Budgie (album)

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Budgie
Studio album by Budgie
Released	June, 1971 & 1991 (re-issue)
Recorded	1970
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	43:41
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Rodger Bain
Professional reviews
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Budgie chronology
Budgie (1971) Squawk (1972)

Budgie is Budgie's first album. It was released in June 1971 through MCA Records. The US version on Kapp Records includes "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released as a single. (It had been covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited.) "Homicidal Suicidal" has also been covered by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Guts" – 4:21
2. "Everything in My Heart" – :52
3. "The Author" – 6:28
4. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" – 8:41
5. "The Rape of the Locks" – 6:13
6. "All Night Petrol" – 5:57
7. "You and I" – 1:41
8. "Homicidal Suicidal" – 6:41

[edit] Remastered version

The remastered version of Budgie contains these extra tracks:

1. "Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Alternate Mix)"
2. "Nude Disintergrating Parachutist Woman (Single Edit)"
3. "Nude Disintergrating Parachutist Woman (2003 Version)"
4. "Guts (2003 Version)"

[edit] Personnel

• Rodger Bain - Producer
• Tony Bourge - guitar, vocals
• Ray Phillips - percussion, drums
• Burke Shelley - bass, vocals, mellotron
• Ray Dorsey - Liner Notes
• Shepard Sherbell - Design, Photography
• David Sparling - Artwork, Cover Painting

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