Buzzcocks (album)

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Buzzcocks
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Studio album by
Buzzcocks
Released18 March 2003
RecordedMarch and August 2002
StudioSouthern Studios, London
GenrePop punk
Length34:52
LabelMerge, Cherry Red
ProducerTony Barber
Buzzcocks chronology
Modern
(1999) 		Buzzcocks
(2003) 		Flat-Pack Philosophy
(2006)

Buzzcocks is the seventh studio album by English pop punk band Buzzcocks. It was released on 18 March 2003 by record label Merge.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Pitchfork6.7/10[4]
PopMattersfavourable[5]
Stylus MagazineF[6]

Buzzcocks has received a mixed-to-favourable response from critics. AllMusic opined, "If Buzzcocks doesn't reinvent this band, it does give their approach a bit of an overhaul, and the results make for an album which holds onto their strengths while lending a more mature perspective to their work; hard to imagine Rancid having anything this interesting up their sleeve twenty-seven years down the line from their first recording."[1] Entertainment Weekly's review was favourable, writing "it's nice to hear that middle age hasn't diminished the songwriting skills of original 'Cocks Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle."[3]

Stylus Magazine, on the other hand, gave the album their lowest possible score of F, opining that the album sounds like "third-generation Green Day".[6]

Track listing[]

  1. "Jerk" (Pete Shelley) – 2:21
  2. "Keep On" (Shelley) – 3:19
  3. "Wake Up Call" (Steve Diggle) – 3:19
  4. "Friends" (Shelley) – 2:57
  5. "Driving You Insane" (Diggle) – 2:24
  6. "Morning After" (Shelley) – 2:34
  7. "Sick City Sometimes" (Diggle) – 2:59
  8. "Stars" (Howard Devoto, Shelley) – 2:46
  9. "Certain Move" (Diggle) – 3:02
  10. "Lester Sands" (Devoto, Shelley) – 2:47
  11. "Up for the Crack" (Diggle) – 2:23
  12. "Useless" (Shelley) – 4:01

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Deming, Mark. "Buzzcocks - Buzzcocks : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Sinclair, Tom (28 March 2003). "Buzzcocks Review | Music Reviews and News | EW.com". ew.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ Reid, Brendan. "Buzzcocks: Buzzcocks | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ^ James, Brian (27 May 2003). "Buzzcocks: self-titled < PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Bloch, Sam (1 September 2003). "Buzzcocks - Buzzcocks - Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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