Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
	Cover art by Roger Dean
Studio album by Budgie
Released	June 1973
Recorded	February–March 1973
Studio	Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Wales
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:29
Label	MCA
Producer	Budgie
Budgie chronology

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is the third studio album by Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in June 1973. This was drummer Ray Phillips' final appearance on a Budgie recording date. The album shows the band continuing the successful heavy metal formula of their previous album Squawk, adding a hint of speed metal in the single "Breadfan", one of the band's best known songs.^[1]^[2]

Roger Dean created the artwork for the album.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips, except "Baby, Please Don't Go", written by Big Joe Williams

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breadfan"	6:04
2.	"Baby, Please Don't Go"	5:25
3.	"You Know I'll Always Love You"	2:12
4.	"You're the Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk"	8:45

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand"	6:18
6.	"Riding My Nightmare"	2:35
7.	"Parents"	10:10

2004 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Breadfan" (2003 version)	5:27
9.	"Parents" (2004 acoustic version)	5:37
10.	"Breadfan" (Live, 1973)	6:10

Personnel

Budgie

Burke Shelley - bass, lead vocals
Tony Bourge - guitar, backing vocals
Ray Phillips - drums

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Allmusic review
^ ^a ^b Dick, Chris (1 August 2018). "Budgie – 'Budgie'". Decibel. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[allmusic-1] Allmusic review

[decibel-2] Dick, Chris (1 August 2018). "Budgie – 'Budgie'". Decibel. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

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