The Hurting is the debut studio album by British new wave band Tears for Fears, released on 7 March 1983 by Mercury Records distributed by Phonogram Inc. The album peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release and was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release. The album also entered the Top 40 in several other countries including Canada, Germany, and Australia. It was certified Platinum in the UK in January 1985.
Standard cover art, originally used for the "Suffer the Children" single
Cover art for earlier international editions, originally used for the "Mad World" single
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the synth-pop bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.
Tears for Fears in 2017. Curt Smith (left) and Roland Orzabal (right)
Tears for Fears in a 1985 publicity photo
Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith in 2008.