Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is the third studio album by Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, released in June 1973.

This was drummer Ray Phillips' final appearance on a Budgie recording date.

The album shows the band continuing the successful heavy metal formula of their previous album Squawk, adding a hint of speed metal in the single "Breadfan", one of the band's best known songs.

[1][2] Roger Dean created the artwork for the album.

[2] All tracks are written by Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge and Ray Phillips, except "Baby, Please Don't Go", written by Big Joe Williams