| Never Turn Your Back on a Friend | ||||
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 Cover art by Roger Dean | ||||
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| Released | June 1973 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1973 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Wales | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Budgie | |||
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Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is the third studio album by Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in June 1973. This was drummer Ray Phillips' final appearance on a Budgie recording date. The album shows the band continuing the successful heavy metal formula of their previous album Squawk, adding a hint of speed metal in the single "Breadfan", one of the band's best known songs.[1][2]
Roger Dean created the artwork for the album.[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
- ^ a b c Allmusic review
- ^ a b Dick, Chris (1 August 2018). "Budgie – 'Budgie'". Decibel. Retrieved 6 August 2022.