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DTITLE=Tears For Fears / The Hurting (West German ''Atomic'' Pressing)
DYEAR=1983
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=The Hurting
TTITLE1=Mad World
TTITLE2=Pale Shelter
TTITLE3=Ideas As Opiates
TTITLE4=Memories Fade
TTITLE5=Suffer The Children
TTITLE6=Watch Me Bleed
TTITLE7=Change
TTITLE8=The Prisoner
TTITLE9=Start Of The Breakdown
EXTD=The Hurting (West German ''Atomic'' Pressing)\n\nOriginally Relea
EXTD=sed March 25, 1983\nCD Edition Released 1985 ??\nRemastered Editi
EXTD=on Released In Europe August 3, 1999\nRemastered Edition Released
EXTD= In U.S. March 13, 2001\n\nAmazon.com Album Details \nRemastered 
EXTD=Reissue with Four Bonus Tracks. CD Booklet Contains Extensive Lin
EXTD=er Notes and Rare Photos. \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Roland Orzabal a
EXTD=nd Curt Smith's debut featured the morose synth-pop hits "Pale Sh
EXTD=elter" and "Mad World." -- Scott Bultman\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Th
EXTD=e Hurting would have been a daring debut for a pop-oriented band 
EXTD=in any era, but it was an unexpected success in England in 1983, 
EXTD=mostly by virtue of its makers' ability to package an unpleasant 
EXTD=subject -- the psychologically wretched family histories of Rolan
EXTD=d Orzabal and Curt Smith -- in an attractive and sellable musical
EXTD= format. Not that there weren't a few predecessors, most obviousl
EXTD=y John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album (which was also, not coinc
EXTD=identally, inspired by the work of primal scream pioneer Arthur J
EXTD=anov); but Lennon had the advantage of being an ex-Beatle when th
EXTD=at meant the equivalent to having a box next to God's in the grea
EXTD=t arena of life, where Tears for Fears were just starting out. Mo
EXTD=re than two decades later, "Pale Shelter," "Ideas as Opiates," "M
EXTD=emories Fade," "Suffer the Children," "Watch Me Bleed," "Change,"
EXTD= and "Start of the Breakdown" are powerful pieces of music, beaut
EXTD=ifully executed in an almost minimalist style. "Memories Fade" of
EXTD=fers emotional resonances reminiscent of "Working Class Hero," wh
EXTD=ile "Pale Shelter" functions on a wholly different level, an exqu
EXTD=isite sonic painting sweeping the listener up in layers of pulsin
EXTD=g synthesizers, acoustic guitar arpeggios, and sheets of electron
EXTD=ic sound (and anticipating the sonic texture, if not the precise 
EXTD=sound of their international breakthrough pop hit "Everybody Want
EXTD=s to Rule the World"). The work is sometimes uncomfortably person
EXTD=al for this listener, but musically compelling enough to bring hi
EXTD=m back across the decades. The Hurting was remastered and reissue
EXTD=d in an expanded version in 1999. -- Bruce Eder \n\nAmazon.com Ed
EXTD=itorial Review\nDigitally remastered reissue of the hit English n
EXTD=ew wave/ pop duo's 1983 debut album with four bonus tracks added,
EXTD= 'Pale Shelter' (Long Version), 'The Way You Are' (Extended), 'Ma
EXTD=d World' (World Remix) and 'Change' (Extended Version). The album
EXTD= also features the original version of the top 75 hit 'Change'. 1
EXTD=4 tracks total. 1999 release. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nRaw
EXTD= and Powerful, October 3, 2000 \nReviewer: Laurent Boulanger from
EXTD= Craigieburn, VICTORIA Australia\n'The Hurting' is Tears For Fear
EXTD=s's first album, which first came out in the UK and went straight
EXTD= to the No.1 spot on the chart. When it was released in 1983, mos
EXTD=t pop music was trash and meaningless. Using their teenager exper
EXTD=ience and frustrations, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith came up wit
EXTD=h this amazingly depressing but essential album- by dealing with 
EXTD=our angts and pains, we are ready to face the world. The strength
EXTD= of this album is its raw honesty and the amazingly emotional and
EXTD= convincing voice of both singers. Roland and Curt share the voca
EXTD=ls on the songs, but it's virtually impossible to tell who sings 
EXTD=what song. The added acoustic guitars give the album a different 
EXTD=feel from the synth/electric guitar follow up album, 'Songs From 
EXTD=The Big Chair'. Basically, if you're tired of listening to meanin
EXTD=gless lyrics, and don't mind outdated drum loops, then get this a
EXTD=lbum. The additional extended remixes are good for fans, and the 
EXTD=only one which stands out, 'The Way You Are', is addictive, even 
EXTD=though Roland originally dismissed it as a 'bunch of noises' rath
EXTD=er than a song. 'The Way You Are' was written between 'The Hurtin
EXTD=g' and 'Songs From The Big Chair', when the duo had discovered sy
EXTD=nthesisers, reverb and Fairlight programming. A must for fans or 
EXTD=anyone who hasn't recovered from their childhood traumas.\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBreathtaking Journey Into the Halls of An
EXTD=gst, December 16, 2000\nReviewer: Douglas Coronel "Music Guru" (S
EXTD=anta Clarita, CA United States)\nTears For Fears has the dubious 
EXTD=distinction of not realizing their full potential in all musical 
EXTD=releases after their debut album. Perhaps nowhere else is there s
EXTD=uch a flagrant example of a band having amazing genius and intell
EXTD=ectual prowess and throwing it out on a second release for catchy
EXTD= commerical tunes. For those of you who put on the headphones and
EXTD= listen to Pale Shelter or Mad World and then listen to Everybody
EXTD= Wants to Rule the World, you know exactly what I mean. This albu
EXTD=m is like a sacred manual on how to write intelligent songs that 
EXTD=touch the emotions deep within. The keyboard arrangements are phe
EXTD=nomenal on this CD, the vocals are full of pain and reflection. B
EXTD=uy this and treasure it.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHealing
EXTD= the Hurting, June 1, 2000\nReviewer: Tasha (somewhere in the wil
EXTD=ds of England)\nFor anyone who was ever denied love as a child...
