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Power Supply (album)

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Power Supply
Studio album by
Released10 October 1980
Recorded1980
StudioThe Old Mill, Rockfield, Wales
GenreHeavy metal[1][2]
Length37:18
LabelRCA, Active
ProducerBudgie & Dave Charles
Budgie chronology
Impeckable
(1978)
Power Supply
(1980)
Nightflight
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Power Supply is the eighth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, 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

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All tracks are written by Burke Shelley and John Thomas, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forearm Smash" 5:40
2."Hellbender"Shelley, Thomas, Steve Williams3:25
3."Heavy Revolution" 4:28
4."Gunslinger" 5:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
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
1993 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Wild Fire"Shelley, Williams, Thomas5:13
10."High School Girls"Shelley3:39
11."Panzer Division Destroyed" 5:55
12."Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)"Shelley4:45
2012 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Power Supply" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ^ Malone, Frank (18 March 2018). "Budgie Power Supply review - Metallum". Metallum. Retrieved 12 December 2021.