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The Hurting

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The Hurting
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Length
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Release Date
7 March 1983
The Hurting is the debut album by the British new wave 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 Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release, and reached Platinum status in January 1985. The album contains Tears For Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the Top 5 in the UK. It also contains a new version of the band's first single, "Suffer The Children", which had originally been released in 19… read more
The Hurting is the debut album by the British new wave band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at no. 1 on the UK Album Cha… read more
The Hurting is the debut album by the British new wave 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 Gold by t… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track The Hurting
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 4:17 69,502 listeners
2 Play track Mad World
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 562,005 listeners
3 Play track Pale Shelter
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 4:39 174,300 listeners
4 Play track Ideas As Opiates
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 3:46 52,962 listeners
5 Play track Memories Fade
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 65,560 listeners
6 Play track Suffer The Children
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 3:45 62,286 listeners
7 Play track Watch Me Bleed
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 63,156 listeners
8 Play track Change
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 3:52 156,320 listeners
9 Play track The Prisoner
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 2:55 38,856 listeners
10 Play track Start Of The Breakdown
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 5:01 41,224 listeners

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Tears for Fears, named after a phrase found in Arthur Janov's book Prisoners of Pain, is a British / outfit formed in 1981 in Bath, England. Founder members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith had been friends since their early teens and had already been in the shortlived band Graduate. Initially associated with the and bands of the early 1980s, Tears For Fears' earlier work, as evidenced on their 1983 debut album The Hurting , was explicitly based around the emotional angst of adolescence. The album reached number one in the UK and contained thre… read more
Tears for Fears, named after a phrase found in Arthur Janov's book Prisoners of Pain, is a British / outfit formed in 1981 in Bath, England. Founder members Roland Orzabal and C… read more
Tears for Fears, named after a phrase found in Arthur Janov's book Prisoners of Pain, is a British / outfit formed in 1981 in Bath, England. Founder members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith had been friends since their early t… read more

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