If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

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If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

Studio album by

Budgie

Released

23 April 1976

Recorded

1976

Studio

Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales

Genre

Hard rock

Length

35:51

Budgie chronology

Bandolier
(1975)

If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
(1976)

Impeckable
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules is the sixth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in April 1976.^[2]

The album is the band's first new release with A&M Records, having signed with them in late 1975 to distribute the US pressings of Bandolier. Musically, the band's usual hard rock style is augmented on this album with funk elements in two songs, and progressive rock in two others.^[1]

The title is a pun on the concept of Britannia ruling the waves. Professor Irene Morra of Cardiff University wrote that Budgie used this title to "declare an essential lack of agency within Britain" which helped portray a countercultural identity, lacking in national ambition.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Burke Shelley and Tony Bourge

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anne Neggen"	4:04
2.	"If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules"	5:50
3.	"You're Opening Doors"	4:14
4.	"Quacktor and Bureaucats"	3:52

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Sky High Percentage"	5:52
6.	"Heaven Knows Our Name"	3:52
7.	"Black Velvet Stallion"	8:07

2010 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"You're Opening Doors" (2006 version)	3:38
9.	"Black Velvet Stallion" (2006 version)	7:56

Personnel

Budgie

Burke Shelley – bass, lead vocals
Tony Bourge – guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals (track 6)
Steve Williams – drums

Guest musicians

Richard Dunn – keyboards

Production

Pat Moran – mix engineer
Fabio Nicoli – art director
Alun Hood – illustrator
Gered Mankowitz – photography^[4]

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	98

References

^ ^a ^b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Budgie: If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin (1992). The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music. Guinness Publishing. p. 361. ISBN 9780851129396.
^ Morra, Irene (2013). Britishness, Popular Music, and National Identity: The Making of Modern Britain. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 9781135048952.
^ If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules. A&M Records. 1976. SP-4593.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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Burke Shelley Steve Williams Craig Goldy Tony Bourge Ray Phillips Rob Kendrick Duncan Mackay Simon Lees
Studio albums	Budgie Squawk Never Turn Your Back on a Friend In for the Kill! Bandolier If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules Impeckable Power Supply Nightflight Deliver Us from Evil You're All Living in Cuckooland
Live albums	Heavier Than Air – Rarest Eggs We Came, We Saw... Life in San Antonio Radio Sessions 1974 & 1978 The BBC Recordings
Compilations	Best of Budgie (1975) Best of Budgie (1981) An Ecstasy of Fumbling – The Definitive Anthology Best of Budgie (1997) The Last Stage
Miscellaneous	Band members "Breadfan" If Swallowed, Do Not Induce Vomiting

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