BuzzcocksBest Buzzcocks Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
14
Opinions
17
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 14 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Buzzcocks’s catalog across 17 albums from 14 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated Buzzcocks album is Singles Going Steady (Deluxe Version) (1979) with a 8.7/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by A Different Kind of Tension (Special Edition) and Product. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1979 to 2026. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)? [Live, L'Arapaho Club, Paris, 12 April 1995] ranks as the highest-rated Buzzcocks song on Rate.fm with a 9.8/10 average.
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Singles Going Steady (Deluxe Version)
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a punk classic, a paragon of songwriting about the pain and joy of love.”
Time's Up
“The Buzzcocks’ newly reissued demo Time’s Up is an invaluable document of punk snarls and yelps. Likewise, the more polished Spiral Scratch was at least as important to punk as the Sex Pistols’ rise.”
A Different Kind of Tension (Special Edition)
“The Buzzcocks are likely the consummate New Wave singles band. Last year's Singles Going Steady, a compilation of sixteen sweet-and-sour pop vignettes that made up this English group's official American debut, boasted as many pithy hooks and punchy backbeats as Elton John managed in a decade — and the Buzzcocks whipped theirs out in a little over eighteen months. These guys have a problem, thoug”