Deliver Us from Evil (Budgie album)
1982 album by Budgie
Deliver Us from Evil is the tenth album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in October 1982 on RCA Records, and according to Burke Shelley its theme "attacks the power structures of East and West and the balance of terror"; it also "refers to all kinds of evil, not just The Bomb and war, but the main theme calls for world peace". One reviewer suggested that the album's lyrics were influenced by Shelley becoming a born-again Christian.
Concept
According to Steve Williams, "the concept of the album came about as an accident. We didn't write 'Bored With Russia'. Don (Smith) brought that over from America and that started the ball rolling. We played it a few times and it started the whole concept". The song was written by producer Beau Hill, erroneously credited as Bo Hill, and demoed up with his late-1970s outfit Airborne. It was finally issued on the band's 2003 archives release The Dig.
Shelley said, "I know it makes me sound like some dated old hippy but I've always sung about things that matter to me. I believe you shouldn't kill people or be cruel.
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