Remarkable albums from the past

30 September 2023

Band: BUZZCOCKS (Manchester, UK)

Album: A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION

Released: September 1979
Peaked at #26 in the UK

Rolling Stone wrote: ” ‘A Different Kind of Tension’ is the Buzzcocks’ most formidable record yet. Chief songwriter Shelley has finally arrived at something approaching a hard-bitten and reasonable world view. Technically the band’s fourth LP, is bursting with many of the same laudable features that graced the ‘Singles Going Steady’ set: bold and big-bottomed rhythms, combustible buzz-blur guitars and leader Pete Shelley’s rushed,
iambic vocals.” Score: 5/5 – Full, review here.

TUTV: “Criminally underrated album. Their best non-stop avalanche
of riffs loaded, barbed wire pop knockouts. From start to finish.

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