Bandolier

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Artist: Budgie
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Release Date: 1975
Genre: Rock

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After four albums, Budgie had achieved moderate success in the U.K. with their unique combination of Black Sabbath heaviness, progressive rock flashes, and bizarre sense of humor. But 1975's Bandolier found the band pursuing a more conventional rock sound with a noticeable funk influence. This is most apparent on the guitar-scratching "I Can't See My Feelings" and the finger-snapping "Who Do You Want for Your Love?," featuring a slow groove topped with vocalist Burke Shelley's soulful wailing. While the riff-heavy "Breaking All the House Rules" and the amusing "Napoleon Bona Part 1 & 2" hark back to the band's early days, change was on the horizon. Budgie's creative spark was remarkably absent from subsequent releases for new label A&M, marking Bandolier as the last album of the band's golden age. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi

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Bandolier

Studio album by Budgie

Released

September 1975

Recorded

Rockfield Studios, Monmouth
Mayfair Sound, London

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

34:20

Label

MCA, A&M (Original UK and US issues)
Geffen, Interscope (Current rightsholders)

Producer

Budgie

Budgie chronology

In for the Kill
(1974)

Bandolier
(1975)

If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
George Starostin	(11/15)^[2]

Bandolier is Budgie's fifth album, released in September 1975 through MCA Records. It reached #36 in the UK and was certified gold in 1976. The album was released in the US on A&M Records (now owned by MCA successor Universal Music Group, while the MCA label itself has been absorbed into Geffen Records, which like A&M is currently a subsidiary of Interscope Records) in late 1975.

The song "I Can't See My Feelings" was covered by Iron Maiden on the b-side to their 1992 single, "From Here to Eternity".

'Bandolier - Budgie', a free iTunes app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, released in December 2011, tells the story of the making of Bandolier in the band's own words - including an extensive audio interview with Burke Shelley.

Contents

1 Track listing
2 Credits
- 2.1 Production
3 References

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tony Bourge and Burke Shelley, except where noted..

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breaking All the House Rules"	7:23
2.	"Slipaway"	4:02
3.	"Who Do You Want for Your Love?"	6:10

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Can't See My Feelings"	5:54
2.	"I Ain't No Mountain" (Andy Fairweather Low)	3:36
3.	"Napoleon Bona-Part One" "Napoleon Bona-Part Two"	7:15

2004 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Honey" (b-side "I Ain't No Mountain" single)	3:23
8.	"Breaking All the House Rules" (Live 1980)	6:32
9.	"Napoleon Bona-Parts One and Two" (Live 1980)	8:00
10.	"Who Do You Want for Your Love?" (Live 1975)	6:26

Credits

Production

Budgie - producer
Richard Manwaring - engineer
Pat Moran - engineer
Ray Martinez - engineer
John Pasche - art direction
Pete Vernon - photography
Patrick Woodroffe - cover illustration

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Bandolier" at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ Starostin, George. "Bandolier" Starling. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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Burke Shelley Steve Williams Craig Goldy

Former members	Pete Boot Tony Bourge Rob Kendrick Simon Lees Ray Phillips Jim Simpson John Thomas Andy Hart

Studio albums	Budgie Squawk Never Turn Your Back on a Friend In for the Kill! Bandolier If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules Impeckable Power Supply Nightflight Deliver Us from Evil You're All Living in Cuckooland

Live albums	Heavier Than Air – Rarest Eggs We Came, We Saw... Life in San Antonio Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978 The BBC Recordings

Compilations	Best of Budgie (1975) Best of Budgie (1981) An Ecstasy of Fumbling – The Definitive Anthology Best of Budgie (1997) The Last Stage

Miscellaneous	The Extreem – From Out of the Sky 6 Ton Budgie Budgie and Beyond Ornithology v.1 Booty's B – Sides The Battle of My Mind

EPs & Singles	Crash Course in Brain Surgery / Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman Whiskey River / Guts Whiskey River / Stranded Zoom Club (Edit) / Wondering What Everyone Knows I Ain't No Mountain / Honey Smile Boy Smile / All at Sea If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting Crime Against the World / Hellbender Keeping a Rendez–vous / Apparatus I Turned to Stone (Part 1) I Turned to Stone (Part 2) Bored with Russia / Don't Cry

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