The Sound of Fury (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Sound Of Fury
Type = Album
Artist = Billy Fury

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Background = Orange
Released = May 1960
Recorded = Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London, on April 14, 1960
Genre = Rock
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Label = Decca LF1329
Producer =
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Last album =
This album = "The Sound Of Fury"
(1960)
Next album = "Billy Fury"
(1960) |

"The Sound Of Fury" was the first album released by Billy Fury in 1960. Described as "the best rock & roll album to come out of England's original beat boom of the late 1950s", [cite book |title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul |last=Bogdanov |first=Vladimir |coauthors=Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas |year=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location= |isbn=087930653X |pages=442 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Bgn9SGmA4dkC&pg=PA442&dq=%22The+Sound+of+Fury%22+Billy+Fury&sig=ACfU3U0Eb_fn1RBqyZgrcoRB9ds4J8JyWQ ] every one of the ten songs was written by Fury, whereas the debut albums of most artists contain covers of already-popular songs.Fact|date=September 2008 Fury was arguably the first British rock 'n roll artist to write his own songs, sometimes under the pseudonym Wilbur Wilberforce. [http://www.billyfury.com/furyman.htm]

The album was recorded in Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London, on 14 April 1960. [http://www.billyfury.com/] It featured Joe Brown on guitar, Reg Guest on piano, and bassists Bill Stark or Alan Weighell. [http://www.nic.fi/~nallew/pages/soundof.html] Andy White, known for his performance in The Beatles' first single Love Me Do, is the drummer on the album. [http://www.billyfury.com/furyman.htm] Providing backing vocals were the Four Jays.Fact|date=September 2008

The album made the top twenty, reaching position 18 on the UK Albums Chart for a week [http://www.billyfury.com/] . It was not well appreciated at the time of its release, but is now regarded as one of the most important early British rock 'n roll albums. [http://www.billyfury.com/]

Track list

*That's Love (Fury)
*My Advice (Wilberforce)
*Phone Call (Wilberforce)
*You Don't Know (Wilberforce)
*Turn My Back On You (Wilberforce)
*Don't Say It's Over (Fury)
*Since You've Been Gone (Wilberforce)
*It's You I Need (Fury)
*Alright, Goodbye (Wilberforce)
*Don't Leave Me This Way (Fury)

References

External links

* [http://www.nic.fi/~nallew/pages/soundof.html Billy Fury Record Data]