Nightflight

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Great album

In response to certain reviewers this album doesn't come close to Power Supply or If Swallowed Don't Induce Vomiting. I surely understand the desire to release popular music but I'm surprised B. Shelley & J. Thomas went in this direction. It is a black mark on the wonderfully prolific Budgie back catalog. If you like the John Thomas version of Budgie stick with the 2 albums at the head of this review. Otherwise check out the 70s Budgie w/ Tony Bourge. Also John Thomas' work w/ the Edgar Brought on Band on Bandages is worthwhile.

CD arrived on time and was as advertised. Completely satisfied.

Love this album!!

Good album.

No way this deserves 3 stars.They should have been huge just off this album.I love em.This is my kind of rock

The second to last album from these squawky Welsh birds, finds them in a different mood than on Power Supply. Fewer AC/DCish chords, and better song ideas overall makes it an improvement over it's predecessor (personally, Power Supply has always been my least favorite Budgie album) Lots of huge heavy drums courtesy of Steve williams even though most of the tracks are "lighter" and the heavy ones I find the most dissapointing. Superstar is mere filler, She Used Me up almost hits the mark. The ballad Apparatus gave them a minor hit in the U.K. (one of VERY VERY few!) and opener I Turned To Stone uses a great light-heavy-light-heavy mid paced song structure with a galloping guitar solo laden outro, and is one of my favorite tracks from the 80's era of Budgie. I tip my hat to these batty birds, I can't imagine ever getting really SICK of their music, and I don't blame them for giving up when they did. Things change, music changes, and Budgie just didn't fit the mold of pop music at the time, nor did they ever. Listen, learn, and buy all their damn albums if you don't have them already!

After the praise for the previous album(Power Supply) Budgie did what they did best... disnt listen,the Metal rating was tuned down a notch and a commercial sheen applied that should have been the template for success,this album is better than most NWOBHM released in 1981.Opening with a career highlight 'I Turned To Stone' is quite stunning and 'Reaper of the Glory' is the sort of track Biff and the Boys made their name on.The rest well tracks such as 'She Used Me Up' and 'Superstar' are excellent foot stompin rock while 'Apparatus' could have been huge had they had a proper title that would have made a decent chorus.good album with excellent booklet,the 2 live bonus tracks are ok nothing more.

I remember seeing the band in a small club on tour to promote this album and I recall it was a great gig. I haven't heard anything from this album for well over 35 years and when I saw the album had been reissued on CD recently I decided to buy a copy. 'I Turned To Stone' brings the memories flooding back and is in two parts - The second half is a great instrumental section with a brilliant bit of guitar work from John Thomas. 'Keeping A Rendezvous' is also a highlight here. However, some of the album hasn't aged so well. 'Apparatus' is musically excellent but lyrically not so great. 'Superstar' is a great rock riff that reminds me of a heavy version Devo's 'Whip It'. Not a bad listen after all these years but the two 'live' versions of tracks that appear elsewhere on the album sound like they are of bootleg quality as though they were sourced from a cheap cassette recording and not a soundboard, do nothing to enhance the listening experience of the album. The production of the rest of the album itself is vibrant and punchy and these tracks just sound inferior in comparison.

Great album and service.

This really was one of the best hard rock albums of its time - why were this band so under rated?

Great.