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THE FURY

Call Out The Dogs
This Disease
Your Fascination
Miracles
The Pleasure Skin
Creatures
Tricks
God Only Knows
I Still Remember

 

 

 

Bonus Tracks

We Need It
Anthem
No Shelter
Puppets
The Fear
The Fury (1985 Sep)

Gary Numan (Keyboards, Vocals)
Mike Smith (Keyboards)
Tracey Ackerman (Vocals)
Tessa Niles (Vocals)
Dick Morrisey (Saxophone)
Andy Coughlan (Bass)
Ian Herron (Guitars, Vocals)
Ian Ritchie (Saxophone)
Martin Elliott (Bass)

Produced by Gary Numan & The Wave Team (& Colin Thurston)

Engineered by Peter Buhlmann
Assisted by Andy Reilly

Recorded and Mixed at Rock City Studios, Shepperton

Release Date: September 1985
Highest Chart Position: 24

LP WG Teldec
LP UK Numa NUMA 1003 (Sep 1985)
LP UK Numa NUMAX 1003 (Picture Disc) (Sep 1985)
LP UK Numa NUMAP 1003 (Picture Disc) (Sep 1985)
CA UK Numa NUMAC 1003 (Sep 1985)
CA UK Numa NUMAK 1003 (Extended Mixes)
CD UK Numa CDNUMA 1003 (Sep 1985)
CD UK Numa NUMACDX 1003 (Extended Mixes) (Dec 1996)
CD UK Eagle EAMCD073 (1999)
CD US Cleopatra CLP 0389-2 (1998)
Cassette Covers

REISSUE COVERS

The Fury Picture Disc
1998 Jun The Numa Years Box Set CDs
1998 Nov The Fury Reissue CD

THE FURY THE SINGLES

1985 Jul Your Fascination 7"/12"

3:31 Your Fascination 6:50 We Need It 7" UK Numa NU9 7" UK Numa NUP9 (Picture Disc) 5:10 Your Fascination (Extended) 6:50 We Need It 3:23 Anthem 12" UK Numa NUM9 12" UK Numa NUMP9 (Picture Disc)

1985 Sep Call Out The Dogs 7"/12"

3:13 Call Out The Dogs (Edit) 3:55 This Ship Comes Apart 7" UK Numa NU11 6:42 Call Out The Dogs (Extended) 7:18 No Shelter + This Ship Comes Apart 12" UK Numa NUM11

1985 Nov Miracles 7"/12"

3:38 Miracles 4:24 The Fear 7" UK Numa NU13 (White, Red, and Black vinyl versions) 4:18 Miracles (Extended) 6:14 The Fear (Extended) 12" UK Numa NUM13 (White, Red, and Black vinyl versions)

ALBUM INFO

The digitally remastered version of The Fury, including the extra tracks, was first made available by Eagle Records in The Numa Years Box Set.

The original album was released by Gary Numans own record label, Numa Records, in 1985.

The digitally remastered version  has new artwork, and the extensive sleeve notes that first appeared in The Numa Years.

REVIEW

After Berserker, Gary Numan moved away from the interesting techno sound into the Janet Jacksonesque dance music that turned off a lot of his fans for the next nine years and four albums. 1985's The Fury was the first Numan release whose sound was often taken over by the female background singers (mostly Tessa Niles). The worst tracks on the album are the ones where Niles moves beyond just complementing the songs to just being annoying. The ringers are "This Disease," "Creatures," and "Tricks." I have to set my CD player to skip these tracks. With those tracks gone, however, The Fury is not a bad album. This version, which has the excellent 12" "I Still Remember," has plenty to offer the Numan fan who is not fixated on his 1979/early 1980s New Wave material (The Fury does not have anything resembling "Cars"). "Call Out the Dogs" (which begins with a clip from Blade Runner for the movie buffs) and "Your Fascination" are two dance tracks that are complemented by the female vox. The latter, in particular, is very catchy. "The Pleasure Skin" rocks! The more I hear it, the more I like it. "Miracles" and "God Only Knows" are beautiful ballads, especially the latter which is one of my Numan favorites. "I Still Remember" is another nice slow number, but I think the 12" version is more powerful both musically and lyrically. Changing the line "I can't believe how love burns away" to "How can they do this to me...again?" makes a big difference in the feel of the track. The lyric change induces more sympathy from the listener (at least for me, anyway). Definitely buy The Fury version with this track. Most of the other extras are good as well. "Call Out the Dogs" clocks in at almost 7 minutes. It is not all that special, though. "Anthem" is a haunting techno track. It is mostly instrumental but Numan does supply vocals near the end. "Tribal" is also haunting but also rocks. It is an alternate version of "Call Out the Dogs," but only resembles the song at the chorus. The verses are much different. I like them better than the original as they are edgier although it is not a polished (it is a demo). "The Fear" is another nice haunting track where the female vox are quiet enough not to intrude. "We Need It" (B-side to "Your Fascination") is absent which is puzzling because it is a pretty good dance track (I like the beginning of it, anyway) as is "This Ship Comes Apart" (B-side of "Call Out the Dogs"). The latter is no loss as it is a terrible track with JUST female vox. Yes, there are ringers on this album and fans expecting New Wave will probably be disappointed but, taken as a dance album, The Fury has plenty to offer and, with the extra tracks, it is quite good and worthy of an extra star. The booklet includes several photos of Numan in his handsome white suit and lyrics. 

Reviewer: Amazon.co.uk (Customer Review) 

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