Power Supply (album)

Power Supply

Studio album by Budgie

Released

1980

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

37:18

Budgie chronology

Impeckable
(1978)

Power Supply
(1980)

Nightflight
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
George Starostin	(8/15)^[2]

Power Supply is Budgie's eighth studio album, released in 1980 on Active Records, a sublabel of RCA Records (which was the distributor of A&M Records - Budgie's previous label - at the time). Unfortunately there is no remastered version at present time.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Burke Shelley and John Thomas, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forearm Smash"	5:40
2.	"Hellbender" (Shelley, Thomas, Steve Williams)	3:25
3.	"Heavy Revolution"	4:28
4.	"Gunslinger"	5:03
5.	"Power Supply"	3:41
6.	"Secrets in My Head"	3:58
7.	"Time to Remember"	5:27
8.	"Crime Against the World"	5:36

1993 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Wild Fire" (Shelley, Williams, Thomas)	5:13
10.	"High School Girls" (Shelley)	3:39
11.	"Panzer Division Destroyed"	5:55
12.	"Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)" (Shelley)	4:45

These tracks were originally released as the If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting EP.

Personnel

Burke Shelley - vocals, bass
John Thomas - guitar
Steve Williams - drums

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Power Supply" at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ Starostin, George. "Power Supply". Starling. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

Budgie

Burke Shelley Steve Williams Craig Goldy

Former members	Pete Boot Tony Bourge Rob Kendrick Simon Lees Ray Phillips Jim Simpson John Thomas Andy Hart

Albums	Budgie Squawk Never Turn Your Back on a Friend In for the Kill! Bandolier If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules Impeckable Power Supply Nightflight Deliver Us from Evil Life in San Antonio The Last Stage You're All Living in Cuckooland

Compilations	Best of Budgie (1975) Best of Budgie (1981) An Ecstasy of Fumbling – The Definitive Anthology Best of Budgie (1997) Heavier Than Air – Rarest Eggs We Came, We Saw... Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978 The BBC Recordings

Miscellaneous	The Extreem – From Out of the Sky 6 Ton Budgie Budgie and Beyond Ornithology v.1 Booty's B – Sides The Battle of My Mind

EPs & Singles	Crash Course in Brain Surgery / Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman Whiskey River / Guts Whiskey River / Stranded Zoom Club (Edit) / Wondering What Everyone Knows I Ain't No Mountain / Honey Smile Boy Smile / All at Sea If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting Crime Against the World / Hellbender Keeping a Rendez–vous / Apparatus I Turned to Stone (Part 1) I Turned to Stone (Part 2) Bored with Russia / Don't Cry