Singles Going Steady is a compilation album by English punk band Buzzcocks, first released on I.R.S. Records in the US on 25 September 1979.[3] It was the first Buzzcocks album to be released in North America and intended as an introduction to the band for the American public, coinciding with a US tour. After healthy sales on import in the UK over the next two years, and following the group's split in early 1981, the album was belatedly released in the band's home country on United Artists Records on 16 November 1981[4] as a 'greatest hits' album. However, as in the US, the album failed to chart.
Side one of the original release of the album featured their eight UK single releases from 1977 to 1979 in chronological order, while side two featured their corresponding B-sides, also in chronological order. The album was reissued in expanded form on compact disc in 2001 with an extra eight tracks, featuring the A-sides and B-sides of Buzzcocks' four singles released in 1980, between Singles Going Steady's original release and the group's break-up.
Contents[]
Track listing[edit][]
Side one | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length | ||||||
1. | "Orgasm Addict" | Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley | Non-album single | 2:00 | ||||||
2. | "What Do I Get?" | Shelley | Non-album single | 2:52 | ||||||
3. | "I Don't Mind" | Shelley | Another Music in a Different Kitchen | 2:16 | ||||||
4. | "Love You More" | Shelley | Non-album single | 1:47 | ||||||
5. | "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" | Shelley | Love Bites | 2:39 | ||||||
6. | "Promises" | Steve Diggle, Shelley | Non-album single | 2:34 | ||||||
7. | "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" | Shelley | Non-album single | 3:09 | ||||||
8. | "Harmony in My Head" | Diggle | Non-album single | 3:06 |
Side two | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length | ||||||
1. | "What Ever Happened To?" | Alan Dial, Shelley | "Orgasm Addict" single | 2:12 | ||||||
2. | "Oh Shit!" | Shelley | "What Do I Get?" single | 1:34 | ||||||
3. | "Autonomy" | Diggle | Another Music in a Different Kitchen | 3:41 | ||||||
4. | "Noise Annoys" | Shelley | "Love You More" single | 2:49 | ||||||
5. | "Just Lust" | Dial, Shelley | Love Bites | 2:58 | ||||||
6. | "Lipstick" | Diggle, Shelley | "Promises" single | 2:36 | ||||||
7. | "Why Can't I Touch It?" | Diggle, Steve Garvey, John Maher, Shelley | "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" single | 6:32 | ||||||
8. | "Something's Gone Wrong Again" | Shelley | "Harmony in My Head" single | 4:29 |
[show]2001 re-release |
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Legacy[edit][]
In 2003, the album was ranked at number 358 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[5]
Pitchfork listed Singles Going Steady as 16th best album of the 1970s.[6]
Release history[edit][]
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 25 September 1979 | I.R.S | LP | SP 001 |
Canada | ||||
United Kingdom | 16 November 1981 | United Artists | UAK 30279 | |
United States | 1988 | I.R.S. | CD | CD 001 |
Europe | 20 August 2001 | EMI | expanded CD | 7243 5 34442 2 8 |