Birds of Prey (Godley & Creme album)

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Birds of Prey
Godley birds.jpg
Studio album by
Released5 April 1983 (1983-04-05) [1]
StudioLymehouse Studio (Leatherhead)
Genre
Length37:16
Label Polydor
Producer
Godley & Creme chronology
Ismism
(1981)
Birds of Prey
(1983)
The History Mix Volume 1
(1985)
Singles from Birds of Prey
  1. "Save a Mountain for Me"
    Released: 24 September 1982 [2]
  2. "Samson"
    Released: 31 March 1983 [1]

Birds of Prey is the fifth studio album by English duo Godley & Creme, released on 5 April 1983 by Polydor Records. It was recorded at Lymehouse Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey and engineered and re-mixed at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios. [3]

Contents

Despite the success of their previous studio album Ismism (1981), Birds of Prey failed to chart, and was their only album not to have charted anywhere. Two singles were released from the album: "Save a Mountain for Me" and "Samson", both of which also failed to chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson deemed the album "the least successful inclusion in the Godley & Creme catalog", and called it "a major disappointment". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."My Body the Car"2:25
2."Worm and the Rattlesnake"3:23
3."Cats Eyes"3:44
4."Samson"5:29
5."Save a Mountain for Me"3:36
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Madame Guillotine"5:04
7."Woodwork"4:39
8."Twisted Nerve"4:03
9."Out in the Cold"4:53
Total length:37:16

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror . 18 September 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "Godley & Creme - Birds Of Prey...Plus + History Mix Vol. 1...Plus (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 Thompson, Dave. "Birds of Prey – Godley & Creme". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 221. ISBN   0753501597.