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Early punk. Much more coherent than the Sex Pistols and it just sounds like they had a lot of fun making this record. No standout songs for me.
It is a punk album. It is ok. I have no desire to revisit.
Nothing so interesting
Not all there
Favourite track(s): Get On Our Own This album, even in its remastered version, sounds so polished but at the same time so unbelievably amateurish. Like a collection of tracks which were drawn up by a bunch of guys in their garage who really enjoyed aggressive guitar riffs and shouty, repetitive vocals with a "message". Funny how they obviously influenced bands like Billy Talent or The Hives, which I used to listen to quite frequently. Still, this seems very unrefined and, to me, is not enjoyable.
Not my cup of tea
Old punk sucks. Listen to Minor Threat instead.
7/9/2022 - ALBUM #163 Today's Album: "Another Music In A Different Kitchen" by Buzzcocks - I hold a very similar opinion to this album than I do to the last album I reviewed, Mott by Mott the Hoople, with one key difference: The vocals are pretty unenjoyable throughout a majority of this album. Now, I think that an album isn’t completely defined by it’s vocals and can shine outside of a poor singing performance, and I think there are many moments where this record is able to achieve a level of greatness, but it is a common occurrence for me to feel like a song on this album is completely unlistenable because a large chunk of it is tainted with this whiney british vocal. I also think that there is a noticeable lack of instrumental variety on this album, with many tracks feeling indistinguishable from each other. The album probably shines the most when it steps out of the stiff and stale grooves to show off one of the instrumentalists with a solo, which alone aren’t enough to save any of the individual songs, but at least while they’re happening, you’re almost able to forget that the rest of the track is as boring as it is. I think there are a lot of solid ideas here and maybe it’s important for the broader evolution of this kind of punk rock, but I just feel like as an album listen top to bottom, it doesn’t really bring anything impressive to the table and ends up blending into wallpaper. Overall, this is a pretty energetic and jammy punk rock album, but it doesn’t really leave me feeling like I got anything out of it. Give this one a listen if you really like early punk rock and jammy guitar riffs, but be warned it doesn’t offer a ton in terms of a single solid tune. Highlights: I Don’t Mind, Autonomy, I Need, Moving Away From The Pulsebeat Score: 5.5/10 energetic punk rock that ends up getting too repetitive
Mostly bland in my opinion. Not too much more to say, just generic pop punk. 3/10
Had low expectations, it exceeded them by quite a margin. Not my forte tho.
I thought it was incredibly uninteresting bar the banging outro
It all sounds the same. Very average.
Best Song: I Don't Mind. Not great, but it at least breaks through the monotony of the other songs by trying something marginally different. Worst Song: Moving Away From The Pulsebeat. Just another guitar solo born or nothing, going nowhere. Overall: Just a mish mash of noise, mixed poorly, that rarely deviates from the continuous droning line that drives ever onward. In what context does someone listen to this music? When so absolutely knackered that the musical drone mirrors that kind of stumbling myopia of heavy inebriation. Maybe then I would like it. Sober it's an absolute chore.
No bad. 2.5/5
I like my punk more musical
Annoying voice. Repetitive melodies. And generic instrumentals (not without some interesting bits, however). It has everything I hate about punk.
Ok
It's ok - not the most remarkable releases in the Buzzcocks' repertoire - but fun if like me you're into the sound.
I too love fast cars, but the only part of that song I liked was the bass. And that is about all I like on this album. It's classic Brit-Punk but isn't that formative to the genre to me. The Sex Pistols had come and gone by the time this album was released. And The Clash had put out one of their two albums on this list. It's a listenable album and fits the genre well. I mean they essentially started as a Sex Pistols fan band after all. For a debut album it isn't bad but their next album is significantly better than this one. Just doesn't really feel like it is one of the greatest albums ever.
um. average. listenable. 2
Oh good, late 70s UK punk. Hooray. I think the lawn mower pissing me off outside sounds better than this. 2/5.
Fairly standard late 80s punk, at the poppier and more melodic end of the spectrum. 2.5/5.
