Amongst the many emails to arrive in the 17 Seconds inbox (which I would describe as resembling a warzone, were that metaphor possibly singularly inappropriate at the moment) was this: a press release concerning the thirtieth anniversary of Tears For Fears’ debut album, The Hurting, due out on October 21.

Now there’s no doubt that a certain cult film about ten years ago did much to raise the band’s profile – but some of us still loved the band from of old.

This was the album that gave us such awesome tracks as these…

The full tracklisting over the 3 CDs and DVD is as follows:

DISC ONE

The Original Album

The Hurting
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Ideas As Opiates
Memories Fade
Suffer The Children
Watch Me Bleed
Change
The Prisoner
Start Of The Breakdown

DISC TWO

Singles, B-Sides, Mixes & Rarities

Suffer The Children (original 7″)
Pale Shelter (original 7″)
The Prisoner (original version)
Ideas As Opiates
Change (new version)
Suffer The Children (remix)
Pale Shelter (original 12″)
Mad World (world remix)
Change (extended version)
Pale Shelter (reissue 12″)
Suffer The Children (instrumental)
Change (7″ edit)
Wino (B-side)
The Conflict (B-side)
We Are Broken (B-side)
Suffer The Children (promo CD)

DISC THREE

The BBC Sessions

Ideas As Opiates (Peel Session)
Suffer The Children (Peel Session)
The Prisoner (Peel Session)
The Hurting (Peel Session)
Memories Fade (Jensen Session)
The Prisoner (Jensen Session)
The Start Of The Breakdown (Jensen Session)
The Hurting (Jensen Session)
Start Of The Breakdown (Live)
Change (Jensen Session)

DISC FOUR – DVD

‘In My Mind’s Eye’ – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1984.

Start Of The Breakdown
Mothers Talk
Pale Shelter
The Working Hour
The Prisoner
Ideas As Opiates
Mad World
We Are Broken
Head Over Heels
Suffer The Children
The Hurting
Memories Fade
Change