Budgie [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Budgie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Noteworthy Prod. UK
• ASIN: B00078SBK6
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,225 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Guts

2. Everything In My Heart

3. Author

4. Nude Disentegrating Parachutist Woman

5. Rape Of The Locks

6. All Night Petrol

7. You & I

8. Homicidal Suicidal

9. Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Alternate Mix)

10. Nude Disentegrating Parachutist Woman (Single Edit)

11. Nude Disentegrating Parachutist Woman (2003 Version)

12. Guts (2003 Version)

Editorial Reviews

2004 remastered reissue of 1971 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman', 'Guts', 'Rape Of The Locks', & 'Crash Course In Brain Surgery'. Noteworthy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the dirtiest, April 18, 2008

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znodog "lenny calderon (proven itch fighter)" (nyc, usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Budgie (Audio CD)

This is a dirty little gem of a debut. You can listen to all of Budgie's output, all the great variety. But this baby always wails. Yes right from the beginning riff to the screams and screeches of Burke Shelly you can not help your self from feeling that surge that rock is all about. This is heavy and does remind you of all your favorite hard rock heroes. Budgie were contemporaries with all our heroes. They were right there since 1970. This is the beginning and a great introduction to this band, The follow up SQUAWK is on the dirty side too, worth checking out !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Guts of Metal, January 31, 2009

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Bloodbath_and_Beyond (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budgie (Audio CD)

Budgie were a Welsh trio consisting of bassist/vocalist Burke Shelly, guitarist Tony Bourge, and drummer Ray Phillips. And the music they make is easily some of the best heavy metal/hard rock ever put to tape. Produced by Black Sabbath producer Roger Bain, the band's first album released in 1971 is their best record, the first in a line of highly inspired and truely rocking classic records. Opening up with Guts, a molten heavy riff and steady pace might instantly reveal Sabbath influences and for that matter, most of Budgie's sound does that. It's without a doubt, Budgie are the missing 4th godfather of metal, alongside Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. Sabbath were the most stripped down of the three, but Budgie might actually be even more raw and basic. Bourge's thick and crunch guitars are all over the place and Burke Shelley's bass is quite good, covering a lot of midsection grooves. By todays standards, Guts might sound like a "stoner metal" track, slow and muddy much like Sabbath's Sweet Leaf but still its so heavy, it weighs tons. The "stoner metal" bands like Electric Wizard, St Vitus, Kyuss, the Melvins etc owe a huge debt to Budgie for this sound.

One of the bands trademarks was incorporating brief acoustic folk pieces in their albums, usually 2 per record. Everything In My Heart is only about a minute long and its a nice slight change of pace before the band eases you in with the slow building proggy opening of The Author, before blasting it into a full blown epic rocker. Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman is another classic. 8 and a half minutes of multiple rocking sections which might remind you of How Many More Times from Zep, and definetly inspired thrash of the 80s with all its changes. Rape Of The Locks is a bit dated lyrically but still packs a nice punch along with All Night Petrol. These songs cook and have a nice dirty unpolished sound, in other words, this is how heavy metal is supposed to sound. The band returns to a more melodic acoustic breath catcher with You And I before jetting into Homicidal Suicidal, the closing rocker and another key Budgie cut that wraps things up with a monsterous ending.

If you're looking for a good rare band you haven't heard yet, Budgie are one of the best, they easily deserved the fame and fortune Sabbath and Zeppelin have received. Their music is right on par with such. Whether youre after some great rock music, or heavy metal, or interested in the hard rock's early years, Budgie's early 70's albums offer an excellent lesson on how its done. They are purely essential.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Budgie's Breaking the Rules!, December 25, 2008

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Reijo Piippula "Rekko" (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Budgie (Audio CD)

This is the very first full-lenght Budgie album. Although they are not so famous, they have inspired many bands, including Soundarden and Metallica. This album sounds quite dirty, indeed. I mean that the sounds are not so good. Still, however, the songs are very good, and I enjoy the lyrics especially. "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" and "Rape of the Locks" are brilliant provements of great metal. I would say that their music is something between Black Sabbath and Rush with hosted of Led Zeppelin riffs and melodies of The Beatles. Mainly this is heavy metal but there's two peaceful but short songs "Everything in My Heart" and "You And I". With those two songs Budgie wanted to show their The Beatles influences. This was the second Budgie album I bought, the first was "Bandolier". They both are great albums. I recommend you to get at least the first five Budgie albums.

Stars: Homicidal Suicidal, Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman, Rape of the Locks