Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best
1991 compilation album by Buzzcocks
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Released | 12 November 1991 | ||
Recorded | 1976−1979 | ||
Genre | Punk rock | ||
Length | 78 : 18 | ||
Label | I.R.S. | ||
Producer | Martin Rushent | ||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
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Robert Christgau | A [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
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Q |
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The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10 [5] |
Operators Manual: Buzzcocks Best is a compilation album by English punk rock band Buzzcocks . [6] It was released in 1991 by I.R.S. Records . [7]
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "a concise 25-track career condensation." [8]
Track listing
- " Orgasm Addict " ( Howard Devoto , Pete Shelley ) – 2:01
- " What Do I Get? " (Shelley) – 2:56
- "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:19
- "Autonomy" ( Steve Diggle ) – 3:50
- "Fast Cars" (Devoto, Diggle, Shelley) – 2:31
- "Get on Our Own" (Shelley) – 2:31
- "Sixteen" (Diggle) – 3:46
- "Fiction Romance" (Shelley) – 4:34
- "Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:50
- "Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:52
- " Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) " (Shelley) – 2:42
- "Operators Manual" (Shelley) – 3:34
- "Nostalgia" (Shelley) – 2:55
- "Walking Distance" ( Garvey ) – 2:02
- "Nothing Left" (Shelley) – 4:28
- "ESP" (Shelley) – 4:39
- "Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36
- "Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:38
- "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:12
- " Harmony in My Head " (Diggle) – 3:09
- "You Say You Don't Love Me" (Shelley) – 2:54
- "I Don't Know What to Do with My Life" (Shelley) – 2:44
- "I Believe" (Shelley) – 7:07
- "Are Everything" (Shelley) – 3:36
- "Radio Nine" (Shelley) – 0:43
- Track 24, "Are Everything", produced by Martin Hannett
Personnel
- Buzzcocks
- Pete Shelley – guitar , vocals
- Steve Diggle – guitar
- Steve Garvey – bass
- John Maher – drums
References
- ↑ "Operators Manual - Buzzcocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic .
- ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks" . robertchristgau.com .
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 96.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (18 October 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books. 1995. p. 65.
- ↑ "CNN.com - The best of the best-ofs - Dec 21, 2004" . www.cnn.com .
- ↑ "Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best" . Buzzcocks .
- ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Buzzcocks" . www.trouserpress.com .
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