Budgie (album) - Definition and Overview

Budgie
CD by Budgie
Released	June 1971 & 1991 (re-issue)
Recorded	1970 (?)
Genre	Heavy Metal
Record label	MCA Records (1971) & Roadrunner Records (1991)
Length	43 min 41 s
Producer	Rodger Bain
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	NR	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=316780)
ARTISTdirect review	4½ stars out of 5	link (http://store.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,58821,00.html)
Budgie Chronology
N/A	Budgie (1971)	Squawk (1972)

Budgie is Budgie's first album. It was released in June 1971 through Kapp Records. The album was re-released in 1991 by Roadrunner Records, with the bonus track "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" (originally from Budgie's fourth release, In For the Kill), which had been covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited.

Track listing

1. "Guts" - 4:21
2. "Everything In My Heart" - :52
3. "The Author" - 6:28
4. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" - 8:41
5. "Crash Course In Brain Surgery" - 2:37 (1991 re-release only)
6. "The Rape Of The Locks" - 6:13
7. "All Night Petrol" - 5:57
8. "You and I" - 1:41
9. "Homicidal Suicidal" - 6:41

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