Customer Reviews
Great band; great singles - By: H. meiehofer, 13 Nov 2006 
An utterly fantastic collection.
The Buzzcocks were masters of those three minute soap operas (on black vinyl)that we used to spend 99 pence a throw on backin the seventies.
They started as part of the punk movement, but went on to go beyond this, practically inventing the concept of power pop on their own with tight singles with great tunes & a good dose of camp.
Most of the Buzzcocks albums were bitty. This great collection represents them at their best. No filler guaranteed!
Ace A sides Awful B sides - By: yosemite sam, 11 Feb 2006 
This is one of these albums that record labels thought were a great ideain the 70's where they want to milk the back catalogue of bands who did'nt last that long. Where they repackage the singles, A sides first & then the ineviatably disapointing B sides following. However, these A sides are so good this is a must have, especially as perversely half of them do not feature on the "Finest" compilation.
Timeless Classic - By: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, 25 Sep 2005 Every serious music fan needs to have a copy of this album. Buzzcocks were so influential on the punk scene, but have also extended their influence to the modern day, with many new groups citing them as an influence. Their quirky & short melodic-punk classics from the early days are all captured on this single collection. It's also worth catching up with their new releases as their recent writing has been as good as, if not even better, than the early days!
Manchester's finest! - By: robojam, 24 Feb 2004 Long before the Stone Roses were the darlings of the Manchester indie scene, the Buzzcocks were writing & playing some of the best musicin the country. In the late 70's they wrote some of the best love songs ever to be played under the banner of 'punk', & they make the so-called 'punk' bands of the 21st century look like the third-rate metal bands with guitarists that can't solo that they are.
I was tempted to take a star away for the inclusion of a few later tracks that aren't as good quality as the others (i.e. 'Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore' et al.) that weren't on the original release of the CD. However, I can easily forgive that due to the fantastic songs that make up the rest of the album.
From the teen anthem 'Ever Fallen In Love', through the heartache of 'Promises', to the naive optimism of 'Everybody's Happy Nowadays' & the harsher Steve Diggle vocal on 'Harmony In My Head' you simply cannot help but love these songs.
The quintessential love song - By: E. Alby, 18 Oct 2002 The greatest love song ever written is "Love You More". It was the perfection of a process by the best punk-pop group of all time (well, tied with the Ramones) that ended with a song on an NME tape, "I Look Alone", & with the words from Pete Shelly "I've left to join the Social Democrats". When this band broke up it was like a close friend died, butin retrospect we're lucky to have received these gemsin our lifetime. Most of their singles are going to seem dated, but if you were a teenager when they came out, & and shared them with a girlfriend... relive the past - these songs will never get old!
