Best of Budgie (1975 album)

Best of Budgie

Greatest hits album by Budgie

Released

1975

Recorded

1973-1975

Genre

Rock

Length

61:18

Budgie chronology

Best Of Budgie
(1975)

Best Of Budgie
(1981)

Best Of Budgie was the first compilation album by Welsh rock band Budgie. It contained tracks from the band's third, fourth and fifth studio albums.

Track listing

All music composed by Burke Shelley and Tony Bourge, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breadfan" (Shelley, Bourge, Ray Phillips)	5:58
2.	"I Ain't No Mountain" (Andy Fairweather Low)	3:15
3.	"I Can't See My Feelings"	5:47
4.	"Baby Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams)	5:26
5.	"Zoom Club"	9:42

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breaking All the House Rules"	7:20
2.	"Parents" (Shelley, Bourge, Phillips)	11:10
3.	"In for the Kill"	6:17
4.	"In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand" (Shelley, Bourge, Phillips)	6:15

Personnel

Burke Shelley - bass & vocals
Tony Bourge - guitar
Ray Phillips - drums (tracks 1, 4, 7 & 9)
Pete Boot - drums (tracks 5 & 8)
Steve Williams - drums (tracks 2, 3 & 6)

Budgie

Burke Shelley Steve Williams Craig Goldy Tony Bourge Ray Phillips Pete Boot Rob Kendrick John "Big" Thomas Duncan Mackay Jim Simpson Robert "Congo" Jones Andy Hart Simon Lees

Studio 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 You're All Living in Cuckooland

Live albums	Heavier Than Air – Rarest Eggs We Came, We Saw... Life in San Antonio Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978 The BBC Recordings

Compilations	Best of Budgie (1975) Best of Budgie (1981) An Ecstasy of Fumbling – The Definitive Anthology Best of Budgie (1997) The Last Stage

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 Rendezvous"/"Apparatus" "I Turned to Stone (Part 1)"/"I Turned to Stone (Part 2)" "Bored with Russia"/"Don't Cry"