Birds of Prey (Godley & Creme album)
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| Released | 5 April 1983[1] | |||
| Studio | Lymehouse Studio (Leatherhead) | |||
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| Length | 37:16 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Godley & Creme chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Birds of Prey | ||||
Birds of Prey is the fifth studio album by English duo Godley & Creme, released on 5 April 1983 by Polydor Records. It was recorded at Lymehouse Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey and engineered and re-mixed at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios.[3]
Despite the success of their previous studio album Ismism (1981), Birds of Prey failed to chart, and was their only album not to have charted anywhere. Two singles were released from the album: "Save a Mountain for Me" and "Samson", both of which also failed to chart.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music | [5] |
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson deemed the album "the least successful inclusion in the Godley & Creme catalog", and called it "a major disappointment".[4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Body the Car" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Worm and the Rattlesnake" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Cats Eyes" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Samson" | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Save a Mountain for Me" | 3:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Madame Guillotine" | 5:04 |
| 7. | "Woodwork" | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Twisted Nerve" | 4:03 |
| 9. | "Out in the Cold" | 4:53 |
| Total length: | 37:16 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Kevin Godley
- Lol Creme
- Guy Barker – trumpet on "Save a Mountain for Me"
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror. 26 March 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror. 18 September 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Godley & Creme - Birds Of Prey...Plus + History Mix Vol. 1...Plus (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "Birds of Prey – Godley & Creme". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 221. ISBN 0753501597.
External links
[edit]- Birds of Prey at Discogs (list of releases)