EXTD= Lonely children, wounded children, violated children, sorrowful 
EXTD=children, discarded children... Too intelligent and insightful to
EXTD= be considered "pop," this album belongs with psychology books on
EXTD= healing childhood abuse, not with cool 80s dance music. If there
EXTD= were a category for healing, literary concept albums, this would
EXTD= be in the top 10. Sometimes just hearing your feelings expressed
EXTD= by another, knowing you're not alone in the dark, can be all the
EXTD= therapy you need. Give this one to someone still hurting.\n\n\nA
EXTD=MAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nStandard 80's directions, April 24, 20
EXTD=00\nReviewer: "shadboy" (Canada)\nThis is by far the best Tears F
EXTD=or Fears LP recorded. As with most 80's bands, the first was ofte
EXTD=n the best they had to offer. It contains all the usual melodies 
EXTD=we came to love in the 80's. Depression mixed with wide open soun
EXTD=d was the norm. The group was once mentioned by Robert Smith of T
EXTD=he Cure as being the exact thing they never wished to become. You
EXTD= decide.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Chris Hughes, Ross Cul
EXTD=lum \n\nAlbum Notes\nTears For Fears: Roland Orzabel (vocals, gui
EXTD=tar, keyboards, programming); Curt Smith (vocals, keyboards, bass
EXTD=); Ian Stanley (keyboards, programming); Manny Elias (drums, prog
EXTD=ramming).\n\nAdditional personnel: Caroline Orzabal (vocals); Phi
EXTD=l Palmer (guitar); Mel Collins (saxophone); Chris Hughes (program
EXTD=ming); Ross Cullum.\n\nIncludes liner notes by Ian Cranna.\nDigit
EXTD=ally remastered by Jon Astley and Chris Hughes (Close To The Edge
EXTD=).\n\nTears For Fears developed on the periphery of the early '80
EXTD=s electro-pop phenomenon; their Bath base isolating them from the
EXTD= confidence and cool of their Sheffield compatriots--the Human Le
EXTD=ague, ABC and Heaven 17--and the urban sleaze of Soft Cell. THE H
EXTD=URTING is nevertheless an assured debut; Roland Orzabal and Curt 
EXTD=Smith weaving contemporary technology with traditional arrangemen
EXTD=ts in a fashion that would soon come to dominate '80s mainstream 
EXTD=pop.\nThe result is an enduring and fascinating combination of pr
EXTD=etension ("Ideas as Opiates" is as impenetrable as its title) and
EXTD= naivetT (the regression of the title track). Angst and catharsis
EXTD= are persistent forces, evident in Orzabal's howl, the crashes of
EXTD= "Memories Fade," and the claustrophobia of "The Prisoner" and "S
EXTD=tart of the Breakdown." But THE HURTING also bursts with inspired
EXTD= pop melodies, not least with the schoolgirl la-las of "Suffer Li
EXTD=ttle Children" and the busy percussive loops of "Change." 1998 re
EXTD=mastered edition includes four bonus tracks.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n
EXTD=4 stars (out of 5) - ...THE HURTING remains a landmark work....da
EXTD=ted by the real saxophone on 'Ideas As Opiates' and 'Memories Fad
EXTD=e' as by the crashing programmed rhythms and Fairlight whistling 
EXTD=...it's nonetheless a highly emotional pop record...\nQ Magazine 
EXTD=(07/01/1999)\n\nRanked #14in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1
EXTD=983.\nCMJ (01/05/2004)\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nBritain's Tears
EXTD= for Fears stand out among the current crop of identikit synth-po
EXTD=p groups by virtue of their resourceful, stylish songwriting and 
EXTD=fetching rhythmic sway. Granted, the adolescent angst and bleak, 
EXTD=pained romanticism of singer-instrumentalists Curt Smith and Rola
EXTD=nd Orzabel sometimes come off as an adequate imitation of Joy Div
EXTD=ision, at best. But for every lapse into sackcloth-and-ashes angu
EXTD=ish on The Hurting, the duo's debut album, there is a heady, danc
EXTD=eable pop tune like "Change." On that track, a breathless core ri
EXTD=ff and nervous percussion accelerate the song's strong disco puls
EXTD=e. And on both "Mad World" and "Pale Shelter," beguiling hooks an
EXTD=d panoramic guitar effects suck the listener into dizzy whirlpool
EXTD=s of cleverly synthesized orchestration. "Start of the Breakdown"
EXTD= is a successful venture into artier territory, a macabre play-by
EXTD=-play of emotional collapse that's heightened by the stark contra
EXTD=st of exotic percussion flourishes and a bleak, descending keyboa
EXTD=rd motif.\n\n\n\nTears for Fears may be too concerned with their 
EXTD=own petty traumas, but it is a testimony to their refined pop ins
EXTD=tincts that they manage to produce this much pleasure from the pa
EXTD=in. (RS 399 - Jul 7, 1983)  -- DAVID FRICKE
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