Squawk

by Budgie

Overview

Having acquired a small cult following with its first album, Budgie offered a second dose of abrasive, forceful heavy metal that, like its predecessor, drew on influences ranging from Cream to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Budgie was a band that loved contrasts -- the folk-ish qualities of "Make Me Happy" and the Beatlesque "Rolling Home Again" make hard-driving classics like "Hot as a Docker's Armpit," "Drugstore Woman," and "Rocking Man" seem all the more intense. For all its strengths, Squawk didn't turn Budgie into the well-known outfit it should have been. Budgie's followers were a devoted bunch, but unfortunately, there weren't nearly enough of them. [The 2006 Noteworthy edition includes bonus tracks.] ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2007
Label:	Noteworthy / Noteworthy Productions Llc
UPC:	8055202111094
Rank:	72648

Tracks

1. Whiskey River
2. Rocking Man
3. Rolling Home Again
4. Make Me Happy
5. Hot as a Docker's Armpit
6. Drug Store Woman
7. Bottled
8. Young Is a World
9. Stranded
10. Whiskey River [A single side version]
11. Stranded [Alternate Mix]
12. Whiskey River [2003 Version]
13. Rolling Home Again [2004 Version]