Love Bites
by Buzzcocks

Love Bites by Buzzcocks
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-09-22
Overall rank: 3,561st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 109 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (66th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (608th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,561st)

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Buzzcocks bestography

Love Bites is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Buzzcocks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Buzzcocks is Singles Going Steady which is ranked number 1066 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,644.

Buzzcocks album bestography « Higher ranked (2,228th)
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
This album (3,561st)
Love Bites
Lower ranked (3,624th) »
A Different Kind Of Tension

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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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: 3,561st | 1970s rank: 608th | 1978 rank: 66th

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Love Bites ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 109 votes)
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05/13/2026 15:33 Steve_Emmett  Ratings distribution  12168/100
 
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05/09/2026 17:20 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,94475/100
 
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02/20/2026 13:58 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,03569/100
 
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01/18/2026 07:55 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,71070/100

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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 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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70/100
From 03/26/2023 12:43 | #295474
3 and 11 are best ???
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80/100
From 03/09/2021 20:39 | #267133 | TOP COMMENT
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 | TOP COMMENT
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 | TOP COMMENT
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 | TOP COMMENT
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 | TOP COMMENT
Good but quality dips halfway thru in particular Sixteen Again, Walking Distance, & Love Is Lies.
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