The Last Stage (album)

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The Last Stage is a compilation of unreleased Budgie tracks, mostly from the early-to-mid eighties. Many of these tracks were intended to be released on the follow-up to 1982's Deliver Us from Evil, an album that never saw the light of day. The track "Beautiful Lies" was supposedly meant to be included on the album but never made it. It was previously made available on the Budgie compilation album An Ecstasy of Fumbling – The Definitive Anthology.

The Last Stage
Compilation album by
Released25 October 2004
RecordedRockfield Studios and Woodside Studios, Monmouth, UK, 1979-1985
GenreHeavy metal
Length61:32
LabelNoteworthy
ProducerBudgie
Budgie chronology
Life in San Antonio
(2002)
The Last Stage
(2004)
You're All Living in Cuckooland
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(unfavorable)[1]
Classic Rock[2]

The sound quality varies from track to track, as each song was at a different level of completion before it was scrapped.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Love Is When You Love"3:25
2."House of a Sinner"4:00
3."Same Old Sad Affair"3:26
4."Signed Your Own Fate"3:51
5."Hard Luck"3:44
6."Living with Another Man"3:25
7."You Ain't Got Love"3:14
8."Renegade"3:48
9."Sweet Fast Talker"4:25
10."Wait till Tomorrow"4:14
11."Rock Your Blood"3:55
12."Nutbush City Limits" (Ike & Tina Turner cover)3:17
13."Can't Get Up in the Morning"4:29
14."Heaven in Your Eyes"3:14
15."Picture on a Screen"5:19
16."Victim"3:46

Personnel

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Band members

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  • Burke Shelley - vocals and bass
  • John Thomas - guitar
  • Steve Williams - drums

Additional musicians

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Budgie The Last Stage review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. ^ Ling, Dave (February 2005). "Budgie 'The Last Stage'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 97.