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Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best
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<h2 id="critical-reception">Critical reception</h2> <p><i><a href="/facts/Trouser_Press/4a3rlTIf">Trouser Press</a></i> called the album "a concise 25-track career condensation."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/Orgasm_Addict/q3xfVEmP">Orgasm Addict</a>" (<a href="/facts/Howard_Devoto/HPAVvuzA">Howard Devoto</a>, <a href="/facts/Pete_Shelley/RFXpTkM4">Pete Shelley</a>) – 2:01</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/What_Do_I_Get%253F/GE9rxcrc">What Do I Get?</a>" (Shelley) – 2:56</li> <li>"I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:19</li> <li>"Autonomy" (<a href="/facts/Steve_Diggle/HN3WY37I">Steve Diggle</a>) – 3:50</li> <li>"Fast Cars" (Devoto, Diggle, Shelley) – 2:31</li> <li>"Get on Our Own" (Shelley) – 2:31</li> <li>"Sixteen" (Diggle) – 3:46</li> <li>"Fiction Romance" (Shelley) – 4:34</li> <li>"Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:50</li> <li>"Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:52</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Ever_Fallen_in_Love_(With_Someone_You_Shouldn%2527t%2527ve)/35WYMnGe">Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)</a>" (Shelley) – 2:42</li> <li>"Operators Manual" (Shelley) – 3:34</li> <li>"Nostalgia" (Shelley) – 2:55</li> <li>"Walking Distance" (<a href="/facts/Steve_Garvey_(musician)/pQlflxIe">Garvey</a>) – 2:02</li> <li>"Nothing Left" (Shelley) – 4:28</li> <li>"ESP" (Shelley) – 4:39</li> <li>"Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36</li> <li>"Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:38</li> <li>"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:12</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Harmony_in_My_Head/S6Th0l5l">Harmony in My Head</a>" (Diggle) – 3:09</li> <li>"You Say You Don't Love Me" (Shelley) – 2:54</li> <li>"I Don't Know What to Do with My Life" (Shelley) – 2:44</li> <li>"I Believe" (Shelley) – 7:07</li> <li>"Are Everything" (Shelley) – 3:36</li> <li>"Radio Nine" (Shelley) – 0:43</li></ol> Track 24, "Are Everything", produced by <a href="/facts/Martin_Hannett/xo7c8Ejp">Martin Hannett</a> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> Buzzcocks <ul><li><a href="/facts/Pete_Shelley/RFXpTkM4">Pete Shelley</a> – <a href="/facts/Electric_guitar/yNL6qSw4">guitar</a>, <a href="/facts/Singing/EWY1s7lw">vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Diggle/HN3WY37I">Steve Diggle</a> – guitar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Garvey_(musician)/pQlflxIe">Steve Garvey</a> – <a href="/facts/Bass_guitar/lbeoAatH">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Maher_(Buzzcocks_drummer)/EqLIqsCf">John Maher</a> – <a href="/facts/Drum_kit/XsmopoW9">drums</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Operators Manual - Buzzcocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/operators-manual-mw0000270028" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/operators-manual-mw0000270028</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks". robertchristgau.com. <a href="http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1393&name=Buzzcocks" target="_blank">http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1393&name=Buzzcocks</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 96. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (18 October 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books. <a href="9780743201698" target="_blank">9780743201698</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 65. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"CNN.com - The best of the best-ofs - Dec 21, 2004". www.cnn.com. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/20/bestof.three/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/20/bestof.three/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best". Buzzcocks. <a href="https://www.buzzcocks.com/operators-manual-buzzcocks-best" target="_blank">https://www.buzzcocks.com/operators-manual-buzzcocks-best</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"TrouserPress.com :: Buzzcocks". www.trouserpress.com. <a href="http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=buzzcocks" target="_blank">http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=buzzcocks</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>