The Sound of Fury was the best
rock & roll album to come out of England's original beat boom of the late '50s, and it was a singular achievement for its artist,
Billy Fury, who wrote every song on the 10" LP. A singer of extraordinary power and sensitivity, the Liverpool-born
Fury was the closest thing to
Elvis Presley that England produced. The record was a miraculous piece of
rock & roll, ten hard-rocking songs that could've passed for Memphis originals.
"My Advice," "Turn My Back On You," "Don't Say It's Over," "Since You've Been Gone," and
"It's You I Need" could stand next to the best work that
Elvis cut between 1955 and 1957, running that gamut from hot
rockabilly blow-outs to hard white
blues. ~ Bruce Eder
