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Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best
1991 compilation album by Buzzcocks
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Operators Manual: Buzzcocks Best is a compilation album by English punk rock band Buzzcocks. It was released in 1991 by I.R.S. Records.

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Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a concise 25-track career condensation."8

Track listing

  1. "Orgasm Addict" (Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 2:01
  2. "What Do I Get?" (Shelley) – 2:56
  3. "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:19
  4. "Autonomy" (Steve Diggle) – 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)" (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" (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

Personnel

Buzzcocks

References

  1. "Operators Manual - Buzzcocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. https://www.allmusic.com/album/operators-manual-mw0000270028 ↩

  2. "Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks". robertchristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1393&name=Buzzcocks ↩

  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 96. ↩

  4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (18 October 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books. 9780743201698 ↩

  5. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 65. ↩

  6. "CNN.com - The best of the best-ofs - Dec 21, 2004". www.cnn.com. http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/20/bestof.three/ ↩

  7. "Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best". Buzzcocks. https://www.buzzcocks.com/operators-manual-buzzcocks-best ↩

  8. "TrouserPress.com :: Buzzcocks". www.trouserpress.com. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=buzzcocks ↩