Editing If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

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{{Infobox album
| name       = If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]]
| cover      = Budgie - If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 23 April 1976
| recorded   = 1976
| studio     = [[Rockfield Studios]], [[Monmouth]], Wales
| genre      = [[Hard rock]], [[Blues rock]], [[Progressive rock]], [[Jazz rock]]
| length     = 35:51
| label      = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer   = [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]]
| prev_title = [[Bandolier (album)|Bandolier]]
| prev_year  = 1975
| next_title = [[Impeckable]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=AMG>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2901|label="Budgie: ''If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules''" |first=Eduardo |last=Rivadavia |accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules'''''  is the sixth album by the [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[power trio]] [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[blues rock]] band [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], released in April 1976.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music |page=361 |date=1992 |last=Larkin |first=Colin |publisher=[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Publishing]] |isbn=9780851129396}}</ref>

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 (album)|Bandolier]]''. Musically, the album is significantly more subdued and polished than their earlier, heavier releases, exploring new [[experimental]] territory, which they would also continue to develop on their next release, '[[Impeckable]]' : the band's usual [[hard rock]] [[blues rock]] style is augmented on this album with [[funk]]-[[Jazz rock]] fusion elements in two songs, and [[progressive rock]] in two others.The [[sound engineer]] on the album was Pat Moran, noted for his equally eclectic rock-fusion work with [[Dr. Feelgood (band)]] on [[Down by the Jetty]], [[Robert Plant]], Lou Gramm, Queen, [[Iggy Pop]],[[ Van der Graaf Generator]], and [[Peter Hammill]]. The album was recorded at [[Rockfield Studios]].<ref name=AMG/>

Noted [[science fiction]] fantasy artist and book-cover illustrator Alun Hood provided the iconic [[artwork]] for the sleeve, whilst acclaimed rock photographer, [[Gered Mankowitz]] provided the band photographs.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules |publisher=A&M Records |date=1976 |id=SP-4593 }}</ref> The title of the album is a pun on the [[concept]] of [[Rule, Britannia!|Britannia ruling the waves]]. Professor Irene <!-- not the famous film editor -->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 [[nation]]al ambition.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morra |first=Irene |date=2013 |title=Britishness, Popular Music, and National Identity: The Making of Modern Britain |publisher=Routledge |page=39 |isbn=9781135048952}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing = Burke Shelley and Tony Bourge
| headline    = Side one
| title1      = Anne Neggen
| length1     = 4:04
| title2      = If I Were [[Britannia|Brittania]] I'd Waive the Rules
| length2     = 5:50
| title3      = You're Opening Doors
| length3     = 4:14
| title4      = Quacktor and Bureaucats
| length4     = 3:52
}}
{{track listing
| headline    = Side two
| title5      = Sky High Percentage
| length5     = 5:52
| title6      = Heaven Knows Our Name
| length6     = 3:52
| title7      = Black Velvet Stallion
| length7     = 8:07
}}
{{track listing
| headline  = 2010 remaster bonus tracks
| title8    = You're Opening Doors
| length8   = 3:38
| note8     = 2006 version
| title9    = Black Velvet Stallion
| length9   = 7:56
| note9     = 2006 version
}}

== 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<ref>{{cite AV media |title=If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules |publisher=A&M Records |date=1976 |id=SP-4593 }}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1976)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row" |Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|align="center"|98
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1976 albums]]
[[Category:A&M Records albums]]
[[Category:Budgie (band) albums]]