| 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 | |||
| Budgie chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
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.
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
- 1 2 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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