Budgie (album)
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| Studio album by Budgie | ||||
| Released | June 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 40:54 | |||
| Label | Kapp/MCA | |||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | |||
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Budgie is the debut album of Welsh 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 The $5.98 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".
Budgie has generally received moderately positive reviews. Sounds 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 preferably to Black Sabbath, and I have the feeling that Budgie might develop into something a lot more interesting."
In a brief retrospective review, AllMusic declared that "For those seriously interested in metal's development, bombastic treasures like 'Homicidal Suicidal,' and 'Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman' are essential listening."
All tracks written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips.
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