Tears For Fears – The Hurting
(Mercury Records 1983 MERS17)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a little surface noise at the start of side 2)
Tears for Fears are an English pop/rock band formed by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith in Bath, Avon after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate.
The Hurting is the debut album by the British new wave band Tears for Fears.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Roland Orzabal, except “The Way You Are” written by Orzabal, Curt Smith, Ian Stanley, and Manny Elias.
| Original Release | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | “The Hurting” | 4:20 |
| 2. | “Mad World” | 3:35 |
| 3. | “Pale Shelter” | 4:34 |
| 4. | “Ideas as Opiates” | 3:46 |
| 5. | “Memories Fade” | 5:08 |
| 6. | “Suffer the Children” | 3:53 |
| 7. | “Watch Me Bleed” | 4:18 |
| 8. | “Change” | 4:15 |
| 9. | “The Prisoner” | 2:55 |
| 10. | “Start of the Breakdown” | 5:00 |
Personnel
- Tears For Fears
- Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitar, keyboards, rhythm programming, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4-7, and 10
- Curt Smith – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9
- Ian Stanley – keyboard programming, computer programming
- Manny Elias – drums, rhythm programming
- Additional personnel
- Chris Hughes – rhythm programming, tuned percussion, conducting
- Ross Cullum – jazz high, dynamic toggle
- Mel Collins – saxophones
- Phil Palmer – palmer picking
- Caroline Orzabal – child vocal on “Suffer the Children”
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