Buzzcocks (album)

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Buzzcocks
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Studio album by
Buzzcocks
Released18 March 2003
RecordedMarch and August 2002
Studio Southern Studios, London
Genre Pop punk
Length34:52
Label
Producer Tony Barber
Buzzcocks chronology
Modern
(1999)		Buzzcocks
(2003)		 Flat-Pack Philosophy
(2006)
Singles from Buzzcocks
  1. "Jerk"
    Released: April 2003
  2. "Sick City Sometimes"
    Released: October 2003 [1]

Buzzcocks is the seventh studio album by English pop punk band Buzzcocks. It was released on 18 March 2003 by record label Merge in the US and Cherry Red in the UK.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Neumu 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [7]
PopMatters favourable [8]
Stylus Magazine F [9]

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." [2] 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." [5]

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". [9]

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

Adapted from the album liner notes. [10]

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Technical

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References

  1. ↑ McGartland, Tony (2017). Buzzcocks: The Complete History. London: Music Press. p. 307. ISBN   978-1786062741.
  2. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Buzzcocks - Buzzcocks : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Hannaham, James. "Buzzcocks Buzzcocks". Blender . Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 Sinclair, Tom (28 March 2003). "Buzzcocks Review | Music Reviews and News | EW.com". ew.com . Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Gozdecki, Steve. "Buzzcocks Review". Neumu . Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Reid, Brendan. "Buzzcocks: Buzzcocks | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  8. ↑ James, Brian (27 May 2003). "Buzzcocks: self-titled < PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  9. 1 2 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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