''Budgie'' is the debut album by the
Welsh heavy metal band
Budgie. It was released on July 30,
1971 through
MCA Records
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Pre-history
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. The US version on
Kapp Records
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includes "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released as a single and covered by
Metallica on their 1987 EP ''
The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited
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''. "Homicidal Suicidal" has also been covered by the Seattle
grunge band
Soundgarden
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. Canadian band
Thrush Hermit
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History
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covered "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" on the album ''All Technology Aside'', included on the 2010 ''The Complete Recordings'' box set.
Reception
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Sounds
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'' 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 preferable to
Black Sabbath
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, and I have the feeling that Budgie might develop into something a lot more interesting."
In a brief retrospective review,
AllMusic
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declared that "For those seriously interested in metal's development, bombastic treasures like 'Homicidal Suicidal,' and 'Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman' are essential listening."
Track listing
Personnel
;Budgie
*Tony Bourge -
guitar
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*
Burke Shelley -
bass,
vocals
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,
mellotron
*
Ray Phillips -
drums,
percussion
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;Additional personnel
*
Rodger Bain
Rodger Bain (born 1945) is a British record producer, known for producing albums by heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Budgie and Judas Priest in the 1970s. He is mainly associated as the staff producer at Vertigo Records in the early to ...
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production
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*Ray Dorsey - liner notes
*Shepard Sherbell - design,
photography
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*David Sparling - artwork, cover painting
References
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1971 debut albums
Kapp Records albums
Budgie (band) albums
Albums produced by Rodger Bain
MCA Records albums
Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios