If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

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

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
Label	A&M
Producer	Budgie
Budgie chronology
Bandolier (1975) If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules (1976) Impeckable (1978)

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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.

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.

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

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	98