Weeeehhhh
Like all punk rock albums very simple, nothing special
Charge my love battery 🔋⚡
2/5 nothing memorable
Found it a bit forgettable. Sex Pistols-lite stuff without many hooks
2 5 Moving away from the pulse beat
Dobrze ze tak krotki mateiral sie akurat trafil na ti ajowy dzionek, wiec notka musi byc rownie krotka, buzzcocki to oczywiscie wyspiarska banda probojaca sprzedac punka w dosc popowej postaci, album jak i sama banda z tego samego okresu co sex pistole, wiec druga i najwieksza fala punkerstwa do mainstreamu na wyspach, co z pewnoscia wyroznia ten material to jego liryczna popowosc, powtarzajace sie zwroty przez pol traka, regularne refreny, brak sweringu, brzmi to jak sexy pistole po utemperowaniu wokalu, bo pan Pete Shelley, ktory jest zarowno glowna gitara jak i wokalem nie jest zbyt ekspresywny w swoim wystepie, wiec gitarka rytmiczna i bas musza ratowac instrumentalnie plyte, bo o drumsach nie da sie za duzo powiedziec, moze poza tym, ze brzmi to malo punkowo, a bardziej power popowo, ale takie mam odczucie do calosci tej plyty, na plejke dodam otwierajacy fast cars, bo ranting na szybkie fury to dosc orginalny pomysl jak na punkowe otwarcie plyty, no i instrumental calkiem dobry jest w porownaniu do reszty kontentu, no moze poza zamykajacym moving away from the pulsebeat, 7 minutowy kawalek, wiec daje miejsce na rozwoj instrumentalny, pomimo tego ze jest w nim jakas minuta ciszy pod koniec, to i tak czyni go najdluzszym trakiem tej 35 minutowej plyty, ktora pomimo lejbela punkowatosci nie porusza tematow okolo polityczno spolecznych, a bardziej skupia sie na autorefleksji i oczywiscie relacjach miedzyludzkich
Did nothing for me 2/5
I honestly just don't like a lot of old british punk music? A few standouts in the genre, but none of them on this album.
Not really into this one all that much. These guys are pioneers for sure, but unfortunately they fall victim to being the cliché of British punk music because so many other bands after them sounded similar. Not their fault by any means. Aside from that, the music didn't last much with me though altogether still wasn't bad at all.
I listened to this album a couple of songs at a time and it was tolerable but overall it's very repetitive, apart from a couple of songs in the second half that gave a much needed change of pace. British punk pop rock bands - buzzcocks, sex pistols, stranglers, clash etc. have their songs but not a genre I can listen to for any length of time.
Not bad
Not what I wanted to listen to
такое
2.
Same-y punk, lyrics I wasn't that interested in. A couple songs I liked, but the rest of the album wasn't memorable for me.
Not great
sounds like dick hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa
For me, quite a boring Brit-rock-punk album. There is nothing, which would stick out or get into your head.
Nee, helaas. Punk kan ik waarderen maar dit vond ik niet lekker
Een beetje saai... kwam er wel doorheen, maar echt leuk is 't niet.
Een verdwaald aardig nummer tussen veel gruizige rommel.
Herrie. Boos van.
Like the instrumentals, but couldn’t handle the singer’s voice
not bad for who they are
Unfortunately this was a bit boring. It is certainly a time from punks origins, but it sounds like a watered-down Sex Pistols and the songs aren't very interesting and the vocals aren't angry enough.
No, not doing this again
Kinda cool. Kinda samey. Few hits at the end but too long.
Este disco tiene una vibra parecida a la de Sex Pistols, pero tres rayitas menos anarquista, y me atrevería a decir que en algunas canciones es como escuchar a los Arctic Monkeys regresando en el tiempo a los 70's. Creo que lo que más me sorprendió es la enorme discografía de este grupo, del que no conocía su existencia hasta que escuché este disco. Supongo que es un grupo muy local. En cuanto a la parte musical, si bien no me desagradó, tampoco me prendió tanto. La canción que más me agradó fue "Moving away from the pulsebeat" por las percusiones, pero si no volviera a escuchar este disco nunca más en la vida no me perdería de mucho.
Pure punk, not my style, but I appreciate it.
Ok what ever
Punkrock-pop, højt tempo, energisk, korte sange
loud
Not a fan, but I hope it brings others joy.
Noisy, whiny punk—again, not really my scene.
I would rather listen to any other music in any kitchen that is not playing this shit
I wasn't in a good headspace for this album. I'll try again some other time.
- ugh, punk rock - last song really summed up my feelings on this album
This shit is garbage.
Didn’t like it definitely not for me
Trop chiant à écouter
nahh
You already know I was going to hate this
Boring
all im saying is my dih is getting chopped...
Not really my thing.
Childish lyrics and every song sounding basically the same, and I'm generally not into punk, all adds to a 1 for me.
Not every brit punk record that you listened when you were fourteen deserves a spot on this list
No
This is a hard pass from me.
No thank you...not my genre.
