Birds of Prey (Godley & Creme album)

Birds of Prey
Studio album by
Godley & Creme
Released5 April 1983 (1983-04-05)[1]
StudioLymehouse Studio (Leatherhead)
Genre
Length37:16
LabelPolydor
Producer
Godley & Creme chronology
Ismism
(1981) 		Birds of Prey
(1983) 		The History Mix Volume 1
(1985)
Singles from Birds of Prey
  1. "Save a Mountain for Me"
    Released: 24 September 1982[2]
  2. "Samson"
    Released: 31 March 1983[1]

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.

Release

The album was reissued in 2004 as Birds of Prey... Plus with "Welcome to Breakfast Television" (b-side to "Save A Mountain For Me"), "Samson (Dance Mix)" and non-album single "Golden Boy" as bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

All tracks are written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme

Side one
No.TitleLength
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
Side two
No.TitleLength
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
2004 Plus version and Japanese 2006 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Welcome to Breakfast Television"2:31
11."Samson (Dance Mix)"5:52
12."Golden Boy"3:49
Additional bonus tracks on the 2006 Japanese reissue
No.TitleLength
13."Samson (UK 7" Promo Single Edit)"3:58
14."Golden Boy (Long Version)"5:52

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror. 26 March 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Releases" (PDF). Record Mirror. 18 September 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Godley & Creme - Birds Of Prey...Plus + History Mix Vol. 1...Plus (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b Thompson, Dave. "Birds of Prey – Godley & Creme". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. ^ Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 221. ISBN 0753501597.