Love Bites (studio album)
by Buzzcocks

Love Bites by Buzzcocks
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,183rd   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 104 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (74th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (713th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,183rd)

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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 1066 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,627.

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Love Bites track list

   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: 4,183rd | 1970s rank: 713th | 1978 rank: 74th

Love Bites collection

Love Bites ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 104 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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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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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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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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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
7. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
12. Hemispheres by Rush
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. Chairs Missing by Wire
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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