Love Bites
by Buzzcocks

Love Bites by Buzzcocks
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-09-22
Overall rank: 4,266th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 108 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (714th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,266th)

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Buzzcocks bestography

Love Bites is ranked 4th best out of 22 albums by Buzzcocks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Buzzcocks is Singles Going Steady which is ranked number 1067 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,638.

Buzzcocks album bestography « Higher ranked (3,618th)
A Different Kind Of Tension
This album (4,266th)
Love Bites
Lower ranked (28,134th) »
Buzzcocks

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Love Bites track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Love Bites rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,266th | 1970s rank: 714th | 1978 rank: 77th
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 89 Music Albums of 197869/891
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s95/1001
2026 MadhattanJackTop 90 Music Albums of 197810/905
2026bertdepoortereTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s89/1002
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 601-70081/100 -
2026SiromynianTop 34 Music Albums of 197827/341
2026culwinTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s74/1005
2026 dihansseTop 65 Music Albums of 197813/654
2026 LiedzeitTop 100 Music Albums of 197848/1003
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 301-40029/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 66 Music Albums of 197812/664
2026vruslovTop 77 Music Albums of 197835/773
2026 Squonk007Top 37 Music Albums of 19786/374
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s82/1004
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197888/1001
2026 imacgillTop 71 Music Albums of 197855/711
2026 Squonk007Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s53/10010
2026saltysurpriseTop 55 Music Albums of 197834/552
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197833/1003
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197839/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 115
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 338
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Love Bites ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 108 votes)
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85/100
 
4 days ago Steve_Emmett  Ratings distribution  11867/100
 
85/100
 
02/23/2026 17:53 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94483/100
 
75/100
 
02/20/2026 13:58 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00269/100
 
75/100
 
01/18/2026 07:55 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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01/05/2026 02:45 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,15433/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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70/100
From 03/26/2023 12:43 | #295474
3 and 11 are best ???
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From 03/09/2021 20:39 | #267133
Of course everybody refers to their first album as their best but in my opinion this album is nearly as good; not only because it has their best track (Ever Fallen In Love) but also because all the other ones are top Buzzcocks as well (with Operators Manual as the second best).
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75/100
From 11/18/2018 11:29 | #225118
Not a patch on Another Music in a Different Kitchen, only tracks 2 and 4 stand out.
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85/100
From 04/03/2017 00:36 | #188564
Not their best but I do love ESP and of course the classic 'Ever Fallen In Love...'
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60/100
From 01/10/2017 23:02 | #182197
Except for Real World and sixteen Again, not a really memorable album... and the instrumental tracks are too long.
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60/100
From 06/16/2016 16:48 | #168910
Honestly failed to hold my attention. Overlong. The first few tracks are good. But I was bored by the end. Still, the melodies are really nice. And they play very well together.
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75/100
From 08/05/2012 23:03 | #47909
Good but quality dips halfway thru in particular Sixteen Again, Walking Distance, & Love Is Lies.
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