Impeckable

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{{Infobox album

| name = Impeckable

| type = studio

| artist = Budgie

| cover = Budgie_impeckable.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1978|02|17|df=y}}

| recorded = 1977

| studio = Springfield Sound, Aylmer, Ontario

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 41:08

| label = A&M

| producer = Budgie, Richard Manwaring

| prev_title = If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Power Supply

| next_year = 1980

}}

Impeckable is the seventh album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie.{{cite news |last1=Lawrence |first1=Ken |title=Tuneful Budgie are in full flight |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=27 Feb 1978 |page=23}}{{cite news |title=Albums |work=Reading Evening Post |date=11 Mar 1978 |page=7}} It was released in February 1978 on A&M Records. Guitarist Tony Bourge left the band after the album was released.

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2902|label="Budgie: Impeckable" |first=Eduardo |last=Rivadavia |accessdate=19 December 2011}}

}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Tony Bourge and Burke Shelley, except where noted

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Melt the Ice Away

| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Love for You and Me

| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = All at Sea

| length3 = 4:21

| title4 = Dish It Up

| length4 = 4:21

| title5 = Pyramids

| length5 = 4:22

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Smile Boy Smile

| length6 = 4:31

| title7 = I'm a Faker Too

| length7 = 4:48

| title8 = Don't Go Away

| length8 = 4:56

| writer8 = Blanche Shelley, Burke Shelley

| title9 = Don't Dilute the Water

| length9 = 6:12

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2010 remaster bonus tracks

| title10 = Smile Boy Smile

| length10 = 3:35

| note10 = single edit

| title11 = Don't Dilute the Water

| length11 = 4:20

| note11 = 2008 version

| title12 = All at Sea

| length12 = 3:51

| note12 = 2008 version

}}

Personnel

;Budgie

  • Burke Shelley – bass guitar, vocals{{cite AV media |type=Liner notes |title=Impeckable |publisher=A&M Records |id=}}
  • Tony Bourge – guitar
  • Steve Williams – drums, percussion, vocals

;Technical

  • Budgie – record producer
  • Richard Manwaring – producer and audio engineer
  • Bob Leth – assistant engineer
  • Michael Ross – album art director
  • Nick Marshall – album art design
  • Sally Anne Thompson – cat photography
  • Hans Reinhard – bird photography
  • Mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City

References

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Category:Budgie (band) albums

Category:1978 albums

Category:A&M Records albums