Tears For Fears – The Hurting LP (Half Speed Master)

Tears For Fears – The Hurting 

Tears for Fears debut album The Hurting was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release. The album 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 five in the UK.

This half speed was engineered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using a half-speed mastering technique which produces a superior vinyl cut.

Tracklist:
A1 The Hurting
A2 Mad World
A3 Pale Shelter
A4 Ideas As Opiates
A5 Memories Fade

B1 Suffer The Children
B2 Watch Me Bleed
B3 Change
B4 The Prisoner
B5 Start Of The Breakdown

Label: Mercury 
Released: 1983/2023