Nightflight - Budgie

'Nightflight' is Budgie's ninth album, but the second of their eighties NWOBHM works, and although there's much that's commendable about this second release of the decade, it's also clearly the start of a downward spiral that would ultimately lead to the band's demise. Things start out in style with the historical epic 'I Turned to Stone,' comparable to their earlier classic 'Napoleon Bona' from 1975 with its acoustic introduction and compelling vocal and guitar performance, but after this there's a distinct tendency towards commercial acceptance that would ultimately (perhaps inevitably) never arrive. 'Keeping a Rendezvous' and 'Superstar' are the worst ...  Read the complete review