The Sound & The Fury Live 1981 to 1991 is a double album collection of songs performed by The Alarm between 1981 to 1991. It was presented in a 3 disc box with 2 audio albums and 68 minute long interview with Mike Peters on the 3rd DVD disc. This was released by Shakedown Records in 2003 in the UK as catalogue number SHAKEBX112Z and as an export release SHAKEBX112. Recordings from this box set have featured on other condensed releases since this first came out
Track listing
Disc 1
1. Where Were You Hiding? (When The Storm Broke)
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
2. Sixty Eight Guns
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
3. Rockin In The Freeworld
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
4. Absolute Reality
(Recorded at Birmingham Powerhouse, England – Electric Folklore Tour 3/5/87)
5. Lead Me Through The Darkness
(Recorded at Birmingham Powerhouse, England – Electric Folklore Tour 3/5/87)
6. Knife Edge
(Recorded at Marquee Club, London, England – Strength Tour 17/10/85)
7. The Wind Blows Away My Words
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
8. Howling Wind
(Recorded at Birmingham Powerhouse, England – Electric Folklore Tour 3/5/87)
9. Spirit Of ’76
(Recorded at Marquee Club, London, England – Strength Tour 17/10/85)
10. The Road
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
11. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
(Recorded at Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland – The Absolute Tour 4/5/85)
12. Rain In The Summertime
(Recorded at The Cabaret, San Jose, California, USA – Celtic Folklore Tour 17/3/88)
13. Rescue Me
(Recorded at The Cabaret, San Jose, California, USA – Celtic Folklore Tour 17/3/88)
14. Moments In Time
(Recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, USA – Raw Tour 24/5/91)
15. The Chant Has Just Begun
(Recorded at Top Rank, Brighton, England – The Sound & The Fury Tour 3/2/84)
Disc 2
1. Marching On
(Recorded at Boston Paradise. Massachusetts, USA – The Stand Tour 13/12/83)
2. Shout To The Devil
(Recorded at Top Rank, Brighton, England – The Sound & The Fury Tour 3/2/84)
3. Lie Of The Land
(Recorded at Boston Paradise. Massachusetts, USA – The Stand Tour 13/12/83)
4. Second Generation
(Recorded at Glasgow Penthouse, Scotland – The Sound & The Fury Tour 1/2/84)
5. Unsafe Building
(Recorded at Top Rank, Brighton, England – The Sound & The Fury Tour 3/2/84)
6. Tell Me
(Recorded at Boston Paradise. Massachusetts, USA – The Stand Tour 13/12/83)
7. Unbreak The Promise
(Recorded at Boston Paradise. Massachusetts, USA – The Stand Tour 13/12/83)
8. Majority
(Recorded at Marquee Club, London, England – Strength Tour 17/10/85)
9. Father to Son
(Recorded at Marquee Club, London, England – Strength Tour 17/10/85)
10. Strength
(Recorded at Marquee Club, London, England – Strength Tour 17/10/85)
11. Third Light
(Recorded at Boston Orpheum. Massachusetts, USA – Strength Tour 9/11//85)
12. What Kind Of Hell
(Recorded at Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland – the Sound & The Fury Tour 4/7/84)
13. Medley: Intro/Stairway To Heaven (i) / Pinball Wizard (II) / My Generation (iii) / The Stand (iv)
(Recorded at Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, USA – Celtic Folklore Tour 27/4/88)
14. Blaze Of Glory
(Recorded at Boston Paradise. Massachusetts, USA – The Stand Tour 13/12/83)
15. We Are The Light
(Recorded at Glasgow Penthouse, Scotland – The Sound & The Fury Tour 1/2/84)
Compiled by The Alarm
The album can be found uploaded to Spotify
Album credits
Personnel :
Mike Peters (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica)
Dave Sharp (acoustic & electric guitar , vocals back-up and lead vocals on Tell Me)
Eddie Macdonald (bass, electric guitar, vocals back-up and lead vocals in Third Light)
Nigel Twist (drums and vocals back-up)
Mark Taylor (keyboards)
Sleevenotes : Roy Bainton
Mastering : Dennis Blackham at Skye Mastering
D&a/w : Phil Rogers Design
DVD Interview disc produced by Nyquest
Mike Peters interviewed by ‘Jet’ Martin Clemins – (Filmed at Wrexham College 20 December 2002)
Review
Alarm – The Sound & The Fury: Live 1981 to 1991
By Vish Khanna
Published Aug 01, 2004 on exclaim webiste
The impassioned idealism of the Clash and U2 are said to have tremendously influenced the early days of the Alarm and the Welsh quartet live up to this rep on this career-spanning live collection. Ostensibly, The Sound & The Fury captures the band over a ten-year arc (despite the album’s subtitle, the material is actually drawn from shows between 1983 and 1991) in both its folky, acoustic form and its bombastic, arena rock incarnation. The two discs contain some of the band’s best-known songs including Where Were You Hiding? (When The Storm Broke), Sixty Eight Guns, Rescue Me, and a kick-ass version of Strength. In keeping with the band’s gritty aesthetic, this is a bit of a warts-and-all affair. There’s an off-key Unbreak The Promise, not to mention some brutal butchering of classics such as Keep on Rockin In The Free World and an ill-advised medley that contains garbled stabs at the opening of Stairway to Heaven and a disorganised My Generation, both of which are preceded by a rudimentary harmonica solo by leader Mike Peters. That said, there are also many moments of excellence here thanks to the band’s infectious energy and fierce commitment to connecting with their adoring audience. (Shakedown)
