Singles Going Steady
by Buzzcocks
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Singles Going Steady is ranked as the best album by Buzzcocks.
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Singles Going Steady track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Singles Going Steady rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  swed | Top 68 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/68 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 83/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 201-300 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 25 Music Albums of 1979 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles 2 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/71 | 5 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 30/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 283 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,572 | |||
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Singles Going Steady ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  djrodo | 1,034 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2026 01:28 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 21:22 | pago82 | 3,236 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Singles Going Steady forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 26 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsSingles Going Steady comments
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babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/05/2014 04:28 | #126198 | TOP COMMENT
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For my money the best greatest hits compilation ever assembled. The track order flows so well and it feels like everything was released all at once. Not a bad song among the bunch, just one hit after another. Orgasm Addict, Ever Fallen in Love..., Promises, Harmony in My Head, and Autonomy are some of the best punk tracks I've heard.
The best compilation album, along with New Order(substance) made.....
An essential, because nearly every song was never recorded on any
Studio album. Overall I dislike greatest hits albums, unless you like a
Handful of songs from the particular artist.
This album is a big exception to that rule. Early, influential punk, classic alt.
At its finest.
Really great compilations tend to not get the respeck(!) they deserve on this forum, but sometimes bands just don't do the "album as work in itself" thing. Some bands are best appreciated with compilations. This compilations portrays a cogent aesthetic and relentless energy. Fantastic!
LadyGodiva 02/16/2015 05:03 | #135086 | TOP COMMENT
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A brilliant album with so many good tracks on it!
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2021 09:07 | #275543 | TOP COMMENT
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Buzzcocks were never massive unfortunately, falling into that in between territory being too pop for the punk scene and too punk for the pop scene. But here we have an almost perfect album from start to finish with not a single weak track or even moment. Pete Shelly’s brilliant fusion of melodies and punk along with everyday humour is quite simply unparalleled and which set the blueprint for catchy pop punk for the next forty years (Edited)
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