The Hurting
by Tears For Fears
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Tears For Fears bestography
The Hurting is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Tears For Fears on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tears For Fears is Songs From The Big Chair which is ranked number 320 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,158.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Hurting track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Hurting rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 69 Music Albums of 1983 | 15/69 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 54 Music Albums of 1983 | 17/54 | 4 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 45 Music Albums of 1983 | 20/45 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 19 Music Albums of 1983 | 6/19 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 53/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector | 9/34 | - |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 29/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 300 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,810 | |||
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The Hurting ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  ssteve | 2,599 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 04:06 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 14:05 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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The Hurting forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsThe Hurting comments
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This summed up my early teens when I first heard this album, Full of angst and horror, I remember it well and this album reminds me of those feelings even to this day decades later. (Edited)
Simply Excellent, Angst Hurt, Confusion, Madness, truly summed my teenage years (Edited)
This is a surprisingly good album for debut and for the genre it represents, Mad World is true masterpiece of 80s music, but the whole record is pretty solid.
santropez 03/09/2019 15:06 | #233286
Favourite track: "Mad World"
Least-liked track: "The Prisoner"
Tears for Fears really stands out from the rest in relation from synth-oriented pop tunes, they really new how to do it smartly. The Hurting, for this case, is an good debut.
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