Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

Studio album by Budgie

Released

June 1973

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

42:22

Label

MCA

Producer

Budgie

Budgie chronology

Squawk
(1972)

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
(1973)

In for the Kill!
(1974)

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is Budgie's third album, released in June 1973. A remastered version was released in late 2004.

This is perhaps the band's best known album and is notable for its inclusion of "Breadfan", one of the band's better known songs. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Breadfan" in 1988.

The album cover was done by Roger Dean, who has done much of the album artwork for progressive rock band Yes.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breadfan"	6:10
2.	"Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams)	5:30
3.	"You Know I'll Always Love You"	2:15
4.	"You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk"	8:51

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand"	6:29
6.	"Riding My Nightmare"	2:42
7.	"Parents"	10:25

2004 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Breadfan" (2003 version)	5:27
9.	"Parents" (2004 acoustic version)	5:37
10.	"Breadfan" (Live, 1973)	6:10

Personnel

Burke Shelley - lead vocals, bass
Tony Bourge - guitar, backing vocals
Ray Phillips - drums

References

↑ Allmusic review

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"

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