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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2026 01:28 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 21:22 | pago82 | 3,229 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 22:02 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,804 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 02:50 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 00:33 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
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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 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Fantastic UK punk. It comprises the 8 singles they released between '77 & '79, six of which were released as singles only, plus the B-sides which are almost as good. Up-tempo melodic punk, not the angry Oi punk. It's a fucking great album. Top notch I say. One I would happily recommend. (Edited)
Essential. Side 1 especially (Edited)
I’ve always felt the Buzzcocks were a bit underrated compared to their other British peers. This contains all their great singles. (Edited)
I just don't see the appeal of this proto-pop punk album. Revolutionary, not very bad , but not my cup of tea. (Edited)
Brad1770 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)
VictorVale 03/30/2021 18:07 | #267981
Só clássicos! Pais do pop punk!
teague 01/26/2021 01:19 | #265117
Great collection of punk songs with a little bit of a power pop edge. Still prefer The Clash's self-titled to this, but this is enjoyable in its worst moments and pretty great at its best. (Edited)
planetneutral 12/18/2020 18:48 | #262883
I almost certainly would have appreciated this more as a 14-year-old.
Keatownrodriguez 10/17/2019 18:38 | #243859
Right up there with the greats of punk like The Sex Pistols and Ramones (Edited)
Really good comp. Standouts: Ever Fallen In Love?, Lipstick, and Why Can't I Touch It?
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