Deliver Us from Evil (Budgie album)

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Deliver Us from Evil
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1982
Recorded1982
Studio Ridge Farm Studio, West Sussex, England
Eden Studio, London, England
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length39:08
Label RCA
Producer Don Smith
Budgie chronology
Nightflight
(1981)
Deliver Us from Evil
(1982)
Life In San Antonio
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Deliver Us from Evil is the tenth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in October 1982 on RCA Records, and according to Burke Shelley its theme "attacks the power structures of East and West and the balance of terror"; [2] it also "refers to all kinds of evil, not just The Bomb and war, but the main theme calls for world peace". [2] One reviewer suggested that the album's lyrics were influenced by Shelley becoming a born-again Christian. [1]

Contents

According to Steve Williams, "the concept of the album came about as an accident. We didn't write 'Bored With Russia'. Don (Smith) brought that over from America and that started the ball rolling. We played it a few times and it started the whole concept". [2] The song was written by producer Beau Hill, erroneously credited as Bo Hill, and demoed up with his late-1970s outfit Airborne. It was finally issued on the band's 2003 archives release The Dig.

Reception of the album was mixed, due to a more commercially oriented sound than previous releases. It has been described as either "a complete musical shipwreck" [1] or "a collection which not only sounds fantastic but bristles with great songs and exquisite often Who-like arrangements". [3] Their commercial appeal has been justified as a "conscious effort to broaden their horizons" [3] in order to attend "a market more attuned to melody than mere muscle". [3] The album release was followed with a UK tour from late October to December 1982. [4]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bored with Russia"Bo Hill [5] 3:49
2."Don't Cry" 3:19
3."Truth Drug" 4:23
4."Young Girl"Mason, Grieves (Benjamin Laub)2:18
5."Flowers in the Attic" 5:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)" 4:15
7."Give Me the Truth" 4:11
8."Alison"Shelley3:26
9."Finger on the Button" 3:59
10."Hold On to Love" 4:16
2013 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Bored with Russia" (single edit)3:35
12."Truth Drug" (live 1982)4:36
13."Flowers in the Attic" (live 1983)5:00

Personnel

Budgie
Production [6]

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 62

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