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Love Bites
Punk · 1978 · 6 tracks

Love Bites

Buzzcocks

High-speed romantic frustration meets surgical melodic precision. A nervous, bittersweet masterpiece of Manchester punk that trades politics for the politics of the heart.

September 22, 1978 · Domino Recording Company

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A frantic, melodic blur of romantic anxiety and Northern English melancholy.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
03
Operators Manual
3:37
04
Nostalgia
2:57
05
Just Lust
3:04
08
Love Is Lies
3:15
09
Nothing Left
4:31
10
ESP
4:50
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the guitar hook in Nostalgia mimics a circular, repetitive memory that refuses to resolve.
The relentless, almost mechanical drum precision of John Maher on ESP that creates a sense of telepathic tension.
The sudden, jarring shift into the instrumental sprawl of Late for the Train which breaks the pop-punk mold.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Love Bites sound next to the rest of Buzzcocks's catalogue?

Bittersweet+1.7σ

Bittersweet saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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