Bandolier
by Budgie

Album
Bandolier by Budgie
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-09-05
Overall rank: 8,931st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 59 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (126th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,294th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,931st)

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Bandolier is ranked as the best album by Budgie.

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- This album (8,931st)
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Bandolier rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,931st | 1970s rank: 1,294th | 1975 rank: 126th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 59 votes)
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 !		08/05/2026 09:07 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,82770/100
 
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 !		04/04/2026 12:17 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,97862/100
 
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 !		03/02/2026 14:44 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  50778/100

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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.


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From pedro1976 12/26/2025 18:05 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“1750”
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From Johnnyo 11/22/2025 09:38 in Rank 'Em: Ozzy Osbourne
“Were budgie metal or heavy rock? They certainly had metal inclinations so Would get in there. OMG!!! This track ... is 🔥🔥🔥!!! How the fuck this track alone is not more well known in da States is beyond me. Perfection! Interesting Ozzy take on Budgie. They supported him on the Blizzard Of Ozz tour…”
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From dihansse 01/15/2023 20:56 in My discoveries per year
“And 1975 is another year with only an album of my wishlist: This was an album which was already for a time on my wishlist because I know many BEA user love it. This album wasn't available on Apple Music so had to listen to it on Youtube. But I must admit I didn't really. Ex. Bon Part 1 has…”
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90/100
From 02/19/2021 20:55 | #266522 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Re entered with correction. Opion hasn't changed. Excellent album.

I have all of Budgie's early works on vinyl and all the albums are excellent, this one though is top of the tree. Budgie had a natural ability to move from Black Sabbathesque riffery into mello beautiful balladry. The first two tracks on this album are a prime example.
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From 10/22/2019 17:00 | #244007 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Budgie's best album in my opinion, although all are pretty good. Well worth getting on Vinyl. A super tight 3 piece rock unit.
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From 04/15/2020 15:20 | #249979 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Worth having for Napoleon Bona parts 1 & 2 alone, one of the all time heavy rock masterpieces.
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From 02/19/2021 21:02 | #266523 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Re entered with yet another correction. BEA doesn't seem to be allowing edits to latest comments any more. No doubt a software gletch! Opinion hasn't changed on this album. Excellent album.

I have all of Budgie's early works on vinyl and all the albums are excellent, this one though is top of the tree. Budgie had a natural ability to move from Black Sabbathesque riffery into mello beautiful balladry. The first two tracks on this album are a prime example.
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From 04/01/2018 07:11 | #212104 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I have all of Bugie's early works on vinyl and all the albums are excellent, this one though is top of the tree. Budgie had a natural ability to move from Black Sabbathesque riffery into mello beautiful balladry. The first two tracks on this album are a prime example.
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