Sound & Fury (album)
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Sound & Fury is the first studio album
released by the American
punk rock
band Youth Brigade
. It was released in two different versions, both of which have been out of print: the original version in 1982 and the revised version in 1983 (with several post-1982 compositions added to the album). Until the 1994 release of their proper second album, Happy Hour
, it was the band's only full-length LP, although they recorded an album
under the name The Brigade during bassist Adam Stern's hiatus from the group, which lasted from 1985 to 1991.
The 1983 version of the album was released on CD
as the first half of the 1994 compilation, Sink With Kalifornija
, which remains in print today, while the 1982 version was released on CD
in 1998 as Out of Print.
in July 1982 with engineer Steve Brenner. However, during the Someone Got Their Head Kicked In tour with Social Distortion
(as chronicled in the documentary Another State of Mind) in the summer of 1982, which marked their first national tour, Youth Brigade realized that they were disappointed with Sound & Fury and stopped the pressing at only 800 copies, most of which they sold on the tour.
After the end of the Someone Got Their Head Kicked In tour, the band returned home and decided to re-record Sound & Fury, keeping only four tracks from the original version. Recording sessions for the second version began in March 1983 at Perspective Sound, Sun Valley, California, with Thom Wilson
producing. The sessions lasted only a month, concluding in April.
Allmusic writer Victor W. Valdivia claimed that Sound & Fury does a "much better job, proving that Youth Brigade has enough musical talent to justify their prominence" and described the members of Youth Brigade "a superb ensemble who can construct nicely energetic pop-punk anthems." Valdivia also described "Sink With California" (the first track on the re-release) and "Fight to Unite" "hopeful anthems of unity and action that are neither nihilistic nor simpleminded, as too many other punk songs of the era are, and are backed with hard-driving punk to boot", while he also called "Men in Blue" the "standard anti-police rant". The album received a rating of three out of five stars.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
released by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Youth Brigade
Youth Brigade (band)
Youth Brigade is a Southern California punk music trio formed in 1980 by brothers Mark Stern, Adam Stern, and Shawn Stern. The band subsequently founded BYO , which served both as their record label and as a statement of their attitude toward the young people involved in the punk subculture, which...
. It was released in two different versions, both of which have been out of print: the original version in 1982 and the revised version in 1983 (with several post-1982 compositions added to the album). Until the 1994 release of their proper second album, Happy Hour
Happy Hour (Youth Brigade album)
Happy Hour is a studio album by the American punk rock band Youth Brigade, released in 1994. This was the band's first full-length studio album since their debut Sound & Fury, released twelve years earlier...
, it was the band's only full-length LP, although they recorded an album
The Dividing Line (Youth Brigade album)
The Dividing Line is a studio album by the American punk rock band Youth Brigade, released in 1986 under the moniker The Brigade. This would be the only the band's only release with bassist Bob Gnarly, who replaced Adam Stern in 1985...
under the name The Brigade during bassist Adam Stern's hiatus from the group, which lasted from 1985 to 1991.
The 1983 version of the album was released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
as the first half of the 1994 compilation, Sink With Kalifornija
Sink With Kalifornija
-Personnel:* Shawn Stern – vocals, guitar* Adam Stern – bass* Mark Stern – drums-References:"http://www.byorecords.com/index.php?page=one_band&aid=17&albumid=100057"...
, which remains in print today, while the 1982 version was released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in 1998 as Out of Print.
Origins and recording
Sound & Fury was originally recorded at Mystic Studios in Hollywood, CaliforniaHollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
in July 1982 with engineer Steve Brenner. However, during the Someone Got Their Head Kicked In tour with Social Distortion
Social Distortion
Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...
(as chronicled in the documentary Another State of Mind) in the summer of 1982, which marked their first national tour, Youth Brigade realized that they were disappointed with Sound & Fury and stopped the pressing at only 800 copies, most of which they sold on the tour.
After the end of the Someone Got Their Head Kicked In tour, the band returned home and decided to re-record Sound & Fury, keeping only four tracks from the original version. Recording sessions for the second version began in March 1983 at Perspective Sound, Sun Valley, California, with Thom Wilson
Thom Wilson
-Thom Wilson:Thom Wilson is a now-retired American punk rock record producer and engineer.-Career:Wilson began his musical career in the mid-1970s, engineering recordings by soft rock artits Burton Cummings and Seals & Crofts. He began working on punk rock albums in the early 1980s while producing...
producing. The sessions lasted only a month, concluding in April.
Critical reception
The re-recorded version of Sound & Fury met with moderate success and received rave reviews upon release in June 1983. It is now considered a classic punk album by fans and critics.Allmusic writer Victor W. Valdivia claimed that Sound & Fury does a "much better job, proving that Youth Brigade has enough musical talent to justify their prominence" and described the members of Youth Brigade "a superb ensemble who can construct nicely energetic pop-punk anthems." Valdivia also described "Sink With California" (the first track on the re-release) and "Fight to Unite" "hopeful anthems of unity and action that are neither nihilistic nor simpleminded, as too many other punk songs of the era are, and are backed with hard-driving punk to boot", while he also called "Men in Blue" the "standard anti-police rant". The album received a rating of three out of five stars.
Side one
- "Fight to Unite"
- "Treachery"
- "The Circle"
- "Boys in the Brigade"
- "Alienated"
- "You Don't Understand"
Side two
- "Brigade Song"
- "Full Force"
- "Sound & Fury"
- "Something's Gonna Change"
- "Confusion"
- "Violence"
- "On the Edge"
Personnel
- Shawn Stern − guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, vocals - Adam Stern − bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Mark Stern − drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals
1983 version
The track listing to the re-recorded version is different than the original; only four out of the 13 songs off the original version appear on this version.Side one (1983)
- "Sink With California"
- "Modest Proposal"
- "Men in Blue (Part I)"
- "Sound & Fury"
- "Fight to Unite"
- "Jump Back"
- "Blown Away"
Side two (1983)
- "Live Life"
- "What Are You Fighting For"
- "Did You Wanna Die"
- "You Don't Understand"
- "The Circle"
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" (WilliamsBernice WilliamsBernice Williams is an American songwriter, who wrote the 1960s song "Duke of Earl" along with Gene Chandler and Earl Edwards. She also wrote "Night Owl". Bernice wrote three Billboard Hot 100 songs in the 1960s.Chandler was discovered by Williams...
, Edwards, DixonGene ChandlerGene Chandler also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene...
) - "What Will the Revolution Change"
Personnel (1983)
- Shawn Stern − guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, vocals - Adam Stern − bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Mark Stern − drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals