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Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UAG 30159
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1978
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

Tracklist:

A1 Fast Cars
A2 No Reply
A3 You Tear Me Up
A4 Get On Our Own
A5 Love Battery
A6 16


B1 I Don't Mind*
B2 Fiction Romance
B3 Autonomy
B4 I Need
B5 Moving Away From The Pulsebeat


Notes
Recorded & mixed at Olympic Studios
Dec 1977/Jan 1978

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix Number (Side 1): UAG 30159 A-3
Matrix Number (Side 2): UAG 30159 B-3

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Buzzcocks-Another-Music-In-A-Different-Kitchen/release/450087
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Music_in_a_Different_Kitchen


Review by Ned Raggett

General judgment holds the Buzzcocks' peerless singles, the definition of punk-pop at its finest, as the best expression of their work. However, while the singles showcased one particular side of the band, albums like the group's long-playing debut Another Music showcased the foursome's other influences, sometimes brilliantly. The big secret is Shelley's worship of Krautrock's obsessive focus on repetition and rhythm, which transforms what would be "simply" basic punk songs into at-times monstrous epics. The ghost of Can particular hovers even on some of the shorter songs -- unsurprising, given Shelley's worship of that band's guitarist Michael Karoli. "Moving Away From the Pulsebeat" is the best instance of this, with a rumbling Maher rhythm supporting some trancelike guitar lines. As for the sheer rush of pop craziness, Another Music is simply crammed with stellar examples. Lead-off track "Fast Cars" starts with the opening of Spiral Scratch's "Boredom"'s intentionally hilarious two-note solo intact, before ripping into a slightly bemusing critique of the objects in question. Most of the similar tracks on the album may be more distinct for their speed, but Shelley in particular always seems to sneak in at least one astonishing line per song, sometimes on his own and sometimes thanks to Devoto via older cowritten tunes redone for the record. One favorite standout: "All this slurping and sucking -- it's putting me off my food!" on "You Tear Me Up." Top all this off with any number of perfect moments -- the guitar work during the breaks on "Love Battery," the energizing yet nervous coda of "Fiction Romance," the soaring angst throughout "I Don't Mind" -- and Another Music flat out succeeds. [i]allmusicguide[/i]

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=Hardware=
Vacuum cleaned LP>
Shure M97xE>
Dual CS 505-3>
Handcrafted low capacitance custom cables, teflon® insulated & silver-plated coaxial conductors>
Kenwood C1 Custom Revision I>
- Phono Stage input capacitors replaced by Polypropylen/Styroflex types
- All electrolytic capacitors in signal chain replaced by foil capacitors
- Electrolytic capacitors not mounted by manufacturer onto the RIAA stage power Supply refitted (Philips NOS types)
- Old JRC OpAmps replaced by Burr Brown and Analog Devices OpAmps resp.
Handcrafted low capacitance custom cables, polyethylene insulated twinaxial conductors>
Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi w/ AD712 OpAmps @ 24/96>
HDD
=Software=
Wavelab 6.11 (Algorithmix Pro, Waves x-hum)
Adobe Audition 3
ClickRepair 3/0
Trader´s Little Helper (FLAC)
+16Bit Version:
Izotope Rx Advanced 1.21
Resampled:
-Ultra Steep, linear phase
Dithered:
-MBIT+ Medium
-Noise shaping light
-Dither amount normal[/hide]

Date of rip: 2010-09-06
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Rip notes: For some reason the first track on each side has some background noise. Seems to be from bad pressing or vinyl. I know the owner of this record treats them right, so... The color of the sleeve was difficult to scan and stitch (silver/neon orange), so the backside was impossible.