Love Bites (studio album) by Buzzcocks

Love Bites by Buzzcocks
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,306th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 101 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (739th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,306th)
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Buzzcocks bestography

Love Bites is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Buzzcocks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Buzzcocks is Singles Going Steady which is ranked number 1037 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,693.

Buzzcocks album bestography « Higher ranked (3,483rd) This album (4,306th) Lower ranked (27,589th) »
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Love Bites track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 80 (27 votes)Comments: 0
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 101 votes)
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.

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