- Budgie (album)
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Budgie Studio album by Budgie Released June 1971 & 1991 (re-issue) Recorded 1970 Genre Hard rock, heavy metal Length 43:41 Label Kapp Records/MCA Producer Rodger Bain Budgie chronology Budgie
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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 a precursors to doom metal.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks by Tony Bourge & Burke Shelley
- "Guts" – 4:21
- "Everything in My Heart" – 0:52
- "The Author" – 6:28
- "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" – 8:41
- "Rape of the Locks" – 6:13
- "All Night Petrol" – 5:57
- "You and I" – 1:41
- "Homicidal Suicidal" – 6:41
Remastered version
The remastered version of Budgie contains these extra tracks:
- "Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Alternate Mix)"
- "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (Single Edit)"
- "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (2003 Version)"
- "Guts (2003 Version)"
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
References
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Budgie - Budgie". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 January 2006.
- ^ Starostin, George. "Budgie". Starling. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
Former members - Pete Boot
- Tony Bourge
- Rob Kendrick
- Simon Lees
- Ray Phillips
- Jim Simpson
- John Thomas
- Andy Hart
Albums 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
Categories:- 1971 albums
- Kapp Records albums
- Budgie albums
- Debut albums
- Albums produced by Rodger Bain
- MCA Records albums
- English-language albums
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