The Hurting
The Hurting is the debut album by the British band Tears for Fears. It was released in March 1983 and became a number-one album in the UK.
History
After the dissolution of the more ska -based band Graduate Roland Orzabal wrote songs that are often applied quite minimalist. An influence was about John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album. A & R manager David Bates heard demos of the title Suffer the Children and Pale Shelter and the band recorded for Mercury Records. Both titles were recorded as singles; the Suffer produced by David Lord the Children appeared in November 1981, the title Pale Shelter ( You Do not Give Me Love ) was produced by Mike Howlett and published in March 1982.
Bates opted for the production of an album, and brought Tears for Fears, along with the music producer Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum. Bates and Hughes had met as colleagues at Virgin Records and worked together in the band " The Blitz Brothers". The first joint work of the band with Hughes and Cullum was the single Mad World, which in the UK ( 3rd place) and German charts (No. 21) placed. Bates prompted that the originally planned as an A- side Ideas as Opiates British single was exchanged for Mad World. The single change placed in the UK Top 40 at # 4 and the Billboard Hot 100 at number 73 in March 1983 appeared before the album. A produced by Hughes and Cullum re-recording of Pale Shelter was released as a single in 1983 and peaked in the UK and Germany singles chart placements.
Style and texts
On the album can be heard synthesizers, acoustic guitars and electronic soundscapes. Besides Orzabal and Smith, form the core of Tears for Fears, were also involved in the recording Manny Elias on drums and Ian Stanley on keyboards. The Adam Ants drummer known Hughes ( drum programming and percussion) also participated in the musical recordings. As a guest musician saxophonist Mel Collins and guitarist Phil Palmer are represented. Caroline Orzabal, wife of Roland Orzabal, contributed a vocal part for Suffer the Children. The album deals content with difficult childhood experiences.
Publication and chart success
The album was released in early March 1983, the end of the month reached the top of the British album charts and was at the same time awarded by the Association of British music BPI with a gold record for more than 150,000 copies sold. The album remained until October 1983 continuously in the charts and stayed a total of 65 weeks. In 1985 he was the certification with a platinum disc for over 300,000 records sold by the BPI.
In the German album charts, the album reached position 15 and reached the re-release again in 1999 the charts (No. 15).
In the Billboard 200, the album reached number 82.
In 2009, the band released a remastered deluxe edition with a second disc containing rare and unreleased recordings.
Reception
Bruce Eder of Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. The album was an " unexpected success " in England. He described it as " sometimes uncomfortably personal, but musically compelling enough to bring it back across the Decades. "
Title list
All songs were written by Roland Orzabal, unless otherwise indicated.
Original edition
The original cassette version of the album contained a bonus track - Change ( New Version) -, a former mix of the song.
Remaster 1999
As above, four additional pieces: