Singles Going Steady

Release type:What's this?
compilation
First released:
1979

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Singles Going Steady is a compilation album by the Buzzcocks, featuring their UK single releases from 1977-1979, along with their corresponding B-sides. In 2003, the album was ranked number 358 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
13153
Release dates:
  • Jul 14 1992

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Pop Punk, Post-punk, Punk. Vote on Genres

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5 stars The catchiest tunes ever penned by punk rockers
The Buzzcocks are fortunately well served at the moment by anthologies. There are no less than three excellent collections of their songs, and one wouldn't go wrong with any of the three. SINGLES GOING STEADY was the first released, and the shortest. It collects the best of the best, and is probably the most certain to please the casual fan from beginning to end. OPERATORS MANUAL is more wide-ranging, and contains nine more songs. The best of that album are, however, contained on SINGLES GOING S…
Written by Robert Moore
2 stars Avoid this version and buy the import...
This is a splendid collection of songs, simply one of the greatest punk rock albums ever made. BUT...as previously noted here, the mastering on this CD is pathetically tinny, as bad as I have ever heard a CD sound, and will sound like dreck on anything but the most pathetic boom box. I found it unlistenable, but fortunately the CD has been reissued in Britain with good booming sound. That import is available on Amazon, and should be purchased instead, so you can here these gems in their full five-star glory.
Written by Paul Minot

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Singles Going Steady 16 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
catalog number: 13153
release dates: Jul 14 1992
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Singles Going Steady 24 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 2001 in United Kingdom
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Singles Going Steady 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 13153
release dates: Jul 14 1992
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Singles Going Steady Vinyl, Import
record label: 4 Men With Beards
release dates: Jun 27 2003
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