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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.
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By L. J. Fisher (UK)
I bought this on vinyl when it was first relesed in 1971 and if you want a slab of good old classic rock this is it. It was produced by Roger Bain who produced the early Black Sabbath albums and was recorded at Rockfield Studios just outside a small town called Monmouth,UK, (the original Monmouth)Rockfield studios gets its name from the local village near bye called Rockfield village which was thought of by local guitarist and producer Dave Edmunds who produced Foghat's first album at Rockfield.Rockfield Studios is still going and as recently as 2009 Heaven & Hell recorded their last album there with the late James Dio.There's a book out on Rockfield Studios call Rock Legends At Rockfield by Jeff Collins. Other Budgie albums to consider are Never Turn Your Back On A Friend their 3rd album and their 5th album Bandolier. What makes the first album so good is the strong songs and good song titles. (As a footnote Monmouth name came about because it's where the mouth of the River Monnow flows in the River Wye.)
By Hyn-wook Kim (Seoul, South Korea)
Definitely, Budgie was the one of my favorite and the most important British rock band. Compared with their 1st, 3rd, and 4th, this album is slightly weak in speed and power, however, still is shining through the whole vinyl and marks as a minimalistic masterpiece in hard rock history. I have already owned two versions of this album, original first pressing vinyl and Roadrunner version. Recently, I have found this new remastered version came out and eventually got this several days ago in a full expectation for a new dimensional sound. However, after listening to this new version, I'm deeply disappointed at the remastering condition. Even compared with the early 90's version of Roadrunner version, needless to say original vinyl, this version sounds suffocating with the lack of clarity as well as weak with the lack of powerful low-pitched base. Moreover, lack of distinction among instruments and channels. Most recording companies should remember that Alternative mix or later re-jamming version may be a good present for us; however, most of old-rock lovers are more enthusiastic for the new dimensional excellent quality of familiar old stuffs.
By Bloodbath_and_Beyond (usa)
In 1971, Welsh trio Budgie (Burke Shelly bass/vocals, Tony Bourge guitars, Ray Phillips drums) released this debut album. And of course they became one of the best under the radar bands of all time. Although some have some negative opinions of Budgie (Sabbath rip off's, lack of production etc) none of that really holds up. If you're into the same old same old (Zeppelin, Sab, Purple, Heep, or even Grandfunk and Bloodrock), you should love these guys, although they will never earn their place on the mantal because they never 'made it big'. It really means nothing as this album is quite mindblowing for retro proto heavy metal. The opener Guts is right off the bat bludgeoning you with it's riffs. Budgie are not fast metal, although they do speed up on occasion. Fans of Sab's doom sound should adore it, although Budgie isn't dark. Long, structuered Zeppelin-ish rockers like The Author, Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman, and the vile Homicidal Suicidal are some of the best early day metal produced. Sprinkled upon the album (as with all of Budgie's albums) are short, to the point acoustic folk songs, as Budgie was always into dynamics. Though it may seem bleak to pure metalheads, at this time, not everything was about speed and heavyness. These slight breathcatchers make the metal these guys produce even better. The sound is quite raw which fits it perfect. The cool thing about Budgie, that I believe Zep and Sab lacked is a groove. While Zep certainly had such a thing at certain rare moments, Budgie must have had an appreciation for funk of some kind because, despite being a heavy metal band they underly a lot of unique elements into their sound although this concept wouldn't fully take shape until future efforts. It really adds to how fun it is to listen to Budgie, as mentioned before, Budgie were never into the dark witchcraft/Satanic side of metal songwriting. Either way metal doesnt need to be dark to be heavy, and although most current metalheads are too macho to check out anything like this, Metallica has seemigly given these guys a bit of cred with the generation with their covers, even if they do suck. This is great stuff, metal fan or just pure rock and roll, check them out.
By Christopher J. Stanonis (Cobleskill, NY)
I can't say enough about this album. I came to Budgie through Metallica (like most American kids) in 1990. I first bought this tape (yeah, cassette!) through Camelot Music (do they even still exist?) and was an instant fan. Although the tape is long gone, I can still sing right along with it. In my opinion, this is their best album, although there was some good stuff afterwards. I think Burke Shelley is a mixture of Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler and Satan! Good Stuff!
By Reijo Piippula (Turku, Finland)
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.
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