Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
# Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

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.

Roger Dean created the artwork for the album.

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## Track listing

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips, except "Baby, Please Don't Go", written by Big Joe Williams.

## Personnel

### Budgie

* Burke Shelley - bass, lead vocals
* Tony Bourge - guitar, backing vocals
* Ray Phillips - drums
