Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

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{{Infobox album

| name = Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

| type = Album

| artist = Budgie

| cover = NeverTurnYourBackonaFriend.jpg

| caption = Cover art by Roger Dean

| alt =

| released = June 1973

| recorded = February–March 1973

| studio = Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Wales

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 41:29

| label = MCA

| producer = Budgie

| prev_title = Squawk

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = In for the Kill!

| next_year = 1974

}}

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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/08/01/budgie/ |title=Budgie – 'Budgie' |last=Dick |first=Chris |date=1 August 2018 |magazine=Decibel |access-date=6 August 2022}}

Roger Dean created the artwork for the album.

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[http://allmusic.com/album/never-turn-your-back-on-a-friend-r31821/review Allmusic review]

}}