  6. Suffer The Children 3:52£0.69
Listen  7. Watch Me Bleed 4:17£0.69
Listen  8. Change 4:14£0.79
Listen  9. The Prisoner 2:55£0.59
Listen10. Start Of The Breakdown 5:00£0.59
Listen11. Pale Shelter (Long Version) 7:09£0.79
Listen12. The Way You Are 7:43£0.69
Listen13. Mad World (World Remix) 3:42£0.79
Listen14. Change (Extended Version) 6:00£0.79

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Tears For Fears developed on the periphery of the early '80s electro-pop phenomenon; their Bath base isolating them from the confidence and cool of their Sheffield compatriots--the Human League, ABC and Heaven 17--and the urban sleaze of Soft Cell. THE HURTING is nevertheless an assured debut; Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith weaving contemporary technology with traditional arrangements in a fashion that would soon come to dominate '80s mainstream pop.
The result is an enduring and fascinating combination of pretension ("Ideas as Opiates" is as impenetrable as its title) and naivetT (the regression of the title track). Angst and catharsis are persistent forces, evident in Orzabal's howl, the crashes of "Memories Fade", and the claustrophobia of "The Prisoner" and "Start of the Breakdown". But THE HURTING also bursts with inspired pop melodies, not least with the schoolgirl la-las of "Suffer Little Children" and the busy percussive loops of "Change". 1998 remastered edition includes four bonus tracks.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding album, 29 Jan 2004
I remember first having this album on a bootleg tape from a market when it was first released back in 1983.
I can also remember not fully appreciating it as I was about 14 at the time, but after all these years in its remastered format you can appreciate this work.
It was a standout album of the 80's with its wonderful dark overtones and its subject matters.
It is an amazing debut album.
Alongside the well known first big hits 'Mad World' and 'Change' you have my personal favourite TFF song 'Pale shelter' you are surrounded by deeply felt personal songs from Roland Orzabal. Though they are deeply personal ' Memories fade' a good example, you never fail to appreciate the darkness and beauty in this album and its quite uncommercial, despite it being a Number 1 here in England.
Added to this addition is another gem from TFF 'The Way you are' which sadly isn't on a Greatest Hits / best of package which is a shame as its a nice song and I remember having it as a single.

A dark, personal and brilliant album - buy it.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Memories fade................., 11 Mar 2001
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It's ironic that my favourite track on this superb album when I bought it on vinyl in 1983 was (and still is) Memories Fade - ironic because listening to it again after all this time evokes such strong memories of my mid-teenage years. And surely the best of these was of going to see my first 'real' gig (accompanied by my first 'real' girlfriend!) in Margate in December 1983. And the band we saw? Tears For Fears - who played the whole album tracklist and more - the experience just blew me away! Fantastic! There isn't a weak song on this album - it's very catchy, very 'poppy' - but each track carries a deeper, thought-provoking lyric, and it's this just as much as the music that originally kept me listening and interested when other records of that era just got lost in my collection. Tears For Fears were the first band I'd heard that managed to combine a real intelligence with strong, catchy rhythms and melodies. Quite an achievement for a debut album. Although I still have the original on vinyl, I no longer have a turntable on which to play it, so I'm really pleased to have found it on CD - and the extra tracks are a real bonus. And what became of the girlfriend? We split up a few weeks after the gig! Ahhh! ;o)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars superb ! i bought it when it came out and i still play it!, 30 Sep 2000
The has to be one of the landmark albums of the 80s, and a damn sight better than the more commerical "Songs from the big chair". Songs like "Ideas as Opiates" and "Memories Fade" really tug at the heart strings. There's not one song that is out of place on this album. I first bought this back in 1985 on cassette, and I still play it to this day. That shows how little it has dated. "The hurting" , in my opinion, has been massively overlooked because of the later success of "Songs from the big chair" - but to these ears, "The hurting" was an album way ahead of its time and far surpasses anything that came after. If you are trying to build an 80's collection, this HAS to be on your hit list....
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should have bought it when it came out
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5.0 out of 5 stars BY FAR TEARS FOR FEARS BEST ALBUM
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