On February 9th Mute will reissue the Buzzcocks first three studio album as double-disc deluxe editions. Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, and A Different Kind of Tension will be augmented with singles, demos, live tracks, Peel sessions and more. Another Music in a Different Kitchen includes a full length 1977 show recorded at Manchester's Electric Circus, while Love Bites now features a 1978 show from Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall.
The Buzzcocks last released Flat-Pack Philosophy in 2006. They'll play the upcoming Musink festival with NOFX, The Damned and Face To Face among others.
Another Music in a Different Kitchen:
CD1:
01 Fast Cars
02 No Reply
03 You Tear Me Up
04 Get on Our Own
05 Love Battery
06 Sixteen
07 I Don't Mind
08 Fiction Romance
09 Autonomy
10 I Need
11 Moving Away From the Pulsebeat
Associated singles:
12 Orgasm Addict
13 Whatever Happened To…?
14 What Do I Get
15 Oh Shit
BBC Session: John Peel Show 9/7/77 TX 9/19/77:
16 Fast Cars
17 Moving Away From the Pulsebeat
18 What Do I Get
CD2:
Demos:
01 Boredom
02 Fast Cars
03 No Reply
04 You Tear Me Up *
05 Get on Our Own *
06 Sixteen
07 I Don't Mind *
08 Fiction Romance
09 Autonomy
10 I Need
11 Orgasm Addict *
12 What Do I Get *
13 Whatever Happened To…?
14 Oh Shit
Live at the Electric Circus:
15 Fast Cars *
16 Fiction Romance *
17 Boredom *
18 Sixteen *
19 You Tear Me Up *
20 Orgasm Addict *
21 Moving Away From the Pulsebeat *
22 Love Battery *
23 Time's Up
Love Bites:
CD1:
01 Real World
02 Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
03 Operators Manual
04 Nostalgia
05 Just Lust
06 Sixteen Again
07 Walking Distance
08 Love Is Lies
09 Nothing Left
10 E.S.P.
11 Late for the Train
Associated singles:
12 Love You More
13 Noise Annoys
14 Promises
15 Lipstick
BBC Sessions:
John Peel Show 4/10/78 TX 4/17/78:
16 Noise Annoys
17 Walking Distance
18 Late for the Train
John Peel Show 10/18/78 TX 10/23/78:
19 Promises
20 Lipstick
21 Sixteen Again
John Peel Show 5/21/79 TX 5/28/79:
22 E.S.P.
CD2:
Demos:
01 Love Is Life (Lies) *
02 Just Lust
03 Operators Manual *
04 Ever Fallen in Love *
05 Nothing Left *
06 Sixteen Again *
07 Raison D'Etre *
08 Real World *
09 Nostalgia *
10 E.S.P.
11 Lipstick
12 Children (Promises)
13 Mother of Turds
Live at the Lesser Free Trade Hall 7/21/1978:
14 Breakdown *
15 What Do I Get *
16 I Don't Mind *
17 Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) *
18 Noise Annoys *
19 Nothing Left *
20 Get on Our Own *
21 Love You More *
22 Fiction Romance *
23 Autonomy *
*previously unreleased
A Different Kind of Tension:
CD 1:
01 Paradise
02 Sitting 'Round at Home
03 You Say You Don't Love Me
04 You Know You Can't Help It
05 Mad Mad Judy
06 Raison D'Etre
07 I Don't Know What to Do With My Life
08 Money
09 Hollow Inside
10 A Different Kind of Tension
11 I Believe
12 Radio Nine
Associated singles:
13 Everybody's Happy Nowadays
14 Why Can't I Touch It
15 Harmony in My Head
16 Something's Gone Wrong Again
CD2:
Associated singles:
01 Are Everything
02 Why She's a Girl From the Chainstore
03 Airwaves Dream
04 Strange Thing
05 What Do You Know?
06 Running Free
07 I Look Alone
Demos:
08 You Say You Don't Love Me
09 I Don't Know What to Do With My Life
10 Harmony in My Head *
11 I Don't Know
12 Run Away From Home
13 The Drive System
14 Mad Mad Judy *
15 Jesus Made Me Feel Guilty
16 Something's Gone Wrong Again (backing track) *
17 You Know You Can't Help It
18 I Believe July 1979 Indigo Arrow-Chronology
BBC Sessions:
John Peel Show 18/10/78 TX 23/10/78:
19 Everybody's Happy Nowadays
John Peel Show 5/21/79 TX 5/28/79:
20 I Don't Know What to Do With My Life
21 Mad Mad Judy
22 Hollow Inside