Power Supply (album)
Power Supply is Budgie's eighth studio album, released in October 1980 on Active Records, a sublabel of RCA Records (which was the distributor of A&M Records — Budgie's previous label — at the time). This is the first album without original guitarist Tony Bourge, who left the band in 1978 after the album Impeckable.
| Power Supply | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 10 October 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | The Old Mill, Rockfield, Wales | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[1][2] | |||
| Length | 37:18 | |||
| Label | RCA, Active | |||
| Producer | Budgie & Dave Charles | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Burke Shelley and John Thomas, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Forearm Smash" | 5:40 | |
| 2. | "Hellbender" | Shelley, Thomas, Steve Williams | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Heavy Revolution" | 4:28 | |
| 4. | "Gunslinger" | 5:03 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Power Supply" | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Secrets in My Head" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Time to Remember" | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Crime Against the World" | 5:36 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Wild Fire" | Shelley, Williams, Thomas | 5:13 |
| 10. | "High School Girls" | Shelley | 3:39 |
| 11. | "Panzer Division Destroyed" | 5:55 | |
| 12. | "Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)" | Shelley | 4:45 |
- These tracks were originally released as the If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting EP.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Crime Against the World" (single edit) | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Gunslinger" (live, 1981) | 4:55 |
| 11. | "Crime Against the World" (live, 1981) | 4:52 |
Personnel
- Band members
- Burke Shelley – vocals, bass
- John Thomas – guitar, slide guitar
- Steve Williams – drums
- Production
- Dave Charles – producer, engineer
- Neil Jones – light & sound design
- Tommy John – light & sound design
- Eric Olthwaite – light & sound design
- Adrian Chesterman – Illustration
References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Power Supply" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- Malone, Frank (18 March 2018). "Budgie Power Supply review - Metallum". Metallum. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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