Nightflight (Budgie album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nightflight
Studio album by
Budgie
ReleasedOctober 1981
Recorded1981
StudioRockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales
Genre
Length32:36
LabelRCA
ProducerDon Smith
Budgie chronology
Power Supply
(1980) 		Nightflight
(1981) 		Deliver Us from Evil
(1982)

Nightflight is the ninth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in October 1981 on RCA Records. A remastered version, with two live tracks from 1981, was released in 2013. The illustration on the cover is by Derek Riggs.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley and John Thomas

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I Turned to Stone"6:11
2."Keeping a Rendezvous"3:45
3."Reaper of the Glory"3:50
4."She Used Me Up"3:17
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Don't Lay Down and Die"3:35
6."Apparatus"2:52
7."Superstar"3:28
8."Change Your Ways"4:22
9."Untitled Lullaby"1:16
2013 Remaster Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
10."She Used Me Up" (live, 1981)3:03
11."Superstar" (live, 1981)3:55

Personnel[edit]

Budgie
  • Burke Shelley – bass guitar, vocals
  • John Thomas – electric, acoustic and slide guitars, vocals
  • Steve Williams – drums
Production
  • Andrew Christian – sleeve design
  • Derek Riggs – Illustration
  • Adrian Hopkins – management

Charts[edit]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 68

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Nightflight" at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "I originally did this for a band called Hawkwind, until I discovered they didn't pay people. So I sold it to RCA records for a Budgie cover". derek.server311.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nightflight_(Budgie_album)&oldid=1219425393"