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Tears For Fears celebrating 40th anniversary of debut album The Hurting with reissues

Connor Gotto by Connor Gotto
March 13, 2023
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Tears For Fears are marking 40 years since the release of their debut album ‘The Hurting’ with a series of reissues. 

Having originally debuted on March 7, 1983, the LP includes the UK Top 5 hits Mad World, Change and Pale Shelter and peaked at No. 1 on the charts.

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Coinciding with its latest milestone, the album will be reissued as an Abbey Road Half Speed Mastered vinyl and as a newly created Dolby Atmos mix by renowned artist and mixer, Steven Wilson.

‘The Hurting’ is 40 today. Time flies when you’re doing what you love. ‘The Hurting’ anniversary vinyl pressing and limited edition blu-ray are available for pre-order now. https://t.co/UbZagi3fFE pic.twitter.com/opNNVB68e6

— Tears for Fears (@tearsforfears) March 7, 2023

The latter – along with a 5.1 mix, an instrumental mix, the original album master, and two previously unheard tracks – will also be released as a limited edition standalone blu-ray disc.

Speaking last year, Tears For Fears co-founder Curt Smith said of the LP, “We only noticed it in the last couple years, when we played Bonnaroo, which is ostensibly a far younger festival. 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.”

Roland Orzabal added: “It’s a very consistent album with its own distinct personality. 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.”

The Hurting is out May 12 via Virgin/UMR and available to pre-order now.

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Connor Gotto

Founder and editor of RETROPOP. Self-proclaimed pop aficionado. Usually seen with a wine in hand.

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