Nope.
lyrics are so bad and all the songs sound the same
1. Fast Cars - 3 Instrumentally this is okay but lyrically and vocally it's absolutely abysmal. 2. No Reply - 2 Same problem as Fast Cars but with even more repetitive lyrics. Drone out of a song. 3. You Tear Me Up - 1 It's just a bad track. It's the same issue with the first two track but despite a solid riff, the instrumentals this time are also very repetitive. 4. Get On Our Own - 3 Much better lyrically than the previous three tracks but the sound of the vocals is like nails on a chalkboard. 5. Love Battery - 2 Too repetitive like You Tear Me Up. 6. Sixteen - 0 Lyrically very weak and the entire final minute and a half to two minutes is just noise and don't even need to be on the track. 7. I Don't Mind - 1 Instruments go out of key. Vocals go out of pace. Not enjoyable. 8. Fiction Romance - 5 Much better lyrically and instrumentally. I am not a fan of the sound of the vocals but overall this is the best track on the album so far. 9. Autonomy - 2 The riffs are great but the song really just boils down to two really short verses, an endlessly repeated three line chorus over and over again, and a few progressive chords. It's not of any measurable quality. 10. I Need - 3 Instrumentally it's good. Lyrically it's good in parts but the whole "I Need" is just too repetitive and the most enjoyable part of the songs are the parts without lyrics. 11. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat - 5 Solid instrumentals, which is what 90% of the track is. Average Rating: 2.70 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 1.35 Rounded Down: 1 Star
Unimpressive and uninteresting 70s punk. Hot take: this kind of music aged like milk.
Congratulations, your music is just as shit as all the other punk music ever released. I think there must be a mass delusion at play here, or do people think that liking this sort of wank makes them interesting or edgy? Be honest with yourself, you hate it too, but you have defined yourself by this genre and you can't get out now so you have to keep maintaining the lie to save face. Don't worry, we'll respect you for owning up, let's come together in a world where we can forget about music that is devoid of novelty, beauty, and lyricism above the most banal.
Awful
I, too, hate Fast Cars. However I'm referring to the song Fast Cars by Buzzcocks.
So tired of all this british rock that is trash on this list.
This album kind of pissed me off. I think maybe I was just in a bad mood to begin with. But fuck it, 1 star. This is like the Ramones but 10x worse. And I don’t particularly like the Ramones.
Now that's a stinker of an album. 2/10. Not as bad as OutKast.
Não curti
I was 20 miles away on a walk in a forest - and I have to say: it was f***** loud.
Drivel
WOW. I hate this. It feels like they are speeding up the record faster and faster as the album continues and his voice gets shriller and shriller. Yeah I get that's the point of punk. I still hate this so much.
Ich mag keinen schlecht gespielten Punk.
2/10…brit. punk-rock
not my style
british punk 🤢 just terrible
This is the 72nd album I’m rating. I don’t really know what this is but that name is pretty cool. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Fast Cars, No Reply, You Tear Me Up, Get On Our Own, Love Battery, Sixteen, I Don’t Mind, Fiction Romance, Autonomy, I Need, and Moving Away from the Pulsebeat. All in all I liked 0/11 songs. This sounded like the Minutemen and I hate the Minutemen.
Overpowering marching beat - vocal not strong enough to compensate. Can hear the sound of punk in the album but without much of the charisma.
I hate this British punk
Buzzcocks sound very similar to what I imagine Chipmunk Punks would sound like. Did not enjoy this album as it seemed a bit amateurish throughout. (1.3*s)
I'm not a big fan of punk rock. Too simple in both song structure and technical musicality while also deliberately avoiding any form of musical beauty. A couple songs maybe stand out but not enough to figure out which ones they were.
1. carz - 1.5 2. reply - 1.5 3. tear -1 4. get - 1 5. battery - 1 6. zizteen - 1.5 7. mind - 1 8. fiction - 1 9. autonomy - 1.5 10. need - 1 11. pulze - 1
Bad
This was a hard one to get through. Al thoroughly by (thankfully) it was short, its style was not good at all. This punk is something I will never understand- it has always felt like an unsuccessful garage band stuck in their high school ways.
Actual original 70s punk would have been so much better if even 50% of the band members were halfway good at learning how to play their instruments. Shit like this gives everyone decent around them a shitty name. Run along back to class now, little boys. 3/10 1 star
Strange band out of the 70’s. Listened, just strange.
*no music on this album. Just screaming and noise
Not part of a must listen to list
Not my kind of music
STANDOUTS: n/a; I'm going to start adding DNF to these reviews, because DNF. OVERALL: 1/5
Pretty much a wash, rinse, repeat album. Not much that really moved my needle.
