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Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey
Studio album by Godley & Creme
Released	5 April 1983
Studio	Lymehouse Studio (Leatherhead)
Genre	Electronic; rock;
Length	37:16
Label	Polydor
Producer	Kevin Godley; Lol Creme;
Godley & Creme chronology
Singles from Birds of Prey
	"Save a Mountain for Me"; Released: 24 September 1982; "Samson"; Released: 31 March 1983;

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
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
13.	"Samson (UK 7" Promo Single Edit)"	3:58
14.	"Golden Boy (Long Version)"	5:52

Personnel

Kevin Godley
Lol Creme
Guy Barker – trumpet on "Save a Mountain for Me"

References

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