Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best
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Operators Manual: Buzzcocks Best was the Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...

' 1991 compilation album featuring their 'best of' to date.

Track listing

  1. "Orgasm Addict" (Howard Devoto
    Howard Devoto
    Howard Devoto is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands...

    , Pete Shelley
    Pete Shelley
    Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...

    ) – 2:01
  2. "What Do I Get?" (Shelley) – 2:56
  3. "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:19
  4. "Autonomy" (Steve Diggle
    Steve Diggle
    Steve Diggle is a guitarist and vocalist in the British punk band Buzzcocks.-Early years:He was born in Manchester, and grew up in Bradford and Rusholme, where he was a mod...

    ) – 3:50
  5. "Fast Cars" (Devoto, Diggle, Shelley) – 2:31
  6. "Get on Our Own" (Shelley) – 2:31
  7. "Sixteen" (Diggle) – 3:46
  8. "Fiction Romance" (Shelley) – 4:34
  9. "Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:50
  10. "Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:52
  11. "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
    "Ever Fallen in Love " is a 1978 song written by Pete Shelley and performed by his group, Buzzcocks. It was a number twelve hit on the UK Singles Chart.-Background and writing:...

    " (Shelley) – 2:42
  12. "Operators Manual" (Shelley) – 3:34
  13. "Nostalgia" (Shelley) – 2:55
  14. "Walking Distance" (Garvey) – 2:02
  15. "Nothing Left" (Shelley) – 4:28
  16. "ESP" (Shelley) – 4:39
  17. "Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36
  18. "Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:38
  19. "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:12
  20. "Harmony in My Head
    Harmony in My Head
    "Harmony in My Head" is a song by Buzzcocks. It was released as a single in 1979, reaching number 32 in the British charts. It is one of few Buzzcocks songs written and sung by guitarist Steve Diggle, and gives its title to his autobiography....

    " (Diggle) – 3:09
  21. "You Say You Don't Love Me" (Shelley) – 2:54
  22. "I Don't Know What to Do with My Life" (Shelley) – 2:44
  23. "I Believe" (Shelley) – 7:07
  24. "Are Everything" (Shelley) – 3:36
  25. "Radio Nine" (Shelley) – 0:43

Track 24, "Are Everything", produced by Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...


Personnel

  • Pete Shelley
    Pete Shelley
    Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...

     – guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Steve Diggle
    Steve Diggle
    Steve Diggle is a guitarist and vocalist in the British punk band Buzzcocks.-Early years:He was born in Manchester, and grew up in Bradford and Rusholme, where he was a mod...

     – guitar
  • Steve Garvey – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • John Maher – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

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