Budgie (album)

Budgie

Studio album by Budgie

Released

June 1971

Recorded

1971

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

40:54

Label

Kapp/MCA

Producer

Rodger Bain

Budgie chronology

Budgie
(1971)

Squawk
(1972)

Budgie is the debut album of British hard rock band Budgie. 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 and covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited. "Homicidal Suicidal" has also been covered by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. Canadian band Thrush Hermit covered "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" on the album All Technology Aside, included on the 2010 "The Complete Recordings Box Set". The opening track "Guts" as well as "Homicidal Suicidal" can be seen as precursors to doom metal.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Budgie has generally received moderately positive reviews. Sounds criticized the album as being somewhat nondescript, but praised it for having "a lot of good natured foot-tapping music" and concluded "I certainly find it infinitely preferably to Black Sabbath, and I have the feeling that Budgie might develop into something a lot more interesting."^[2]

In a brief retrospective review, AllMusic declared that "For those seriously interested in metal's development, bombastic treasures like 'Homicidal Suicidal,' and 'Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman' are essential listening."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guts"	4:21
2.	"Everything in My Heart"	0:52
3.	"The Author"	6:28
4.	"Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman"	8:41

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Rape of the Locks"	6:13
6.	"All Night Petrol"	5:57
7.	"You and I"	1:41
8.	"Homicidal Suicidal"	6:41

2004 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Crash Course in Brain Surgery" (alternate mix)	2:36
10.	"Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" (single edit)	4:08
11.	"Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" (2003 version)	3:45
12.	"Guts" (2003 version)	3:53

Personnel

Rodger Bain - production
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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Henderson, Alex. "Budgie - Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 January 2006.
↑ Peacock, Steve (28 August 1971). "Album Reviews". Sounds (Spotlight Publications). p. 18.

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"