Power Supply
Studio album by
Released10 October 1980
Recorded1980
StudioThe Old Mill, Rockfield, Wales
GenreHeavy metal[1][2]
Length37:18
LabelRCA, Active
ProducerBudgie & Dave Charles
Budgie chronology
Impeckable
(1978)
Power Supply
(1980)
Nightflight
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Power Supply is Budgie's eighth studio album, released in October 1980 on Active Records, a sublabel of RCA Records (which was the distributor of A&M Records — Budgie's previous label — at the time). This is the first album without original guitarist Tony Bourge, who left the band in 1978 after the album Impeckable.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley and John Thomas, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forearm Smash" 5:40
2."Hellbender"Shelley, Thomas, Steve Williams3:25
3."Heavy Revolution" 4:28
4."Gunslinger" 5:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Power Supply"3:41
6."Secrets in My Head"3:58
7."Time to Remember"5:27
8."Crime Against the World"5:36
1993 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Wild Fire"Shelley, Williams, Thomas5:13
10."High School Girls"Shelley3:39
11."Panzer Division Destroyed" 5:55
12."Lies of Jim (The E-Type Lover)"Shelley4:45
2012 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Crime Against the World" (single edit)3:27
10."Gunslinger" (live, 1981)4:55
11."Crime Against the World" (live, 1981)4:52

Personnel

Band members
  • Burke Shelley – vocals, bass
  • John Thomas – guitar, slide guitar
  • Steve Williams – drums
Production
  • Dave Charles – producer, engineer
  • Neil Jones – light & sound design
  • Tommy John – light & sound design
  • Eric Olthwaite – light & sound design
  • Adrian Chesterman – Illustration

References

  1. 1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Power Supply" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. Malone, Frank (18 March 2018). "Budgie Power Supply review - Metallum". Metallum. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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