Nightflight (Budgie album)

Nightflight
Studio album by
Budgie
Released2 October 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 on 2 October 1981[2] 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.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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" (instrumental)1:16
2013 Remaster Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
10."She Used Me Up" (live, 1981)3:03
11."Superstar" (live, 1981)3:55

Personnel

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

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 68

References

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: Nightflight" at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 31.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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