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Budgie (band)

Budgie is a Welsh Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Cardiff. They are widely considered as one of the first heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day"...

's third album, released in 1973. A remastered version was released in late 2004.

This is the band's best known album and is notable for its inclusion of "Breadfan", the band's best-known song. Metallica

Metallica

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 recorded a cover version of "Breadfan" in 1988.

The album cover was done by Roger Dean, who has done much of the album artwork for progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Yes

Yes (band)

Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...

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Track listing

Personnel

• Burke Shelley
  Burke Shelley
  Burke Shelley is the bass guitarist and vocalist of the Welsh rock group Budgie.In 1982 Shelley was reported to be a born again Christian....
  
   - lead vocals, bass
• Tony Bourge
  Tony Bourge
  Tony Bourge was the original guitarist for the Welsh rock band Budgie. He left the band in 1978. In 1982 he rejoined original Budgie drummer Ray Phillips and formed Tredegar with future members of Cloven Hoof singer Russ North and guitarist Andy Wood.Tony has since retired from the music business...
  
   - guitar, backing vocals
• Ray Phillips
  Ray Phillips (musician)
  Ray Phillips Ray Phillips Ray Phillips ( (b. Raymond Anthony Phillips, 1 March 1949, Ely, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales), was the original drummer for the Influential Welsh rock band Budgie...
  
  - drums