Tears For Fears – The Hurting (1983/2014)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Synth Pop
Released Country: UK
Year of Publication: 2014
Publisher (label): Universal Music Group
Catalog number: 0600753479438
Country: UK
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4
Audio Codec: LPCM, DTS-HD MA, AC3
Duration: 41:46
Size: 5.93 GB
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 5989 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3701 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
# 3 Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3103 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
The Hurting would have been a daring debut for a pop-oriented band in any era, but it was an unexpected success in England in 1983, mostly by virtue of its makers’ ability to package an unpleasant subject — the psychologically wretched family histories of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith — in an attractive and sellable musical format. Not that there weren’t a few predecessors, most obviously John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band album — which was also, not coincidentally, inspired by the work of primal scream pioneer Arthur Janov. (But Lennon had the advantage of being an ex-Beatle when that meant the equivalent to having a box next to God’s in the great arena of life, where Tears for Fears were just starting out.) Decades later, “Pale Shelter,” “Ideas as Opiates,” “Memories Fade,” “Suffer the Children,” “Watch Me Bleed,” “Change,” and “Start of the Breakdown” are powerful pieces of music, beautifully executed in an almost minimalist style. “Memories Fade” offers emotional resonances reminiscent of “Working Class Hero,” while “Pale Shelter” functions on a wholly different level, an exquisite sonic painting sweeping the listener up in layers of pulsing synthesizers, acoustic guitar arpeggios, and sheets of electronic sound (and anticipating the sonic texture, if not the precise sound of their international breakthrough pop hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”). The work is sometimes uncomfortably personal, but musically compelling enough to bring it back across the decades.
Tracklist:
01 – The Hurting
02 – Mad World
03 – Pale Shelter
04 – Ideas As Opiates
05 – Memories Fade
06 – Suffer The Children
07 – Watch Me Bleed
08 – Change
09 – The Prisoner
10 – Start Of The Breakdown
Disc Title: TEARS FOR FEARS Disc Size: 6 257 149 257 bytes Protection: AACS BD-Java: No Playlist: 00000.MPLS Size: 6 222 747 648 bytes Length: 0:41:46.170 Total Bitrate: 19,86 Mbps Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 5989 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3701 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3103 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
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