Tears For Fears’ The Hurting SDE blu-ray pre-order ends today

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Tears For Fears’ debut album The Hurting was released on this day in 1983. It’s a stunning album, cherished as much for brilliant album cuts such as ‘Memories Fade’, ‘Watch Me Bleed’ and the title track as for the superb UK hit singles, ‘Mad World’, ‘Pale Shelter’ and ‘Change’.

In 2023 Steven Wilson remixed the album in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo for its 40th anniversary. He also mixed, in stereo, previously unheard early Mike Howlett-produced versions of ‘Mad World’ and ‘Watch Me Bleed’. All of this featured on a special SDE exclusive blu-ray audio alongside an instrumental version of the album (also mixed by Steven Wilson) and the original stereo mix.

Audio streams available on the SDE-exclusive The Hurting Blu-ray Audio:

• The Hurting – Steven Wilson 2023 Dolby Atmos mix
• The Hurting – Steven Wilson 2023 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix (96/24)
• The Hurting – Original Mix in hi-res stereo (96/24)
• The Hurting – Steven Wilson 2023 Instrumental mix in hi-res stereo (96/24)

And the two bonus tracks, both mixed to hi-res stereo (96/24) by Steven Wilson, are:

• ‘Mad World’ (Mike Howlett Version)
• ‘Watch Me Bleed’ (Mike Howlett Version)

Issued in 2023, this special blu-ray edition of The Hurting was #9 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. A few weeks ago we announced that this blu-ray would be repressed in limited quantities, due to high demand. The blu-ray is identical to the previous edition and will ship with the same SDE slipcase.

The pre-order window CLOSES TODAY so to guarantee yourself a copy, place your pre-order now, if you haven’t already done so. Either visit the SDE shop using via this link, or use the button below. The blu-ray repress is released on 24 April 2026, via UMR.

Tracklisting

The Hurting Tears For Fears /

• SDE-exclusive Blu-ray Audio

  • ‘The Hurting’ in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (96/24), stereo &  Instrumental Mix (96/24)

    1. The Hurting
    2. Mad World
    3. Pale Shelter
    4. Ideas As Opiates
    5. Memories Fade
    6. Suffer The Children
    7. Watch Me Bleed
    8. Change
    9. The Prisoner
    10. Start Of The Breakdown

    Previously unreleased bonus tracks

    1. Mad World (Mike Howlett Version)
    2. Watch Me Bleed (Mike Howlett Version)
• Half-speed mastered vinyl LP