The Fury is the ninth studio album, and seventh under his own name, by electronic pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1985. It saw him continuing to explore the sampling-heavy industrial sound he had developed for the previous album Berserker in 1984. The album was his second released under his self-owned Numa Records label.
Although Numan's previous album Berserker had failed to make a notable commercial impact, Numan decided to continue with a simi...
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The Fury is the ninth studio album, and seventh under his own name, by electronic pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1985. It saw him continuing to explore the sampling-heavy industrial sound he had developed for the previous album Berserker in 1984. The album was his second released under his self-owned Numa Records label.
Although Numan's previous album Berserker had failed to make a notable commercial impact, Numan decided to continue with a similar sound for his next record. For the second time in his career he decided to team up with other people to produce his album, recruiting The Wave Team (Mike Smith, Ian Herron) as his co-producers. Colin Thurston assisted on the production of one track.
The Fury, as the album was to be called, continued with the highly sampled, metallic, industrial sound heard on Berserker but added layers of electronic funk that he had previously experimented with on I, Assassin (1982) and Warriors (1983). The style would become a crucial part of his music as...
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