Offensively boring
I have to say I'm kind of over the whole "Punk with British dudes not-quite-yelling around it" The instrumentation got repetitive by the sixth track, and nothing here really inspired much of anything for me. "I hate modern music/Disco, boogie, pop/They go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on/How I wish they would stop." - Sang at the end of a song that went on and on and on and on and on with the exact same guitar riff throughout all of it, with the most basic of basic melodies. Couldn't have written it better myself. 1/5
I think I give up on punk rock. I keep saying to myself: "it'll be the next one. The next punk band will get me into punk" - and I am tired of saying that. I like punk rock elements. But as a whole? Fuck punk. Especially punk vocalists. Especially these "punk titan" bands that everyone has pinned on their leather jackets. This album? Boring. Plagued by shit lyrics and shit vocals. The lyrics are written by any 13 year old emo kid who got turned down on their grade 8 prom. I'm over it. I'm over punk. This album is probably a 2... But it gets a 1 for me for making me lose faith in punk rock.
Ugh
Forgettable.
😒
yeah im gonna pass on this one
great music to barely hear over the sound of your kitchen's hood exhaust
Nope
Maybe better than other punk artists but not for me
Did not care for this music at all. Very difficult to listen to.
Definitely not my cup of tea
Don't bother.
Garbage to my ears. The most aggravating album I’ve listened to so far through this project.
Nevermind the Buzzcocks...
klassikko brittipunkki. punkinpisto. ei ollenkaan kiinnostavia elementtejä herran loordin vuonna nykyaika. paremmalla laulajalla voisi sentään pitää taustamusiikkina mutta joo tämä aktiivisesti teki päiväni huonommaksi. kaikki biisit kuulostaa samalta joka on huono asia jos ne on huonoja. maybe buzz your cocks off heh.. emt.. en keksinyt nokkelaa vitsiä.. sixteen
Nooooo why! WHY
Uncordinated Punk Rock.
horrible
Niet veel soeps
Terrible
I Don’t Mind // 1-1.5/5
don’t like. too loud.
listened to a lil bit of it, kinda meh
Maybe it is something to it, but I don't like a punk.
I’m trying to put my finger on what exactly it was that was off putting for me. I would say the vocals were on the verge of annoying. Not sure if it was pitch or what. Just wasn’t enjoyable as a whole either. 1
I don’t understand why people like this type of music
Ew.
非常标准的早期英国朋克，充满活力以及聒噪感，很多即兴的感觉。虽然作为一名英国摇滚以及朋克的爱好者，但这张专辑有些超出我的欣赏范围了。作为英国早期朋克固然有一定地位，但是并不太适合我。（最后一首也还不错）
Not my taste.
Shit
I try to get through albums completely. I try. But I just couldn’t get through this one. Punk is not my cup of tea. I’m not sure how much this album speaks for punk, but I found it boring and hard to get through. It didn’t help that I didn’t enjoy the singing at all. Highlights: -
Ich kann mir dieses uninspirierte Gedaddel nicht anhören. Man hätte sie damals zum Verzicht auf musikalische Aktivitäten auffordern sollen, leider gibt es die Band aber immer noch. Schade.
the first thing that struck me was that I truly did never mind this band before despite growing up with a tv show mostly about music with a title playing on their name partly so despite possibly never hearing them before (or if I did not often and no songs in my catalogue) I was fairly sure I knew their general sound based on their location, era and that above association to never mind the bollocks "I hate fast cars" agreed and like the music but quite an aggravating song thanks to the vocals Not a fan of the vocalist well vocals but lyrics are good No Reply is just funny to me thanks to the ridculous "backing"/call return chorus so can't comment much on it as that is all I can hear No idea if falsetto is the right name for his singing or if it is just too high pitched but either way it is too much. "They go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on How I wish they would stop" - yep they do "I don't know if I'm an actor or ham, a shaman or sham" the later Fiction Romance starts off good and possibly to offer some redemption to an utterly terrible album but it is a pretty crappy song. autonomy like fiction romance starts off good, the drummer and sometimes the guitarist might be the only decent part of this band for me but not good enough to work around the singer and too experimental and not in a good way. I need like most of the album is just vacuous noise. 1 - terrible, can't stand as not a single song added to my liked songs a very tedious album
This exercise is galvanising my hatred of Punk and Folk. More unlistenable, shouty, trashy garbage, over rated nonsense.
44 minutes of utter bollocks
This type of music just isn't my cup of tea. 0RS
I have never heard of these people and there is a reason why. Just bad rock and roll. I hate it.
Malardo
Grunge...
I've said it before: punk is very hit and miss with me. This one is a miss, unfortunately. 1 star.
Greenday predecessor, make it 1970s and Brit Rock. Cacophonous and complainy. 1/5