''In for the Kill!'' is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band

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. It was released through

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in May 1974. The album includes the song "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released in 1971 as a single. The song was covered by

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for their 1987 EP ''

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'', while the album's title track was covered by

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during the group's club days.

Track listing

Personnel

;Budgie *

Burke Shelley John Burke Shelley (10 April 1950 – 10 January 2022) was a Welsh musician, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist of the rock band Budgie. Musical career In 1967, Cardiff-born Shelley co-founded the band Hills Contemporary Grass with ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Tony Bourge -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Pete Boot -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

;Production staff *Budgie - producer *

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- producer for "Crash Course In Brain Surgery" *Kingsley Ward -

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*Pat Moran - engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control Budgie (band) albums 1974 albums MCA Records albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios