Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

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Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
NeverTurnYourBackonaFriend.jpg
Studio album by
Budgie
ReleasedJune 1973
RecordedFebruary - March 1973
StudioRockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales
GenreHeavy metal[1]
Length42:22
LabelMCA
ProducerBudgie
Budgie chronology
Squawk
(1972) 		Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
(1973) 		In for the Kill!
(1974)

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is Budgie's third album, released in June 1973. A remastered version was released in late 2004.

The album includes "Breadfan", one of the band's better known songs. Metallica recorded a cover version of "Breadfan" in 1987. The first pressings of the vinyl LP included a chiming Big Ben and a spoken intro of Winston Churchill's speech to the Commons in 1940 - however, due to legal problems, this had to be removed on later pressings and has remained that way on all CD issues to date.

The album cover was done by Roger Dean.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breadfan" 6:10
2."Baby, Please Don't Go"Big Joe Williams5:30
3."You Know I'll Always Love You" 2:15
4."You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk" 8:51
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand"6:29
6."Riding My Nightmare"2:42
7."Parents"10:25
2004 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."Breadfan" (2003 version)5:27
9."Parents" (2004 acoustic version)5:37
10."Breadfan" (Live, 1973)6:10

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Allmusic review
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